WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news release on June 12, 2026: * * * Energy Secretary Keeps Coal-Fired Power Generation Alive in the Northwest Emergency order addresses the risk and cost of blackouts for hardworking American families and businesses. - U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright today issued an emergency order to keep affordable, reliable, and secure coal generation online and address critical grid reliability issues facing the Northwester  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 (TNSxrep) -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release on June 12, 2026: * * * Montgomery County, MD Executive Enacts Six-Month Data Center Pause Harford County banned data center earlier this week this week - Today, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich enacted a six-month data center moratorium at a press event in Rockville. The executive order is the most significant initiative to date to address large scale data centers proposed for Maryland's most  more

WESTERVILLE, Ohio, June 13 -- The National Ground Water Association issued the following news release: * * * NGWA comments on EPA's coal ash disposal rules NGWA recently convened a regulatory review group to prepare comments (https://www.ngwa.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/final-ngwa-comment-re-ccr-disposal-rule-revision-2026-06-1287d23b91-b363-46c4-8436-2aad99cbb823.pdf?sfvrsn=511870f1_1) on proposed regulations (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/13/2026-07  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. IF13171) by Linda R. Rowan, natural resources and earth sciences analyst: * * * Rare Earth Elements and U.S. Supply Chains Rare earth elements (REEs) have catalytic, magnetic, electrical, and luminescent properties vital for civilian and defense purposes. REEs may include 17 elements - scandium (atomic symbol Sc), yttrium (Y), and the 15 lanthanides - although some classific  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall Tours Manufacturers & Businesses in Eastern Kansas * Overland Park - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), spent Friday in the Kansas City and Leavenworth areas, touring local manufacturers and businesses to hear directly from employers in the technology, biosecurity, ethanol, power, and machining industries. He highlighted his dedication to pro-American business legislatio  more