ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 9 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP Kicks Off Energy Permitting Reform Tour in Pennsylvania's 'Energy Capital' * PROSPERITY, PA - Americans for Prosperity (AFP) kicked off its cross-country tour promoting energy project permitting reform in Southwestern Pennsylvania on Monday, highlighting the importance of the state's natural resources in creating American energy abundance.  "The Road to Prosperity"  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Sept. 9 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary: * * * Amazon leaves Becker in the lurch with loss of data center * Today, the Minnesota Star Tribune 's Walker Orenstein published an assessment of the challenges facing Becker after Amazon abandoned its planned data center : For now, the land will remain vacant. In May, the tech   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Challenge to the Latest Illegal Extension of J.H. Campbell Coal Plant * Washington, D.C. -- Today, public interest groups challenged the Department of Energy's (DOE) second illegal emergency order forcing the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in Michigan to operate for an additional 90 days. The request for rehearing was filed with DOE in response to a new order issued on August 20. T  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration issued the following news release: * * * EIA expects U.S. drivers will spend the smallest share of their disposable income on gasoline since 2005 The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects U.S. drivers will spend less than 2% of their personal disposable incomes on gasoline in 2025--the lowest share since 2005, excluding 2020. In its September Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) (http  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Murray and Whitehouse Demand DOE's Sham Climate Report Be "Withdrawn in Shame" * Washington, D.C.-- Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, fired back against the Department of Energy (DOE), denouncing the agency's pseudoscientific climate report writ  more

MANCHESTER, England, Sept. 9 -- The University of Manchester issued the following news release: * * * Major new book asks whether addressing climate change requires stability or conflict A landmark new book is set to change how we think about tackling the climate crisis. It asks a big question: when it comes to climate change, is it better to 'lock in' steady, long-term policies, or do we need dramatic political conflict and protests to force real change? Stability and Politicization in Clim  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: * * * Wyoming's Black Butte Mine Expansion Approved, Extending Operations Through 2039 * WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior has approved a mining plan change for the Black Butte Mine in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The change allows the Black Butte Coal Company to recover about 9.2 million tons of federal coal in two new areas, known as Pit 15 and Pit 10. The Black Butte Mine has operated   more