WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 [Category: Political] -- The Ripon Society posted the following news release: * * * "Permitting in this country is broken." * Johnson and Peters Lead Bipartisan Effort to Cut Red Tape Slowing Down Key Energy & Infrastructure Improvements WASHINGTON, DC - Congressmen Dusty Johnson (R-SD-At-Large) and Scott Peters (D-CA-50), bipartisan leaders of the ePermit Act, addressed The Ripon Society and Franklin Center for Global Policy Exchange Monday evening, discussing their le  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (TNSLrpt) -- The Center for Global Sustainability at the University of Maryland has released the report 'Toward 2035: Forging a High-Ambition U.S. Climate Pathway,' authored by Alicia Zhao and 17 co authors, with modeling support from University of Maryland supercomputing resources and funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies. Issued in September 2024 as PNNL 36589 in the Department of Energy's distribution system, the 68 page study outlines how an "all of society" strategy coul  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet, Neguse Urge Surface Transportation Board to Conduct Comprehensive Review of the Uinta Basin Railway's Risks to Colorado * Washington, D.C. -Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and Congressman Joe Neguse sent a letter to the Surface Transportation Board urging them to reject the motion submitted by the proponents of the Uinta Basin Railway project and to engage in a comprehensive revie  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Jan. 15 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: * * * Duke Energy brings new grid battery on line at former Allen coal plant * $100 million, 50-megawatt (MW) battery to be followed by 167-MW battery, the company's largest, to support rapid growth across the Carolinas * New energy infrastructure will reduce fuel costs, maximize 40% federal tax credits to save customers money * Duke Energy has brought on line a 50-megawatt, four-hour battery energy storag  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Sarah Elfreth, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Elfreth Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Prevent the Sale of Critical American Energy to Foreign Adversaries * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03), a member of the Natural Resources Committee and House Armed Services Committee, introduced the bipartisan Protecting American Energy Security Act alongside co-lead Representative Kathy Castor (D-FL-14). "This bill is simpl  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 14 -- The Environmental Law and Policy Center issued the following news release: * * * EPA Proposed Water Rule Restricts States', Tribes' Authority to Stop Federal Projects that Pollute Waterways Washington, DC - Yesterday, the U.S. EPA issued a proposed rollback of Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, which gives states and Tribes power to review and veto federally permitted pipelines, dams, coal mining, data centers, and other projects that harm water quality. Calling  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Jan. 15 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2026: * * * Pritzker Administration awards $36 million in grants for local park projects Today, Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) announced $36 million in grant funding was awarded to 67 local park projects throughout Illinois to help communities acquire land and develop recreational opportunities. The grants were awarded through the Open Spa  more

EUGENE, Oregon, Jan. 15 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2026: * * * Legal challenge: Feds more than a year overdue in designating much-needed critical habitat for wolverine Today, a coalition of wildlife advocates filed a complaint in the Federal District Court for the District of Montana against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to designate critical habitat for wolverine, listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Joseph Neguse, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Neguse, Bennet Urge Surface Transportation Board to Conduct Comprehensive Review of the Uinta Basin Railway's Risks to Colorado * Today, Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse and Senator Michael Bennet sent a letter to the Surface Transportation Board urging them to reject the motion submitted by the proponents of the Uinta Basin Railway project and to engage in a comprehensive review of the project, in  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * New Data Shows Planet Continues to Heat Up While US Radically Backslides on Climate Action * WASHINGTON (January 14, 2026)--The past year was the third hottest on record, closely trailing 2023 and 2024 and making the past 11 years the hottest on record in terms of global average temperatures, according to new scientific data (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/g  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement approved an amendment to the Pennsylvania regulatory program on February 17, 2026. This decision follows a review of changes made to the Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act through the enactment of Act 32. The amendment clarifies how potential pollution is defined during the permit application process for underground bituminous coal mining. Specifically, the l  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has released the report 'Core Model Proposal #391: GCAM 7.0 Bugfixes' (PNNL 36105), authored by Maridee A. Weber, Ellie N. Lochner, Pralit L. Patel, Matthew T. Binsted and Nathan J. Wiens for the Joint Global Change Research Institute under U.S. Department of Energy contract DE AC05 76RL01830. Dated June 3, 2024, the document outlines a suite of code and data fixes to the Global Change Analysis Model (GCAM) 7.0 core, spanning  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Public Interest Groups Challenge Trump Administration Order to Keep Washington's Last Coal Plant Operating * Washington, D.C. - Today, public interest groups challenged the Department of Energy's (DOE) illegal emergency order forcing Washington's last coal plant to operate past its planned retirement date. The groups' request for rehearing was filed with DOE in response to the 90-day order is  more

AMES, Iowa, Jan. 14 -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: * * * Renewable materials build low-cost batteries to store wind energy * AMES, Iowa - Steve W. Martin, who has studied better materials for better batteries for four decades at Iowa State University, lists the cheap raw materials campus researchers are considering for one of their latest battery projects: * Sodium. ("Sodium is 1,000 times cheaper than lithium," he said. "And it's everywhere.") * Waste glas  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 [Category: Political] -- The Ripon Society posted the following news release: * * * "Permitting in this country is broken." Johnson and Peters Lead Bipartisan Effort to Cut Red Tape Slowing Down Key Energy & Infrastructure Improvements * Congressmen Dusty Johnson (R-SD-At-Large) and Scott Peters (D-CA-50), bipartisan leaders of the ePermit Act, addressed The Ripon Society and Franklin Center for Global Policy Exchange Monday evening, discussing their legislation to mode  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz: Trump Is Intentionally Raising The Price Of Electricity * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) spoke on the Senate floor about how President Donald Trump's ban on clean energy is creating a shortage of electricity and driving up Americans' utility bills. Schatz spoke after Senate Republicans blocked a resolution to affirm that climate change is not a hoax. "Donald Trump is the  more

CLAREMONT, California, Jan. 15 -- Pomona College issued the following news: * * * Seabird Research Shapes Biology Careers for Pomona Students and Alumni By Jacob Ligorria '23 "Mothers are mothers everywhere," Kay Garlick-Ott '18 discovered. "I'm holding a common tern chick in my hand," she recalls, "and there's an adult standing on my head watching, watching, watching over the chick to make sure I'm not doing anything suspicious with it." A biology major, Garlick-Ott was spending the summe  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Jan. 13 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release: * * * Washington seeks rehearing of illegal, inscrutable DOE order on TransAlta coal power * Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown has filed a request for rehearing over the Department of Energy's (DOE) illegal, clumsy emergency order forcing a decommissioned coal power plant back into production despite not having the staff, buyers or coal for such work. "No presidential   more