MELBOURNE, Australia, March 11 -- The Australian Conservation Foundation issued the following news release: * * * 'Carbon bomb': ACF urges federal government to say no to Hail Creek coal mine expansion With the Queensland government having approved the expansion and extension of Glencore's Hail Creek open cut coal mine, it's up to the Albanese government to step in to halt the detonation of this carbon bomb, the Australian Conservation Foundation said. The Queensland government has approved  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Barrasso: American Energy is the Source of American Strength, Safety, and Prosperity * "Wyoming is America's energy breadbasket. We are no longer utterly dependent on the Middle East for energy, as we were in the past. This is because of Republican policies to unleash American energy. America is now the number one producer of oil in the world." WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Majority Whip John Barras  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, March 11 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: * * * Duke Energy prices upsized offering of $1.3 billion of 3.000% convertible senior notes due 2029 Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE: DUK) announced the pricing of its offering of $1.3 billion aggregate principal amount of its 3.000% convertible senior notes due 2029 in a private placement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The size of the offering was increased from the prev  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration issued the following news release: * * * EIA releases latest Short-Term Energy Outlook amid Middle East conflict U.S. energy market indicators ... 2025 ... 2026 ... 2027 Brent crude oil spot price (dollars per barrel) ... $69 ... $79 ... $64 Retail gasoline price (dollars per gallon) ... $3.10 ... $3.34 ... $3.18 U.S. crude oil production (million barrels per day) ... 13.6 ... 13.6 ... 13.8 Natural g  more

DETROIT, Michigan, March 11 -- The Foundation for Economic Education issued the following commentary on March 10, 2026, by President Emeritus Lawrence W. Reed: * * * The Life of Frederic Bastiat France's great classical liberal. * Two hundred and fifty years ago this month, the Scottish philosopher and economist Adam Smith's monumental work, An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, was published. Its lasting impact means that it belongs on any list of the 100 most inf  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 11 -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, posted the following news release on March 10, 2026: * * * GE Vernova powers Vietnam's energy transition with key regional commitments at inaugural Energy of Change Summit - GE Vernova's Energy of Change Summit convenes 400 senior leaders from government, industry, and the energy ecosystem across Vietnam and Asia, marking the first thought leadership platform of its kind. - GE Vernova marks the start of commercial operati  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Daines Op-Ed in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle: "Thanks to President Trump, We're Protecting Montana's Mines" * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Steve Daines penned an op-ed in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle about the Trump administration's actions to protect Montana mining. Read it below. Sen. Steve Daines: Thanks to President Trump, we're protecting Montana's mines Bozeman Daily Chronicle M  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 [Category: Energy] -- The Institute for Energy Research posted the following commentary: * * * Obama Admitted That Electricity Prices Would Skyrocket Under His Policies * Key Takeaways 1 In 2008, President Obama told the nation that his policies would make electricity prices skyrocket. 2 That, and a follow-up regulatory environment from the Biden administration, made it come to fruition by changing the U.S. electrical system, crippling its ability to maintain suffici  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Energy announced the filing of a coal capability self-certification by PowerSouth Energy Cooperative, based in Andalusia, Alabama, for the Lowman Energy Center, a baseload electric generating powerplant located in Leroy, Alabama. Under the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978, as amended, no baseload electric powerplant may be constructed or operated without the capability to use coal or another alternate fuel as a primary energy   more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Calls on Trump to Shield Americans from Higher Energy Prices Caused by Iran War * WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) is calling on the Trump Administration to take immediate and comprehensive action to effectively mitigate rising energy prices due to the spike in oil and gas prices caused by President Trump's order to initiate military conflict with Iran. This includes considering  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Toxic Coal Pollution Spikes to 25-Year High Under Trump Pollution from coal-fired power plants has reached a quarter-century high under the Trump administration. This massive spike comes as the Trump administration touts rollbacks of bedrock public health safeguards, exemptions for polluting coal plants from emission standards, and handouts to coal plants across the country. Last month, D  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 9 [Category: Environment] -- The Nature Conservancy issued the following news: * * * Unliveable Earth: Daily Life Is Becoming More Dangerous as Planet Heats Up Extreme heat is no longer just uncomfortable-in many parts of the world, it is increasingly making everyday life physically unsafe, according to a new global study led by scientists from The Nature Conservancy and published in the journal Environmental Research: Health.  Combining more than 70 years of glob  more