GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Sept. 12 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary: * * * Five new minerals designated "critical" by Interior Department By Sarah Montalbano The Department of the Interior released its 2025 draft critical minerals list last month, which expands the list from 50 minerals to 54. The U.S. Geological Survey's critical minerals list is  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Environmental Protection Network issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2025: * * * EPA Proposal Would Gut Greenhouse Gas Reporting, Putting Polluters over People Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed rule to gut EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. EPA was directed to establish the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program in legislation signed into law in 2007 by President George W Bush. The program requires reporting of greenho  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Blumenthal: Week in Review 9/5/2025-9/12/2025 Fighting for Kids' Online Safety Protections *  [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) a co-author of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) with U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), delivered an opening statement at a hearing Blackburn convened in the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Murray, WA Health Secretary, Doctors Speak Out Against RFK Jr. Blocking Vaccine Access and Wreaking Havoc at CDC, Lay Out State of Vaccine Access in WA * Murray announces she will be calling for an Inspector General investigation into the ousting of top officials at CDC and new restrictions on vaccine access ICYMI : Senator Murray Calls for HELP Committee Hearing with RFK Jr. on Campai  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Statement on Trump EPA Proposal to Eliminate Critical Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program * Washington, DC - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency released a proposal that would effectively eliminate the agency's longstanding tool to track greenhouse gas emissions, the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. First adopted in 2009, the GHGRP has provided critical information on cli  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * This Week in Climate Action - September 12, 2025 * Your weekly resource to learn what the environmental movement is saying about the news of the day and the political fight of our generation. This week, we're covering attacks on public lands and by the Trump administration and innovation in the states. Be sure to follow LCV on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, BlueSky, and  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * Watchdog: Trump Interior Department Moves To Scrap Key Public Lands Protection In Latest Giveaway to Trump's Big Oil Donors * This week, Trump Interior Secretary and oil industry darling Doug Burgum delivered another gift to President Trump's big oil and gas industry donors by beginni  more