WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on Feb. 9, 2026, by non-resident senior fellow Alexander Kolyandr: * * * Stormy Weather Pummels Russia's Economy Russia's economy is already suffering strong headwinds in 2026. Cracks are appearing, and more trouble is certain. * For starters, the budget, which has saved the economy from collapse since Russia's all-out war of aggression against Ukraine began in 2022, and which fueled growth in the  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines on Fox Business: Trump is Reversing Biden's Green Hallucination * Calls Minnesota Fraud "Scandalous" and "Outrageous" WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined Fox Business to discuss the outrageous fraud in Minnesota and how President Trump is reversing Biden's harmful energy policies. Watch the full exchange HERE. Daines on the massive fraud in Minnesota: It's scanda  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration issued the following news release: * * * EIA raises natural gas price forecast following increased heating demand amid severe winter weather Natural gas prices rose sharply in January, averaging $7.72 per million British thermal units (MMBtu), as cold weather increased heating demand, reduced production, and led to record storage withdrawals during Winter Storm Fern. The drawdown for the week ending Janua  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2026: * * * Fetterman, Young Introduce Bill to Preserve Ohio River Basin Last week, U.S. Senators John Fetterman (D-PA) and Todd Young (R-IN) introduced the Ohio River Restoration Program Act to improve water quality, transportation and economy, ecological well-being, and other aspects of watershed health. The restoration program would create an Ohio River National Program Office within t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions released the following written testimony by David J. Walton, founder and co-chair of the Artificial Intelligence Team at Fisher Phillips LLP, from a Feb. 3, 2026, hearing entitled "Building an AI-Ready America: Adopting AI at Work": * * * Executive Summary Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged from experimental adoption to mission-critical infrastructure across American workplaces  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Feb. 9 -- Gov. Patrick Morrisey, R-West Virginia, issued the following news: * * * Governor Announces $2 Million AMLER Investment to Expand Public Water Service in Greenbrier County * Lewisburg, W.Va. \- Governor Patrick Morrisey today announced a $2 million infrastructure investment in Greenbrier County through the Abandoned Mine Lands Economic Revitalization (AMLER) Program to extend public water service from Sam Black Church to Smoot Elementary School and connec  more

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Feb. 10 -- The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology issued the following news release: * * * Mines Faculty Collaborate on Innovative Approach to Extract Rare Earth Elements from Coal Waste * Two South Dakota Mines professors are transforming coal mine waste into a potential domestic source of rare earth elements, materials critical to advanced technology, low-carbon energy and national defense. After three years of research, Venkataramana Gadhamshetty, Ph.D  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2026: * * * National Academy of Engineering Elects 130 Members and 28 International Members The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) today announced the election of 130 members and 28 international members to its Class of 2026, said NAE President Tsu-Jae Liu. This election brings the total number of U.S. members to 2,534 and the number of international members to   more

NEW YORK, Feb. 11 -- Barnard College issued the following news: * * * Research from Barnard's Laidlaw Scholars Selected for Online Publication Laidlaw Scholars from Barnard College published posters with F1000Research, an open access platform, after attending the annual Laidlaw Scholars Conference. * In November, 25 Barnard Laidlaw Scholars attended the annual Laidlaw Scholars Conference at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, a weekend of scholar-led panels and workshops designed   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Appeals EPA Approval of South Carolina's Do-Nothing Pollution Plan * COLUMBIA, S.C. - The Sierra Club appealed the EPA's approval of South Carolina's do-nothing plan to reduce air pollution at our country's most wild and scenic national parks and wilderness areas. The Congressionally-approved Regional Haze program of the Clean Air Act is intended to reduce air pollution, includ  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Tennessee Valley Authority goes back on commitment to retire dirty coal plants * NASHVILLE, Tenn. -In an extremely disappointing reversal, the Tennessee Valley Authority announced it is planning to keep its Kingston and Cumberland coal plants operating for the foreseeable future, blowing by its upcoming deadlines to close the polluting facilities. The nation's largest federal utility had p  more

BOONE, North Carolina, Feb. 10 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * Tennessee Valley Authority goes back on commitment to retire dirty coal plants * NASHVILLE, Tenn. - In an extremely disappointing reversal, the Tennessee Valley Authority announced it is planning to keep its Kingston and Cumberland coal plants operating for the foreseeable future, blowing by its upcoming deadlines to close the polluting facilities. The nation's largest feder  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The White House issued the following joint statement with India: * * * The United States of America (United States) and India are pleased to announce that they have reached a framework for an Interim Agreement regarding reciprocal and mutually beneficial trade (Interim Agreement). Today's framework reaffirms the countries' commitment to the broader U.S.-India Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) negotiations, launched by President Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Mo  more