NEW YORK, Jan. 15 -- The United Nations posted the following news release: * * * 'We Must Pick Up the Pace', Secretary-General Says in International Day of Clean Energy Message, Urging Faster Renewables Transition * Following is UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' message for the International Day of Clean Energy, observed on 26 January: On this International Day of Clean Energy, we can feel the world shifting -but we must pick up the pace. The science tells us we are heading for a te  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR-DFW, Partners Demand Release of Yaa'Kub (Jacob) Ira Vijandre after 100 Days of Illegal Detention * The Dallas/Fort Worth office of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-DFW), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization joins CAIR Action, the Muslim Legal Fund of American (MLFA), Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAAJ), the F  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito: Working Families Tax Cuts Will Unleash American Energy Dominance * WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Working Families Tax Cuts Act, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill, supports an all-of the-above energy approach, invests in American-made energy, and lowers costs for consumers. "As Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, I was proud to champion the Working Families  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Rogers Applauds Final Passage of Federal Funding Package with Nearly $40 Million for Community Project Funding in Eastern Kentucky * Includes Millions for Kentucky Infrastructure, Coal Communities, First Responders, Combatting Opioid Abuse, Spurring Innovation in Business and Education, and more WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Rep. Harold "Hal" Rogers celebrates final passage of the Commerce,   more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Jan. 16 -- The European Policy Centre issued the following commentary on Jan. 15, 2026 by Rajnish Singh: * * * Dan Jorgensen charts Europe's path to a Russia-free energy system At a European Policy Centre event in the European Parliament on 14 January 2026, senior EU and Ukrainian officials outlined the progress made in reducing Europe's dependence on Russian energy and the challenges that still lie ahead. The discussion highlighted the EU's rapid transformation since 2022,  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Deluzio, Lee Celebrate Full Reinstatement of Workers at National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) and Congresswoman Summer Lee (PA-12) celebrated that workers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) slated to be terminated will be able to go back to work-including hundreds of mine safety workers  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following fact sheet: * * * Department of Energy Is Ending The War On Beautiful, Clean Coal The Trump Administration Is Reaffirming Coal's Role In American Energy Dominance The Trump Administration Is Reaffirming Coal's Role In American Energy Dominance * DOE IS REINVIGORATING AMERICA'S COAL INDUSTRY BY REINSTATING THE NATIONAL COAL COUNCIL * Under President Trump's leadership, the Department of Energy (DOE) is emphasizing th  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Duckworth Pushes to Slash ICE Funding and Block GOP Cuts to Lead Removal Programs * January 15, 2026 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), author of the historic bipartisan Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Law, today sought to block $125 million in Republican cuts to lead service line replacement projects by redirecting a portion of Trump's exorbitant $2 billion  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news release on Jan. 15, 2026: * * * Energy Department Convenes First National Coal Council Meeting Under Renewed Charter, Reaffirming Coal's Role in Unleashing American Energy The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today convened the first meeting of the National Coal Council (NCC) following U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright's formal renewal of its charter--reversing the Biden Administration's 2021 termination of the   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Advanced Energy United issued the following news release: * * * FAST Act Introduced to Unlock Virginia's Surplus Interconnection Potential * New legislation would allow solar, wind, and battery storage systems to plug in at existing power generating facilities and tap their underused interconnection capacity RICHMOND, VA - Virginia legislators have introduced the Facilitating Access to Surplus Transmission (FAST) Act, a bill designed to deliver n  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Rare Appalachian Salamander * CHARLESTON, W.Va. -The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for failing to decide whether to protect the yellow-spotted woodland salamander under the Endangered Species Act. Only a few hundred of the salamanders remain. "These are some of the most imperiled salamanders on the p  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following memorandum on Jan. 15, 2026: * * * TO: Interested Parties FROM: Sara Chieffo, VP of Government Affairs, League of Conservation Voters MEMO: Bringing the Receipts: One Year of Higher Costs Under Trump and Congressional Republicans' Control of Washington Across the country, families are paying more. For electricity, for insurance, for health care, for housing...the list goes on. These ri  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Jan. 15 -- WildEarth Guardians posted the following news release on Jan. 14, 2026: * * * Legal challenge: Feds more than a year overdue in designating much-needed critical habitat for wolverine Only about 300 wolverines remain in the Lower 48 states * MISSOULA, Mont. -- 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   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Miller Participates in 'State of the Steel' Congressional Hearing * Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) joined her colleagues on the Congressional Steel Caucus for a State of the Steel hearing, an annual event where leaders from America's steel industry, along with trade and labor representatives, testify before Congress on the challenges and opportunities facing th  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 16 -- Earthjustice posted the following news release on Jan. 14, 2026: * * * Public Interest Groups Challenge Trump Administration Order to Keep Washington's Last Coal Plant Operating DOE's order disrupts a long-planned shutdown of a coal plant in Centralia, Washington, designed to provide state residents with cleaner air and affordable, reliable, clean energy * Washington, D.C. -- Today, public interest groups challenged the Department of Energy's (DOE) ille  more

LONDON, England, Jan. 15 [Category: BizMedia] -- Civil Society Media, an independent media company that says it is dedicated to supporting the charity sector, posted the following news: * * * Regulator opens compliance case into mining charity amid ongoing staff strike * The Charity Commission is assessing governance and management concerns at a mining charity amid a long-running staff strike. More than 40 workers at the National Coal Mining Museum began industrial action in August last ye  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * Senator McConnell Secures More than $540 Million for Kentucky Priorities in Federal Funding Bill * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced today that he secured $541 million in federal funding for several Kentucky-focused priorities included through FY 2026 appropriations for Commerce-Justice-Science; Interior-Environment; and Energy-Water, which passed the Senate today.  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Students and Community Groups Cry Foul As University of Oregon Increases Fossil Fuel Use By Over Fifty Percent * Eugene, Ore. \- Students and community groups raised the alarm today after discovering that, on January 6th, the University of Oregon began a pilot project, using an additional large "natural" methane gas turbine to generate electricity to sell to the local publicly owned utilit  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement announced the receipt of a proposed amendment to the Wyoming regulatory program. This proposal seeks to update the rules of practice and procedure for the state department of environmental quality. Between 2017 and 2021, the Wyoming Environmental Quality Council approved changes to modernize procedures for contested case hearings and other administrative actions. These updates  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Trump Redirects Pollution-Control Funding to Prop Up More Polluting Coal Plants * Washington, D.C. - Today, Donald Trump announced that his administration will use funding legally directed by Congress to reduce pollution to instead help build new and prop up aging, expensive, polluting coal plants. Responding to competitive pressure from lower cost and lower risk resources, utilities have   more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Jan. 16 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Gordon Announces Final Round of Awardees for Semiquincentennial Grant Program The Wyoming Semiquincentennial Planning Task Force has announced the eighth and final round of awardees for the Semiquincentennial Grant Program. The grants program was launched last year and is supported with a $2 million appropriation from the Wyoming Legislature. The grants program allows communities to   more