WASHINGTON, July 18 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-25-1150) on July 16, 2025, entitled "Producer Price Indexes - June 2025": * * * The Producer Price Index for final demand was unchanged in June, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Final demand prices increased 0.3 percent in May and declined 0.3 percent in April. (See table A.) On an unadjusted basis, the index for final demand r  more

TORONTO, Ontario, July 18 -- The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment issued the following news release: * * * Environmental organizations, community groups, and concerned individuals call for full transparency from the provincial government Calgary | Treaty 7 Territory, Homeland of the Metis Nation | July 15, 2025 -- Since the provincial government lifted the moratorium on coal exploration and development on Jan. 15, 2025, Albertans have been told it was done for their prot  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following news release on July 17, 2025: * * * Comer Investigates Bloomberg Philanthropies for Partisan Activism with State Attorneys General House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is investigating ties between the New York University School of Law's (NYU) State Energy & Environmental Impact Center (State Impact Center) and s  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Donald Trump Gives More Passes to Big Polluters * Washington, D.C. - Last night, Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency exempted more big polluters from lifesaving EPA guardrails. In his announcement, Donald Trump exempted 53 plants from standards that curb emissions of ethylene oxide, chloroprene and other toxic gases, eight taconite processing facilities that prepare iron-beari  more

BOONE, North Carolina, July 18 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * EPA moves to weaken long overdue coal ash protections * Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it will delay deadlines to require utilities to inspect coal ash contamination and begin to clean up coal ash impoundments with a draft extension rule and companion proposal. The action would change compliance deadlines set in the Legacy Coal Combustion  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * EPA To Delay Cleanups of Georgia's Toxic Coal Ash Landfills * ATLANTA \- Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will side with the coal industry over our communities and delay the required cleanup of toxic coal ash landfills until 2030. Coal ash, also known as coal combustion residuals (CCRs), is the toxic ash left behind from burning coal and can pollute waterways  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 18 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces Additional Board Appointments * RICHMOND, VA -- Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced additional board appointments. BOARD APPOINTMENTS AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES * Dr. Amanda L Weakley-Scott of Madison, Veterinarian, Virginia Herd Health and Management Services, PC; Co-Owner, Lee-Lynn Farms, LLC AUTHO  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on July 18, 2025, in its China Brief: * * * Beijing Learning Lessons From Russian Response to Financial War By Sunny Cheung Executive Summary: * Beijing has tracked Russia's response to what it perceives as financial warfare from the United States and its allies and has begun mitigating its vulnerabilities and building an offensive toolkit in response. Chinese experts take confidence from Moscow's resilience in   more

NEW YORK, July 18 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * President Trump Gives More Coal Plants, Large Industrial Facilities a Pass to Pollute * (Washington, D.C. - July 17, 2025) President Trump signed a series of proclamations this evening that seek to exempt some of the nation's most dangerous industrial facilities and coal plants from pollution laws - effectively giving them a free pass to put more cancer-causing and toxic subst  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 (TNSFR) -- South Fork Coal Co. LLC, Ashford, Virginia, has been granted a determination of valid existing rights for a haul road within the Monongahela National Forest. This decision issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement allows the company to continue holding a surface coal mining and reclamation permit for the road. The road will be used to access and transport coal from a surface mine located on private land adjac  more

BOONE, North Carolina, July 18 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * Trump administration rubber stamps bankrupt coal company's encroachment into Monongahela National Forest * Today, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement determined that a bankrupt coal company with a long history of regulatory violations has the right to haul coal through the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia. Richmond, Virginia-based South Fork  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 18 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Trump Halts Clean Air Laws For Most of the Country * Washington, D.C. -- President Donald Trump signed four separate proclamations granting blanket exemptions to over 100 facilities, including chemical plants, coal-fired power plants, commercial sterilizers, and taconite mills, allowing them to ignore clean air standards and release more toxic air pollution in most of the coun  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Trump's Army Corps Hands Industry Blank Check to Harm Nation's Waters * WASHINGTON-- The Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth, Sierra Club and Waterkeeper Alliance today submitted comments strongly condemning the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' proposal to reissue its Nationwide Permit program. Changes proposed by the Trump administration would pave the way f  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following news release on July 18, 2025: * * * U.S. Spearheads Global Maritime Security and Sanctions Enforcement Conference The Department of State, the Maritime Organization of West and Central Africa, and the Cote d'Ivoire's Ministry of Transport co-hosted the Global Maritime Security and Sanctions Enforcement Conference in Abidjan on July 16-17, 2025. The event included global maritime industry leaders from 25 countries to streng  more