OTTAWA, Ontario, Oct. 2 -- The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives issued the following commentary on Oct. 1, 2025: * * * Indonesia-Canada CEPA is not the rules-based trade we need Free trade deal is a gift to mining and fossil fuel companies but sidelines human rights and industrial development * As the Trumpocalypse lays waste to what was left of the rules-based international trading order, countries are under pressure to diversify their trade relationships. In that sense alone, the C  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary: * * * Fred Taylor's world war against energy A mysterious American billionaire has become one of the major funders of the climate nonprofits fighting a global war against nearly 90 percent of the energy that makes civilization possible. By Ken Braun Australia is a land mass of nearly 3 million square miles--almost as large as the 48 contiguous American states. But in addition to its strange and venomous cre  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary: * * * Ninety years after the Hoover Dam Nuclear energy is as clean as hydro-electric power, but safer. And it's far more reliable than wind and solar. But the supposed environmentalists don't like it. By Ken Braun Ninety-years-ago on this day (September 30, 1935) President Franklin Delano Roosevelt officially dedicated the Hoover Dam. Nearly 100 people died just during the construction of what was then the   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Oct. 2, 2025: * * * Assessing China's New Climate Commitments By Ilaria Mazzocco and Deborah Seligsohn On September 24, 2025, China's President Xi Jinping announced his country's new nationally determined contribution (NDC) climate targets for 2035 via video during the UN Climate Summit. In 2020, Xi announced in a similar format at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) that China would peak e  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Endangered Fish Protected After Forest Service Pulls Harmful Coal Hauling Permit in West Virginia * CHARLESTON, W. Va. -- A legal challenge to a coal hauling permit in the Monongahela National Forest came to a successful close today after the U.S. Forest Service terminated the permit in September and confirmed that all harmful coal hauling had ceased. The lawsuit was brought  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Order Ensures Proper Asbestos Cleanup at Former Goudey Power Station in Johnson City, NY * Johnson City, N.Y. - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized an agreement with NRGY Development, LLC, to clean up asbestos contamination and protect nearby residents at the former Goudey Power Station Site in Johnson City, New York. The order requires the company to remove asbestos, s  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a Clean Water Act (CWA) rule that would extend compliance deadlines established in the 2024 Supplemental Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category. The EPA aims to update transfer provisions to allow facilities to switch between compliance alternatives and would establish authority for alternative applicability dates and paperwork submission dates  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following commentary to the Washington Times: * * * AI needs power. Nuclear energy delivers "It's been more than 80 years since Enrico Fermi first harnessed the power of the atom in his Chicago-based lab. Since that first moment of nuclear power production, the United States has led the world in the development and deployment of nuclear technology. "Now, at the dawn of the new  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Senator Coons calls out Trump for raising Delawareans' energy costs in new op-ed * WASHINGTON - In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) slammed President Trump for breaking his promise to lower Americans' energy costs through his failing energy policy in a new op-ed in The News Journal. President Trump promised to lower bills and unleash American "energy dominance" dur  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Oct. 3 -- Gov. Mike Braun, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on Oct. 2, 2025: * * * Governor Braun Makes Appointments to Various Boards and Commissions Governor Mike Braun today announced new appointments to various state boards and commissions. Appointments: Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council * Danny Price (State of Indiana) - Appointment: At the pleasure of the Governor - Johnson County State Fair Commission * Jimmie Yagle (J. Yagle Auction Servic  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (TNSFRinfo) -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following information collection: Title of Collection: High-Voltage Continuous M ining Machines Standards for Underground Coal Mines. OMB Control Number: 1219-0140. Affected Public: Private Sector. Number of Respondents: 3. Number of Responses: 4070. Annual Burden Hours: 124 hours. Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0. (Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D)) * * * FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael H  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * LCV Hosts Press Conference with U.S. Representatives McClellan, Horsford, Casten, and Levin and State Partners on Harmful Impacts of Trump's Government Shutdown * Today, the League of Conservation Voters hosted a virtual press conference on the negative impacts of Trump's government shutdown on communities across the country with U.S. Representatives Jennifer McClellan, Steven Horsford, Sean C  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * LCV Statement on Trump Administration Ending $8 Billion in Cost-Saving Investments in Blue States * Washington, D.C. -- In response to the Department of Energy Secretary, Chris Wright, and Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, announcing the cancellation of $7.56 billion in clean energy program investments in 16 targeted states, the League of Con  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Slashes Cost-Saving Projects * Washington, D.C. - As a part of the Republican-led government shutdown, the Department of Energy announced it will cut funding for more than 300 energy projects, worth approximately $7.5 billion. The specifics of the projects getting slashed have not been released. Prior to the DOE announcement, Office of Management and Budget Director Rus  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 2 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration's Partisan Energy Project Cancellations Will Raise Electricity Costs * "Russell Vought's unlawful attempt to cancel clean energy projects in states that didn't vote for President Trump is going to make everyone's electricity costs even higher. The same week that the Trump administration set fire to hundreds of millions of dollars to prop up the polluting co  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The Tennessee Valley Authority issued the following news release: * * * TVA, TWRA Partner to Restore Vital Sport Fish Habitat on Watauga Reservoir The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) are partnering to restore and enhance Watauga Reservoir fish habitat in Carter and Johnson counties in Upper East Tennessee. Tropical Storm Helene - the remnants of Hurricane Helene - swept across the region on Sept. 27, 2024. That histori  more