WASHINGTON, July 8 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management has issued a notice entitled "Intent To Amend the Resource Management Plan for the Buffalo Field Office, Wyoming, and Prepare an Associated Environmental Assessment." The proposed amendment to the resource management plan and the associated environmental assessment aim to evaluate coal allocations in the planning area and determine the availability of lands suitable for further consideration for coal lea  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Congress Codifies 28 of President Trump's Executive Actions in One Big Beautiful Bill * WASHINGTON -- Last week, when House Republicans passed President Trump's signature legislation, the One Big Beautiful Bill, they codified into law 28 executive actions taken by President Trump. "President Trump has done more to improve the lives of working Americans in the last six months than   more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Congress Codifies 28 of President Trump's Executive Actions in One Big Beautiful Bill * WASHINGTON -- Last week, when House Republicans passed President Trump's signature legislation, the One Big Beautiful Bill, they codified into law 28 executive actions taken by President Trump. "President Trump has done more to improve the lives of working Americans in the last six months than almost anyone co  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released the following testimony by Energy Secretary Christopher Wright from a June 18, 2025, hearing on the fiscal 2026 budget request: * * * Chairman Lee, Ranking Member Heinrich, and Members of the Committee, it is an honor to appear before you and this Committee today as the Secretary of Energy to discuss the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Budget request for the Department of Energy ("the Department" or "DOE"). Ame  more

WASHINGTON, July 7 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * DOE Takes Step to Extend Lives of Polluting Power Plants Under False Energy Emergency * Washington, D.C. -- Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued a methodology to analyze reserve power margins across the country that systematically undercounts the contributions of clean energy to meet the nation's energy needs and protect system reliability. DOE plans to use this methodology to deem   more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration issued the following news release: * * * EIA revises crude oil price forecast amid uncertainty and volatility but still expects prices will decrease * The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects the Brent crude oil price to average less than $70 per barrel in 2025 and about $58 per barrel in 2026. In its July Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), EIA revised its 2025 oil price forecast slightly u  more

WASHINGTON, July 4 [Category: Environment] -- Joanna Slaney, vice president for political and government affairs at the Environmental Defense Fund, issued a statement on July 4, 2025, criticizing President Trump's signing of a bill that she asserts will increase energy costs, endanger grid reliability, and worsen pollution. Slaney contended that the bill prioritizes fossil fuels over clean energy, unwisely removing tax credits that supported investments in wind, solar, and battery storage. She   more

LONDON, England, July 8 -- Friends of the Earth UK issued the following news release: * * * Legal expert: Yorks project should be considered fracking Friends of the Earth urges North Yorkshire Council to reject planning permission for a proposed development in Burniston, and calls on government to close the fracking loophole * North Yorkshire Council is being urged to reject a planning application from a fossil fuel company that would use a form of fracking to explore for gas at Burniston,   more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Administrator Zeldin in Washington Examiner: Celebrate American Independence by Advancing Energy Dominance * WASHINGTON - In the wake of July 4th, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin reflected on America's fight for independence nearly 250 years ago and recognized the push towards energy dominance to power the next 250 years. Under President Trump's leader  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: * * * New Coal Mining Permit Approved in Tennessee to Boost America's Energy Independence * WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior has given the green light to Hurricane Creek Mining, LLC to mine coal on Bryson Mountain in Claiborne County, Tennessee. This project will produce up to 1.8 million tons of coal over the next 10 years, helping to strengthen America's energy independence and create lo  more

AUBURN, Alabama, July 9 -- Auburn University issued the following news: * * * Power under pressure: Auburn Engineering professor explains how summer heat strains the grid By Joe McAdory When a recent Yahoo News headline warned that "Extreme Heat Is Straining the U.S. Power Grid," it echoed what many across the country have already experienced firsthand: flickering lights, skyrocketing energy bills and the uneasy hum of an air conditioning unit pushing to keep up. What happens to power syste  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 9 (TNSrpt) -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news: * * * New report details global drought impacts National Drought Mitigation Center, U.N. collaborated on report By Emily Case-Buskirk The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's National Drought Mitigation Center and the United Nations' Convention to Combat Desertification have released a report outlining the impacts of drought around the world since 2023. The report was released July 2 at the fourth Inter  more

LINZ, Austria, July 8 -- Voestalpine, a steel and technology group, issued the following news release: * * * voestalpine and VERBUND expand the world's longest-running hydrogen pilot plant H2FUTURE in Linz voestalpine and VERBUND are further extending the successful and one of the world's longest-running PEM electrolysis plants, H2FUTURE, in Linz. The expansion includes the production, compression, purification, storage, loading, and further use of green hydrogen. To this end, the plant at th  more