WASHINGTON, April 27 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released the following written testimony by Energy Secretary Christopher Wright from an April 21, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget request: * * * Chairman Lee, Ranking Member Heinrich, and Members of the Committee, it is an honor to appear before you and this Committee today to discuss the President's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget request for the Department of Energy. I want to commend this Committee for its longstandi  more

GENEVA, Switzerland, April 27 [Category: Religion] -- The World Council of Churches posted the following news: * * * In Santa Marta, Colombia gathering, WCC joins global call to end fossil fuels When the United Nations climate conference COP30 in Belem, Brazil ended without a single direct reference to fossil fuels in its final text, advocates said the obvious had been avoided: the primary driver of the climate crisis had not been named, let alone addressed.  On 24 April, a coalition of gov  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, April 27 [Category: International] (TNSrpt) -- The Institute of Public Affairs issued the following news release: * * * The $165.5 million carbon tax on our last two refineries * "The 2026 Iran war has revealed the costs of Australia being a fuel importer. We must restore our sovereign capability, and the first cab off the rank should be to exempt our remaining refineries from the Safeguard Mechanism," said Saxon Davidson, Research Fellow at the Institute of Public Affa  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum from an April 20, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget request: * * * Chairman Simpson, Ranking Member Pingree, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify in support of President Trump's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget request for the Department of the Interior and discuss what our   more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 27 -- The European Investment Bank posted the following news release: * * * Ukrainian electricity producer Centrenergo to chart green course with EIB technical assistance * EIB provides EUR350,000 in technical assistance to help Ukrainian electricity producer Centrenergo develop a decarbonisation strategy.  * Strategy to guide reconstruction, restore energy supply and support transition to cleaner power. * Assistance is part of EIB's " Energy Rescue Plan for Ukrain  more

OXFORD, Mississippi, April 28 (TNSjou) -- The University of Mississippi issued the following news: * * * Study Links Coal Ash Sites to Elevated Cancer Risk Nationwide National analysis finds higher cancer rates in communities near impoundments * Counties near coal ash storage facilities are more likely to report higher cancer rates, raising questions about regulation and long-term health risks of such installations, a new study concludes. University of Mississippi public health professor a  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, April 24 (TNSrpt) -- The Washington State Department of Ecology issued the following news release: * * * New report: Clean energy is powering reductions in Washington's carbon emissions More clean energy and less coal power: That's the recipe for a drop in Washington's greenhouse gas emissions detailed in a new Washington Department of Ecology report. Despite population and economic growth, the state's total emissions declined 0.5% from 2021 to 2022. This report does not   more