GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Aug. 28 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary: * * * A not merry Christmas for Minnesota Man * Pedro Alvarez-Hernandez, age 45, is our Minnesota Man of the day. Alvarez appeared at the Federal Courthouse in downtown Minneapolis to enter a guilty plea for felony illegal immigration. He is reported to have been deported back in   more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 29 -- The Arizona Corporation Commission issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2025: * * * ACC Hosts "Natural Gas Infrastructure and Storage" Workshop The Arizona Corporation Commission held its first in a series of workshops on Natural Gas Infrastructure and Storage on Tuesday, August 26, 2025. Vice Chair Nick Myers hosted the event, with the purpose of discussing with stakeholders and the public, the costs and benefits of expanding natural gas pipelines and st  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 29 -- The Arizona Corporation Commission issued the following news release on Aug. 28, 2025: * * * Vice Chair Myers: Highlights from Natural Gas Infrastructure and Storage Workshop On August 26, 2025, the Arizona Corporation Commission hosted a Natural Gas Infrastructure and Storage Workshop to discuss the need to expand natural gas infrastructure in Arizona. Vice Chair Nick Myers opened docket G-00000A-25-0029 in February of this year and organized the workshop to dis  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 29 -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Researchers Partner with Nonprofits to Track Health Effects of Federal Environmental Policies Jonathan Buonocore and Jonathan Levy in the Department of Environmental Health have received a new grant to support their ongoing efforts to advance public discourse around health-protective environmental policies. By Megan Jones Since the start of 2025, the Trump administration has issued   more

CANBERRA, Australia, Aug. 29 -- The office of the Prime Minister of Australia issued the following news release: * * * Bush Summit 2025 - Ballarat * Well, thank you very much for that warm Ballarat welcome. And I do want to begin though on a sad note. Of course, here in Victoria, Victorians are mourning the loss of Detective Thompson and Senior Constable De Waart. This is a tragedy that has impacted particularly people in, in the local community, but it's also, of course, impacted people  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 29 (TNSjou) -- Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news: * * * Study Finds We'll Lose Almost 40 Percent of Our Glacial Ice Even if global temperatures plateau, glaciers worldwide will continue to melt. By Emily Cohen A recent study published in Science used glacier models to better understand the effect that each degree of global warming will have on worldwide glacier melt. The impacts of the warming the Earth has already experienced ar  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * In Ceremony with Wyoming Governor, EPA proposes approval of Wyoming coal residuals permit program * Accepting public comments for 60 days August 28, 2025 Contact Information Region 8 News (Region8Media@epa.gov) CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to approve Wyoming's coal combustion residuals (CCR) program application. This proposal would allow t  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Aug. 29 -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * UW's Zhai Explores Bioresources and Bioproducts with Carbon Capture and Storage Haibo Zhai, the Roy and Caryl Cline Distinguished Chair in Engineering and a College of Engineering and Physical Sciences professor at the University of Wyoming, published a new study exploring the roles of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) in achieving carbon neutrality -- and making diverse recommendations for  more