WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R46761) on April 14, 2021, entitled "Russia: Foreign Policy and U.S. Relations" by Russian and European affairs analyst Andrew S. Bowen and Russian and European affairs specialist Cory Welt: Since Russian President Vladimir Putin's rise to leadership more than 20 years ago, tensions have increased steadily between Russia and the United States. Some observers attribute Russian foreign policy actions to th  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 15 -- The European Commission issued the following news release on April 14, 2021: The European Commission has appointed today Mr Manuel Szapiro as the new Head of the Commission's Regional Office in Barcelona, Spain. The date of effect is to be determined at later stage. Mr Szapiro, a French national, has over 20 years of experience in EU affairs, particularly in the fields of policy-making, diplomacy, finance and human resources. He is also an experienced negotiator   more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news release: Concerns about climate change are driving a growing number of states, utilities, and corporations to set the goal of zeroing out power-sector carbon emissions. To date 17 states plus Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico have adopted laws or executive orders to achieve 100% carbon-free electricity in the next couple of decades. Additionally, 46 U.S. utilities have pledged   more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The National Endowment for the Humanities issued the following news release on April 14, 2021: The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced $24 million in grants for 225 humanities projects across the country. These grants will support a diverse range of exemplary humanities projects, including Audio History Project, a podcast series that uses archival audio recordings to illuminate forgotten stories about individuals and events from twentieth-century   more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release: Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) and Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley are leading a bicameral group of 21 lawmakers in introducing the Keep it in the Ground Act--urgent legislation to stop new fossil fuel leases and put an end to nonproducing leases for extraction of coal, oil, gas, oil shale, and tar sands extraction on public lands and in public waters. The combustion of fossil fuels that h  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, ranking Republican member of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on April 14, 2021: All Republican members of the House Committee on Natural Resources sent a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Debra Haaland, seeking critical information regarding the Biden administration's proposed 30 by 30 initiative. In part, the members wrote: "DOI hosted an engagement session with the purported o  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on April 14, 2021: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA-2) are leading a bicameral group of 21 lawmakers in introducing the Keep It in the Ground Act--urgent legislation to stop new fossil fuel leases and put an end to nonproducing leases for extraction of coal, oil, gas, oil shale, and tar sands extraction on public lands and in public waters. The combustion of fossil fu  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on April 14, 2021: Maryland's U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen joined Oregon's Senator Jeff Merkley, Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), and a group of 20 lawmakers in introducing the Keep It in the Ground Act--urgent legislation to stop new fossil fuel leases and put an end to nonproducing leases for extraction of coal, oil, gas, oil shale, and tar sands extraction on public lands and in public water  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA-2) are leading a bicameral group of 21 lawmakers in introducing the Keep It in the Ground Act--urgent legislation to stop new fossil fuel leases and put an end to nonproducing leases for extraction of coal, oil, gas, oil shale, and tar sands extraction on public lands and in public waters. The combustion of fossil fuels that have  more

EUGENE, Oregon, April 14 (TNSPol) -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on April 14, 2021: Hundreds of Native American, religious, business and conservation organizations today called on the Biden administration to do a comprehensive environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act and other laws to align federal fossil fuel programs with U.S. climate goals to curb global warming. The letter asks the Interior Department to evaluate a legal fi  more