WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia, April 22 (TNSfund) -- The College of William and Mary issued the following news story on April 21, 2023: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has recommended William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science as home base for a new national program focused on protecting U.S. coastal waters from derelict fishing gear. The $8 million provided by NOAA to implement the four-year program is the largest single grant award in VIMS' 83-year history. Many of th  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 (TNSgov) -- The Defenders of Wildlife issued the following news on April 18, 2023: The U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries held a hearing on bills including the RESCUE Whales Act, the only one of four on the subcommittee's agenda that would benefit wildlife and help combat the biodiversity and climate crises. Introduced by Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), the bill would repeal a section of the FY2023 omnibus  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release and letter: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today sent a letter to the Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality with Representatives Donald Payne (NJ-10), Andy Kim (NJ-03), Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Bill Pascrell (NJ-09), Rob Menendez (NJ-08), Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05), and Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) demanding real solutions in response to  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release on April 21, 2023: Vice President Harris announced that the Department of Commerce has recommended $60.3 million for projects across northern California to make communities and the economy resilient to climate change, as part of the Investing in America agenda. Across northern California, 13 projects will create jobs and boost economic and environmental outcomes for coastal communities. The awards are ma  more

SANTA ANA, California, April 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on April 18, 2023: A San Juan Capistrano woman has been sentenced to 262 months in federal prison for her role in the October 2019 murder of a man whose body was found floating in the Pacific Ocean with bullet and blunt force trauma wounds, the Justice Department announced today. Sheila Marie Ritze, 42, was sentenced late Monday afternoon by United States Dist  more

ORONO, Maine, April 22 (TNSfund) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: Maine Sea Grant College Program, University of Maine researchers and partners throughout the state will receive funding for three projects that address the prevention and removal of marine debris in the Gulf of Maine. Using Sea Grant's partnered approach to bring science together with communities for solutions that work, the projects will support transformational research and the creation of local coa  more