CANBERRA, Australia, July 31 -- The Australian Bureau of Statistics issued the following news release: * * * Lower demand drives fall in export prices Prices for Australian exports fell 4.5 per cent in the June quarter 2025, and 3.3 per cent since June last year, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Export price index, quarterly movement (%) Prices for Australia's natural resources drove this fall, with Non-rural exports down 7.2 per cent in the J  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Andy Barr, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * Barr Introduces Bold Package to Revitalize and Reset Kentucky Coal * Washington, D.C.-- This week, U.S. Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY-06) unveiled a comprehensive legislative package aimed at rejuvenating and securing the future of Kentucky coal. These proposals would unlock new domestic markets for coal-based materials and strengthening American energy and national security. "Coal once powered 50% of  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Cramer Applauds Repeal of Endangerment Finding * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, issued the following statement after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to repeal the 2009 endangerment finding. The finding, issued in the first year of the Obama administration, concluded current and proje  more

PARIS, France, July 31 [Category: Energy] (TNSrpt) -- The International Energy Agency issued the following news: * * * Global electricity demand to keep growing robustly through 2026 despite economic headwinds Renewables, natural gas and nuclear are set to meet the additional demand as the world's use of electricity rises for industry, appliances, air conditioning, data centres, EVs and more * Global electricity demand is expected to expand at one of the fastest sustained paces in over a de  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Daines Op-ed in the WSJ: A Peace Deal for Armenia and Azerbaijan * U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines penned an opinion piece for The Wall Street Journal explaining the historic potential of a peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan and hisinvolvement in the matter. Excerpts from his piece are below. A Peace Deal for Armenia and Azerbaijan Senator Steve Daines The Wall Street Jou  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Lummis Applauds EPA Reconsideration of Destructive Obama-Era Endangerment Finding * Washington, D.C. - Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) today applauded the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to reconsider the destructive 2009 Endangerment Finding, an Obama-era decision that allowed the government to overregulate and destroy American energy communities and drive up costs for hardworki  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 31 (TNSrep) -- The Private Equity Stakeholder Project issued the following news: * * * Public health costs of the Gavin coal-fired power plant The recently-released Private Equity, Public Harm report (https://peclimaterisks.org/health-impact-report/), outlining the public health impacts caused by emitted air pollutants from private equity-backed fossil fuel infrastructure, found that the General J.M. Gavin coal-fired power plant is the single most harmful facility in   more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Markey, Merkley, Whitehouse Press Top Trump Officials on Rising Electricity Prices for Americans * Consumers face higher electricity prices than when Biden left office, despite Trump campaign promise to cut energy and electricity prices in half Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), joined by Senators Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), an  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Markey, Merkley, Whitehouse Press Top Trump Officials on Rising Electricity Prices for Americans * Consumers face higher electricity prices than when Biden left office, despite Trump campaign promise to cut energy and electricity prices in half Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), joined by Senators Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (  more