WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The Congressional Budget Office issued the following cost estimate for the No FED in West Texas Act (H.R. 839). * * * H.R. 839 would prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from implementing, administering, or enforcing the Final Land Protection Plan & Environment Assessment Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge that was finalized and approved by the Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in April 2024. The plan established a voluntary land acquisition program authorizing the ag more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The Institute for Energy Research issued the following commentary: * * * EPA Begins Rolling Back Biden's "Good Neighbor" Rule The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced "Phase 1" of its rollback of Biden's "Good Neighbor" rule, which would approve the plans of eight states to address the interstate transport rules for the 2015 eight-hour ozone standards that the Biden administration rejected as insufficient. The eight states whose plans would now be accepted ar more PR

MERRIFIELD, Virginia, Feb. 18 [Category: Environment] -- The National Wildlife Federation posted the following news release: * * * Poll: Western Voters Sound Alarm on Wildfire, Drought, Public Land Threats * DENVER -Western voters are extremely concerned about wildfires, drought, staffing cuts at land management agencies, and threats to sell off public lands, according to the latest Conservation in the West poll released by Colorado College. The poll also demonstrates that Westerners want la more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Heinrich and Vice Chair Murray Slam DOE for Redirecting Congressionally Appropriated Funds for Clean Energy to Prop Up Coal Plants, Hurting Rural Communities and Driving Up Electricity Costs * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Vice Chair of the U.S more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Heinrich and Vice Chair Murray Slam DOE for Redirecting Congressionally Appropriated Funds for Clean Energy to Prop Up Coal Plants, Hurting Rural Communities and Driving Up Electricity Costs U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and U.S.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Members Heinrich, Klobuchar, Merkley, Huffman, Pingree, and Colleagues Call on Secretary Burgum to Halt Creation of Unified Wildfire Agency, Citing Dramatic Cuts at the Interior and Concerns with Fire Mismanagement * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ranking Member of t more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Members Heinrich, Klobuchar, Merkley, Huffman, Pingree, and Colleagues Call on Secretary Burgum to Halt Creation of Unified Wildfire Agency, Citing Dramatic Cuts at the Interior and Concerns with Fire Mismanagement U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Co more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 18 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Colorado. *** Touchless Food Dispenser ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- TOUCHLESS DISPENSER COMPANY INC., Richmond, Virginia has been assigned a patent (No. US 12551064 B2, initially filed May 2, 2025) developed by four inventors Bryan Hakim, Cresskill, New Jersey; George Hakim, Aspen, Colorado; Gabe Hakim, Jupiter, Florida; and Christian Haller, Arlington, Virginia, for "Touchless food dispenser." ***  more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 18 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts. *** Tracer Compositions ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia has been assigned a patent (No. US 12552983 B2, initially filed Jan. 18, 2024) developed by three inventors Shitong Sherry Zhu, Waban, Massachusetts; Ayrat Gizzatov, Winchester, Massachusetts; and Nermeen Saadoun, Somerville, Massachusetts, for "Tracer compositions." *** Decomposing A more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 18 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Washington. *** Edge Connectivity Gateway ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 17 -- MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, Washington has been assigned a patent (No. US 12556516 B2, initially filed Sept. 29, 2023) developed by five inventors Prasidh Arora, Seattle, Washington; Manoj Kumar Ampalam, Suwanee, Georgia; Nikhil Mhatre, Kirkland, Washington; Barath Hassan Venugopal, Woodinville, Washington; and Aru more ST