TAGUIG, Philippines, May 8 -- The Philippines Department of Energy issued the following news release: * * * DOE Maintains Its Position: Coal Moratorium Policy Stays in the Country The Department of Energy (DOE) reaffirms that the country's coal moratorium policy remains in effect and will not be lifted, despite calls to allow the development of new coal-fired power plants. The DOE clarified that the coal moratorium imposed in December 2020 continues to be fully enforced. Under the policy, n  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 7 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: A 100-Year-Old Shipping Law Is Driving Up Costs for Americans Americans are struggling with rising costs for energy, groceries, housing, and other essentials -and outdated policies in Washington are making it worse. In a new op-ed published by DC Journal, AFP Vice President of External Affairs Katelyn Bledsoe explains why repealing the Jones Act would help lower cost  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education released the following written testimony by Michaele N. Turnage Young, senior counsel and co-manager of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc. Equal Protection Initiative, from an April 28, 2026, hearing entitled "Leveling Down: How Equity Policies Undermine Excellence and Harm Students": * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) Congress must also ensure ED is adequa  more

CHIPPENDALE, Australia, May 8 -- The Nature Conservation Council issued the following news release: * * * Coal mine pollution still surging into Sydney drinking water despite clean up notice The Gardens of Stone Alliance is calling for bold action to protect Sydney's drinking water, as a clean up notice imposed on Centennial Coal has failed to bring down high levels of toxic pollution in the Coxs River. New readings show pollution in the catchment remains severe, despite intervention by the   more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, May 7 -- Kentucky State University issued the following news: * * * Plants, biochar point to new possibilities for managing fly ash-contaminated soils * Two Kentucky State-led papers examine how plant-based remediation strategies could support long-term environmental management of coal combustion byproducts. FRANKFORT, Ky. -What power plants leave behind could become the starting point for a cleaner approach to restoring contaminated land. Two recent peer-reviewed pa  more