SYDNEY, Australia, June 30 (TNSrpt) -- The University of New South Wales issued the following news: * * * 'Transformative role': Aboriginal land councils can help NSW reach renewable energy targets Unlocking the renewable energy potential of Aboriginal land could transform communities and accelerate NSW's clean energy transition, a new report says. A new report outlines how strategic support for Aboriginal Land Councils could unlock significant renewable energy capacity and accelerate progre  more

LONDON, England, June 30 (TNSrpt) -- The British National Audit Office issued the following news release: * * * Incentives for future decarbonisation from flagship scheme uncertain * Successful and timely transition to the UK Emissions Trading Scheme from its EU equivalent has allowed operations to run smoothly, ensuring the UK's carbon-intensive industries remained subject to carbon-pricing. * Overall carbon emissions reduced by 11 million tonnes between 2021 and 2023 in the sectors the Sc  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Griffith Delivers Opening Statement at Subcommittee on Environment Hearing on the Beneficial Use of Coal Ash Congressman Morgan Griffith (VA-09), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, delivered the following opening statement at today's hearing titled A Decade Later: A Review of Congressional Action, Environmen  more

PARIS, France, June 30 -- The Council of Europe Development Bank issued the following news: * * * CEB and EBRD sign agreement to streamline co-financing and boost impact The Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) signed a Mutual Reliance Agreement to strengthen joint efforts on public sector projects outside the European Union. The agreement is a concrete step in delivering on the G20 Roadmap towards Better, Bigger and More Eff  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Coalition for a Prosperous America posted the following news release: * * * Vote Alert: CPA Urges Senators to Reject Amendments to Strike, Weaken FEOC Excise Tax * The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) strongly opposes any amendments to eliminate or weaken the Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC) Excise Tax from President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill. This excise tax is essential to protecting American manufacturers and workers from China  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Will Revise Wastewater Rules to Support Electric Energy Reliability and Unleash American Energy * U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency's intent to update the 2024 Effluent Limitations Guidelines (ELGs) for Steam Electric Power Generating Units. This action advances the goals of President Trump's Unleashing American Energy Executive Order   more

WASHINGTON, June 30 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Full Page Open Letter Calls on Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft to Stop Fueling Climate Change with Data Center Demands * San Francisco, Ca - A full page open letter in the Sunday papers of the San Francisco Chronicle and Seattle Times calls on the country's largest technology company CEOs - Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Google's Sundar Pichai, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, and Microsoft's Satya Nadel  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Administrator Zeldin in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Trump's energy dominance plans driving manufacturing renaissance in Milwaukee * Over the weekend, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin highlighted President Trump's leadership in revitalizing American manufacturing and Powering the Great American Comeback following his visit to Komatsu's South Harbor fact  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on June 30, 2025, to the Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Kremlin Addressing Symptoms Instead of Causes of Coal Industry Downturn By Sergey Sukhankin Executive Summary: * Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a set of measures in May to support Russia's coal industry, including subsidies for transportation and exports, aimed at addressing the challenges posed by shrinking global demand, the transition to renewabl  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Lee Zeldin Intends to Allow More Heavy Metals in Our Waterways * Washington, D.C. \- Today, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency's intention to gut the Effluent Limitation Guidelines. These guardrails were recently updated in 2024 to further protect communities from heavy metal water pollution--including mercury, arsenic, and lead--from coal-burning  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, July 1 -- The Natural Resources Council of Maine issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins Must Vote No on Reconciliation Bill Maine's leading nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization dedicated to protecting the environment, the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM), today called on Senator Susan Collins to vote against a massive bill that seeks to kill the growing domestic clean energy industry and underfund America's public lands--programs that are o  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment, issued the following commentary to the Washington Examiner: * * * Congressman Morgan Griffith Op-Ed: Democratic climate policies drive up blackout risk The following op-ed by Congressman Morgan Griffith (VA-09), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, appeared in the Washington Examiner this week. "The intense heat wave battering the United States pushes Ameri  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz: Republicans Are Ripping People Off, Plunging Country Into Energy Crisis To Cut Taxes For Billionaires * WASHINGTON - During a debate on the Republican tax bill, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) condemned the bill's provisions to gut clean energy which will raise people's energy bills by more than a hundred dollars starting next year and make blackouts and power outages more common across  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 30 -- The Virginia Democratic Party posted the following news release: * * * Sears Refuses to Oppose Cuts to Medicaid That Will Hurt Virginians, Hospitals * # More than 300,000 Virginians are at risk of losing access to affordable healthcare VIRGINIA - As Republicans continue to push for Donald Trump's agenda that could leave more than 300,000 Virginians without access to affordable healthcare, Winsome Earle-Sears still refuses to oppose the proposed cuts. Sears   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 1 -- The Citizens Utility Board issued the following news release on June 30, 2025: * * * STATEMENT: CUB JOINS OTHER CONSUMER ADVOCATES IN CHALLENGING FEDERALLY MANDATED RATE HIKE TO KEEP 'ZOMBIE POWER PLANT' OPEN Initial estimate: DOE move to keep Pennsylvania's Eddystone oil and gas plant open beyond its close date will cost customers an estimated $5.1 million * The following is a statement by Clara Summers, manager of the Citizens Utility Board's Consumers for a B  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, posted the following news release: * * * Subcommittee on Environment Holds Hearing on the Beneficial Use of Coal Ash WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment held a hearing titled A Decade Later: A Review of Congressional Action, Environmental Protection Agency Rules, and Beneficial Use Opportunities for Coal Ash. "The expert witnes  more

SEVILLA, Spain, June 30 -- Greenpeace International, a coordinating organization of Greenpeace, issued the following news release: * * * New taxes on premium flyers and private jets: Greenpeace comment Barbados, France, Kenya, Spain, Benin, Sierra Leone and Somalia, supported by the European Commission, have announced they will form a 'solidarity coalition on premium flyers' to raise funds for climate action and sustainable development. Campaigners reacted to the announcement, which was made   more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Sen. Schiff Blasts Republicans' Bill to Prioritize Billionaires Over Hard-Working Americans, Exposes Major Cuts to Vital Programs * "We can give, instead of take. We can build, instead of tear down. We can recapture once again the sense of possibility in this country." Washington D.C. -- U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) spoke on the Senate floor to highlight how President Donald Trump   more