MELBOURNE, Australia, Feb. 19 (TNSrpt) -- The Australian Conservation Foundation issued the following news release: * * * 'Gamechanger': New information about coral death demands Browse reconsideration A new scientific report that finds the burning of gas from Woodside's proposed Browse offshore gas field would result in the death of an additional 29.35 million individual coral colonies in every mass bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef should prompt environment minister Murray Watt to r  more

LONDON, England, Feb. 18 -- The British Film Institute issued the following news release: * * * 40th BFI FLARE: LONDON LGBTQIA+ FILM FESTIVAL 2026 18-29 March at BFI Southbank FULL PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED INCLUDING SCREEN TALK WITH RUSSELL T DAVIES 31 WORLD PREMIERES INCLUDING MADFABULOUS, WASHED UP & HUNKY JESUS 4K RESTORATION PREMIERE OF PINK NARCISSUS INCLUDING UK WIDE SCREENINGS * One of the most significant and longest running LGBTQIA+ film festivals in the world, BFI Flare today unveil  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Feb. 18 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Public Health Association posted the following news release: * * * APHA and several organizations sue EPA over illegal repeal of climate protections * Contact: mediarelations@apha.org The American Public Health Association and a broad coalition of health and environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency today over its illegal determination that it is not responsible for protecting us from climate pollut  more

LONDON, England, Feb. 19 -- BloombergNEF, a part of Bloomberg, issued the following news release: * * * Battery Storage Costs Hit Record Lows as Costs of Other Clean Power Technologies Increased: BloombergNEF Clean power costs sent mixed signals in 2025. According to BloombergNEF's Levelized Cost of Electricity 2026 report, the cost of battery storage projects plummeted to new lows in 2025 even as most other clean power technologies became more expensive. BNEF's global benchmark costs for sol  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following Critical Questions Q&A on Feb. 18, 2026, by Leah Kieff, non-resident senior associate with the Project on Prosperity and Development: * * * Transnistria: A Conflict Unfrozen but Not Thawed For more than three decades, Transnistria has existed as one of Europe's frozen conflicts--a breakaway region of Moldova sustained by Russian economic subsidies and military presence. But over the last year, the c  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: * * * Department of the Interior and West Virginia Sign Agreement Expanding State Oversight of Coal Mining on Federal Land * WASHINGTON -The Department of the Interior has signed an amendment to its cooperative agreement with the State of West Virginia, giving the state expanded authority to regulate coal mining and reclamation on federal lands within its borders. The agreement was finalized durin  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * EPA Sued Over Illegal Repeal of Climate Protections * A broad coalition of health and environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency today over its illegal determination that it is not responsible for protecting us from climate pollution and its elimination of rules to cut the tailpipe pollution fueling the climate crisis.  The case, filed in the D.C. Circuit, challenges the   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 18 -- Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release: * * * EPA Sued Over Illegal Repeal of Climate Protections Conservation Law Foundation (CLF), as part of a broad coalition of health and environmental groups, has sued the Environmental Protection Agency over its illegal determination that it is not responsible for protecting us from climate pollution and its elimination of rules to cut the tailpipe pollution fueling the climate crisis and harming   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Georgia PSC Refuses to Reconsider Data Center Energy Plan * ATLANTA - Despite clear opposition from Georgians, the Georgia Public Service Commission has refused to reconsider Georgia Power's plan to build the most expensive gas plants in the nation to serve data centers.  The PSC voted 3-2 to reject the Sierra Club, the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) on behalf of Georgia Interf  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Feb. 18 -- Gov. Patrick Morrisey, R-West Virginia, issued the following news: * * * Governor Morrisey, Secretary Burgum Formalize Expanded State Authority Over Coal Regulation on Federal Lands * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Governor Patrick Morrisey today joined Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum to formalize an amendment to the State-Federal Cooperative Agreement between West Virginia and the U.S. Department of the Interior, expanding West Virginia's authority to regulat  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (TNSLrpt) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following briefing note on Feb. 5, 2026 by Mutya Yustika and Ramnath N. Iyer entitled "Building credibility in Indonesia's energy transition: Insights from the ETM and JETP Indonesia." Here are the key findings: * * * Indonesia's energy transition obligations are legally embedded through the Paris Agreement and its ratification in 2016. However, the country remains one of the largest carbon e  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (TNSLrpt) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following briefing note on Jan. 30, 2026 by Andrew Gorringe entitled "Cutting Australian mining's diesel emissions." Here are excerpts: * * * Key Findings * Diesel use is emerging as one of the largest emissions sources in Australia's resources sector, with fuel use growing faster than mining production as strip ratios increase. * Government projections of a rapid fall in mining energy emi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The Institute for Energy Research issued the following commentary: * * * EPA Begins Rolling Back Biden's "Good Neighbor" Rule The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced "Phase 1" of its rollback of Biden's "Good Neighbor" rule, which would approve the plans of eight states to address the interstate transport rules for the 2015 eight-hour ozone standards that the Biden administration rejected as insufficient. The eight states whose plans would now be accepted ar  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on Feb. 18, 2026, by John C.K. Daly, Eurasian foreign affairs and defense policy expert and non-resident fellow at the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, in its Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Russian Railways Faces Economic Setbacks Executive Summary: * Russian Railways (RZhD) cargo volumes dropped by 5.6 percent in 2025 to a 16-year low due to reduced shipments of oil, construction materials, metals, and coal, resu  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Heinrich and Vice Chair Murray Slam DOE for Redirecting Congressionally Appropriated Funds for Clean Energy to Prop Up Coal Plants, Hurting Rural Communities and Driving Up Electricity Costs * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Vice Chair of the U.S  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Heinrich and Vice Chair Murray Slam DOE for Redirecting Congressionally Appropriated Funds for Clean Energy to Prop Up Coal Plants, Hurting Rural Communities and Driving Up Electricity Costs U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and U.S.   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Raises Ethical Concerns Over JEA Board Texts, Opaque Energy Planning * JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - This week, a reported text exchange between Jacksonville City Council President Kevin Carrico and current JEA Board Member Arthur Adams appears to show Carrico removing Adams in order to give his JEA Board or Directors position to Paul Martinez, CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club, Partners Sue EPA Over Illegal Repeal of Climate Protections * Washington, DC - A broad coalition of health and environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency today over its illegal determination that it is not responsible for protecting us from climate pollution and its elimination of rules to cut the tailpipe pollution fueling the climate crisis and harming peo  more