WASHINGTON, June 26 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Advocates Celebrate Accelerated Retirement Of Deadly Coronado Coal Plant * ARIZONA -- On Tuesday, after years of community advocacy and activism, the Arizona utility Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP) announced an accelerated end to coal-fired operations at its Coronado plant in 2029, instead of the previously planned retirement in 2032. Moving away from c  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, June 26 -- The Australian Council of Trade Unions issued the following news release: * * * US multi-national locks out coal miners Australian Unions have condemned an American multi-national for locking out hundreds of mineworkers at a New South Wales mine, in retaliation for taking an hour of protected industrial action. Coal giant, Peabody locked out 160 Mining and Energy Union members at its Helensburgh mine on June 18 leaving the workers and their families without p  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 (TNSrpt) -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * Roundup: State Budgets Increasingly Strained as House, Senate Republican Plans Would Impose Major Costs By Wesley Tharpe Senate and House Republican leaders are advancing a massive tax and budget package -- a process technically known as reconciliation -- that features extreme cuts to food assistance and health care for millions of people to help pay for skewed and unnecessary tax   more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on June 25, 2025: * * * Why the United States Acted Now Against Iran By Kari A. Bingen and Clayton Swope Looking at the strategic chessboard, it's clear why the president seized this moment to strike at Iran's nuclear program. There may never have been a better time. Iran was closer than ever before to having the ability to manufacture an atomic bomb. In the run-up to Operation Midnight   more

WASHINGTON, June 26 [Category: Energy] -- Oil Change International posted the following news release: * * * Global North countries retreat from responsibility at Bonn UN climate talks * 26 June 2025 - The June UN climate talks in Bonn come to a close today, with little to no resolution outcomes from the SB62 negotiations as world leaders approach COP30 in Belem. Policy experts at Oil Change International raise concern that the Bonn climate talks show that climate multilateralism is facing   more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Griffith Op-Ed: "Big, Beautiful Bill" Bolsters Electric Grid, Helps Protect Americans from Blackout Threats * As the U.S. Congress continues to deliberate on a reconciliation package to deliver to President Trump's desk ahead of July 4, Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) penned an op-ed on the package's benefits for America's electric grid. Read his full op-ed in the Washington Examiner here o  more

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, New York, June 27 (TNSrep) -- Bard College issued the following news release: * * * Kingston Air Quality Initiative at Bard College Reports After Five Years of Monitoring ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.--The Center for the Environment Sciences and Humanities at Bard College (CESH) is pleased to announce the findings of the Kingston Air Quality Initiative (KAQI) after five consecutive years of research and data collection. KAQI began in January 2020 as a partnership between Bar  more

CHIPPENDALE, Australia, June 26 -- The Nature Conservation Council issued the following news release: * * * Environment in Freefall: NSW State of the Environment Report "Truly Alarming" Today's NSW State of the Environment Report paints a grim picture of the health of NSW ecosystems according to the Nature Conservation Council of NSW, the state's leading environmental organisation. The State of the Environment report is NSW's premier scientific report card, released every three years. It d  more

LONDON, England, June 26 -- The Energy Institute issued the following news release: * * * Renewables soar, but fossil fuels continue to rise as global electricity demand hits record levels Key Findings: * Wind and solar combined grew by 16%, reinforcing their role as the fastest growing areas of the energy system. China was responsible for 57% of new additions, with solar almost doubling in just two years. * Wind and solar grew nearly nine times faster than total energy demand, and fossil f  more