WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on April 7, 2025: * * * Fedorchak leads House resolution to protect grid reliability amid rising energy demand Washington, D.C. -- Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) introduced H.Res. 290, a resolution recognizing the urgent and growing threats to the reliability of America's electric grid. The resolution warns that the premature shutdown of reliable baseload power sources--such as coal and natura  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * How the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act is Helping West Virginia Below is a continuously updated list of good news arising from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act enacted by President Trump and congressional Republicans in 2017, and which now must be made permanent. The average annual TCJA tax cut for West Virginia households is $1,428. ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL IRS DATA, TCJA PROVIDED: 21% tax cut for W  more

NEW YORK, April 7 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * New Analysis Shows Extensive Number of Facilities Across the U.S. That Could Get a Trump EPA Pollution Pass (Washington, D.C. - April 7, 2025) Today, a coalition of health, community and environmental groups released new analysis documenting the extensive number of high-polluting industrial facilities that Trump EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has invited to seek exemptions from n  more

LONDON, England, April 4 -- Friends of the Earth UK issued the following news release: * * * Whitehaven coalmine confirmed dead as planning application withdrawn West Cumbria Mining (WCM), the company behind the controversial Whitehaven coalmine, has withdrawn its planning application, the government confirmed today. Planning permission for the mine was initially quashed in the High Court on 13 September 2024 [2] following legal challenges by Friends of the Earth and South Lakes Action on Cl  more