WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Barrasso Highlights a Record Year of Republican Accomplishments * "Republicans are putting more money in people's pockets, delivering safer communities, and providing more opportunities. Republicans will continue to deliver the safety and prosperity Americans deserve." WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Senate Majority Whip, today spoke on the Senate Floor to discuss how Sena  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Calls For Zeldin's Resignation Grow as EPA's Pro-Polluter Agenda Threatens our Health, Raises Costs * WASHINGTON, DC - Calls for EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to step down or be fired have grown across the political and ideological spectrum in recent days, with conservative activists in the Trump-aligned "Make America Healthy Again" movement circulating a petition calling for his resignatio  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Coal for Christmas: Local Advocacy Groups Deliver Coal, Protest Letters to JEA * JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Today, local advocacy and climate groups delivered costly, polluting coal back to Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) Headquarters just in time for the holidays. Sierra Club Florida, CLEO Institute, NAACP, St. John's Riverkeepers, and other groups dropped off coal, a coalition letter, an  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Donald Trump Illegally Extends Life of Centralia Generating Station Coal Plant, Driving Up Electricity Bills * Centralia, Washington - Yesterday, the Trump administration issued an 'emergency' order to forcibly and illegally extend operations of Centralia Generating Station past its scheduled retirement. The high cost to keep this aging coal plant online is expected to be passed onto resid  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a final rule to update the state of Oklahoma's authority to manage federal air quality requirements. This action clarifies the delegation of New Source Performance Standards to the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, allowing the state agency to lead enforcement and implementation of these rules. The update ensures that Oklahoma regulations match federal standards as they existed through June 30, 2023.   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a rule granting the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality the authority to implement and enforce federal air quality standards within the state. This decision allows the state agency to manage requirements for the New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants. Under the agreement, the state incorporates federal regulations as they existed through July 1,  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. Troy Balderson, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * House Passes Balderson's Reliable Power Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives passed the Reliable Power Act, introduced by Congressman Troy Balderson (OH-12). This legislation protects America's electric grid by requiring that federal agencies consider the impact of regulations on grid reliability before finalizing new rules. "America is facing a reliability crisis-one made w  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2025: * * * House Passes Energy and Commerce Bills to Support Reliable Power, Strengthen Our Electric Grid Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Congressman Morgan Griffith (VA-09), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, and Congressman Troy Balderson (OH-12), Vice-Chairman of the Sub  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson Calls on Johnson to Keep Congress in Washington and Pass ACA Tax Credits to Lower Health Care Costs * Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) called on Speaker Johnson to keep the House in session until action is taken to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits 20 million Americans rely on to afford health care coverage. Earlier today, four Republicans signed on to Lead  more

BOONE, North Carolina, Dec. 16 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * Members of Congress introduce two bills to help coal miners access black lung benefits * December 16, 2025 CONTACT Quenton King, 304-579-7366, quenton@appvoices.org Rebecca Shelton, 859-893-0543, rshelton@aclc.org Today, U.S. senators and representatives introduced two bills to help coal miners with black lung disease apply for medical and disability benefits, whil  more

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona, Dec. 17 -- Northern Arizona University issued the following news: * * * NAU team releases 13 years of detailed U.S. CO2 emissions data * New research from Northern Arizona University shows detailed CO 2 emissions for the United States from 2010 to 2022. In the first of a series of data releases, professor Kevin Gurney of NAU's School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems (SICCS) authored a study, published today in Scientific Data, that includes a database of 13   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia released the following testimony by Dhruva Jaishankar, executive director of the Observer Research Foundation America, from a Dec. 10, 2025, hearing entitled "The U.S. India Strategic Partnership: Securing a Free and Open Indo-Pacific": * * * Chairman Huizenga, Ranking Member Kamlager-Dove, and Members of the Subcommittee: It is a privilege to appear before you today. I am grateful to House Foreign Affairs   more

LAXENBURG, Austria, Dec. 18 -- The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, a research institute that says it advances systems analysis and applies its research methods to identify policy solutions to reduce human footprints, enhance the resilience of natural and socioeconomic systems, issued the following news release: * * * Overlooked hydrogen emissions are heating Earth and supercharging methane New research shows rising hydrogen emissions since 1990 have indirectly intensifie  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Dec. 17 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release: * * * State leaders condemn DOE order on TransAlta coal power generation * Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson, Attorney General Nick Brown, and Ecology Director Casey Sixkiller released a joint statement today in response to the Trump administration's 11 th -hour efforts to prevent the TransAlta power plant in Centralia from ceasing coal power generation at the end of this year. "Under  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 17 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Forces Washington's Last Coal Plant to Stay Open Past Retirement, Needlessly Driving up Electricity Bills and Harming Health * (WASHINGTON - Dec 17, 2025) The Department of Energy (DOE) issued an illegal mandate to force the Centralia coal plant in Washington to remain open 90 days after its planned retirement at the end of this year. The more than 50-year  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner, Kaine, Fetterman, McGarvey & Scott Introduce Legislation to Strengthen and Increase Accessibility of Black Lung Benefits for Miners * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner, Tim Kaine (both D-VA), and John Fetterman (D-PA) and U.S. Reps. Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-03) and Bobby Scott (D-VA-03), Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and Labor, reintroduced the Black Lung Benefits Imp  more