BRISBANE, Australia, Jan. 30 -- The Australian Marine Conservation Society issued the following news release: * * * Australia submits Reef report to UNESCO, but gaps remain on climate and local threats * Australia's climate action still falls short of what is needed to protect the Great Barrier Reef from marine heatwaves and escalating bleaching events. * Delayed water quality targets and an expired pollution plan leave the Reef vulnerable and undermine UNESCO's repeated warnings. * Ongoing  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Jan. 29 -- The European Investment Bank posted the following news release: * * * Bulgaria sees jump in EIB Group financing to EUR646 million in 2025 * * EIB Group financing in Bulgaria rises 72% to EUR646 million in 2025 * Operations support about 4,700 Bulgarian companies and over 118,000 jobs * Bulgarian scale-ups get prolonged backing and copper production set to expand The European Investment Bank (EIB) Group's financing in Bulgaria jumped 72% last year to EUR  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 29 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * Department of Energy Blocks Arizona Investment That Would Lower Electricity Bills * (PHOENIX - Jan 29, 2026) The Department of Energy announced that it's cancelling a planned $1.8 billion loan to support clean energy, battery and transmission projects for APS, Arizona's largest electric utility. The financing was granted in January 2025. APS planned to use the funding to inves  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Donald Trump's DOE Scraps Billions of Dollars for Clean Energy in Arizona * Tucson, Ariz. \- Today, the Trump administration's Department of Energy scrapped a planned $1.8 billion federal loan to Arizona's largest utility, Arizona Public Service (APS). The funds, which were announced in January 2025, would have financed clean energy resources to support the utility's transition to clean en  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Jan. 29 -- The Foundation for Economic Education posted the following commentary on Jan. 28, 2026: * * * Reform on the Move By Harry Phibbs Britain's new political party is surging in the polls. Like the United States, the United Kingdom has a first-past-the-post voting system. This tends to entrench a two-party system. It takes a lot for other rivals to break through. The resulting culture of complacency and entitlement by the main parties is certainly less than ideal.   more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Jan. 29 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Moore Announces New Port of Baltimore Records, Continuing Historic Recovery Following Key Bridge Collapse * ANNAPOLIS, MD - Governor Wes Moore today announced that the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore's state-owned public and private marine terminals set new records for total cargo vessel visits and container activity. The record year follows the port's historic recovery in 202  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Miller Hosts One, Big, Beautiful Bill Roundtable * Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) was joined by U.S. Chamber of Commerce officials, the Charleston Area Alliance, local manufactures, and business leaders for a roundtable to discuss the significant benefits secured by the One, Big, Beautiful Bill. This legislation makes permanent the successful 2017 Trump Tax Cut  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan. 30 -- The Australian Energy Market Operator issued the following news release: * * * Renewables supply more than half of quarterly energy supply Wholesale electricity prices for the National Electricity Market (NEM) nearly halved in the December 2025 quarter, driven by record renewable generation supplying more than half of total energy needs for the first time. AEMO's latest Quarterly Energy Dynamics report shows wholesale electricity prices averaged $50 per megaw  more

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, Jan. 30 (TNSjou) -- The University of Notre Dame Keough School of Global Affairs issued the following news release: * * * As fossil fuel use declines, experts urge planning and coordination to prevent chaotic collapse As the world shifts toward renewable energy sources, some experts warn that a lack of planning for the retirement of fossil fuels could lead to a disorderly and dangerous collapse of existing systems that could prolong the transition to green energy. In a s  more