WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * Ahead of America's 250th, Pressley, Advocates Call On Congress to Advance Transformative Reparative Justice Agenda * "T he next 250 years cannot look like the last. The next 250 years must be about repair." " So today, we call on Congress to act. Meet this moment with the urgency it demands. And help build a future grounded not in denial, but in repair." Video (YouTube) | Photos (Dropbox) WAS  more

MINNETONKA, Minnesota, June 12 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on June 10, 2026, by policy fellow Darren Nelson: * * * Germany's nuclear energy regrets "Don't follow Germany on energy policy." That was American Experiment's most recent of many, many warnings over the years to Minnesotans, about copying the German move towards 100 percent renewable or clean power. Germany  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Capito Asks FWS Director Nesvik About FWS Priorities and D.C. District Court Decision * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, held a hearing examining the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) proposed budget for fiscal year 2027. During the hearing, Chairman Capito asked D  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Clean Wyoming Coal is the Lifeblood of an Affordable, Prosperous Future * "Wyoming's energy workers and coal communities now have the certainty they need to do what they do best: power the country with coal that is affordable, available, and reliable." WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) today spoke about Republican efforts to lower prices by unleashing affordable energ  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 [Category: Energy] -- The Institute for Energy Research posted the following commentary: * * * EIA Projects OECD Oil Stocks to Fall to Record Lows * The Energy Information Administration's (EIA) Short-Term Energy Outlook (June 9, 2026) assumes that the Strait of Hormuz marine traffic does not normalize to pre-conflict levels until early 2027, despite also assuming that the strait reopens in the third quarter of this year. With that assumption, the agency expects oil inven  more

DETROIT, Michigan, June 12 -- The Foundation for Economic Education issued the following commentary by research associate Mani Basharzad: * * * Nostalgia The most dangerous economic ideology. - If someone asked me what the most dangerous economic ideology is, many would expect an Austrian to give a typical answer: Marxism, socialism, or Modern Monetary Theory. Yet I believe there is another way of thinking that is even more pervasive. It is not a coherent body of ideas like those ideologies  more

HELENA, Montana, June 12 -- The Montana Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * Montana Mine Recognized Nationally for Reclamation and Safety On Tuesday, May 19, mining company Navajo Transitional Energy Company was recognized by the Interstate Mining Compact Commission (IMCC) for excellence at their coal mining operation, Spring Creek Mine, in Big Horn County. IMCC honored Navajo Transitional Energy Company at a banquet in French Lick, Indiana. Navajo Tr  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on June 10, 2026: * * * Chairman Capito Opening Statement at Hearing to Examine Proposed FWS FY2027 Budget Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, held a hearing examining the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) proposed budget for fiscal year 202  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Trump's EPA Chief Will Not Protect Communities and Environment from Data Center Pollution * WASHINGTON -At an event hosted by Politico, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin today told an audience he would not push for nationwide environmental requirements or recommendations to protect communities from data center development. Saying that data centers were being pain  more