NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 24 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release: Months after Bank of America canceled the accounts of Indigenous Advance Ministries with scant explanation and minimal warning, the Christian nonprofit has filed a consumer complaint with the help of Alliance Defending Freedom. The complaint asks Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti to investigate whether the bank illegally discriminated against the charity because of its religious views.   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2023: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned a demonstration by a far-right group using white supremacist symbols at the Tennessee Capitol building. Yesterday, members of the Proud Boys, a White supremacist group, gathered at the Tennessee capitol in Nashville during a prayer session precedi  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 22 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2023: In response to a legal petition and lawsuit from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect four freshwater mussels and a crayfish under the Endangered Species Act. The Center and its allies petitioned for protection of all five species in 2010. "Freshwater animals are at the forefront of the extinction crisis in the Uni  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 22 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2023: The Southern Environmental Law Center and Appalachian Mountain Advocates, on behalf of Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club, are asking a federal court of appeals to review a state-issued permit for the proposed Cumberland Pipeline. The sole purpose of the proposed 32-mile pipeline, which would cut through communities in Dickson, Houston and Stewart Counties, would be to supply methane gas   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 25 -- Ducks Unlimited issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2023: A coalition of conservation organizations has launched a historic $3 billion international fundraising campaign to protect and restore wetland habitats across North America, resulting in cleaner water for communities and wildlife. Ducks Unlimited, Inc., Ducks Unlimited Canada, Ducks Unlimited de Mexico and Wetlands America Trust have announced Conservation For A Continent. Our Wetlands. Our Legac  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 26 -- Ducks Unlimited issued the following news release on Aug. 25, 2023: Ducks Unlimited (DU) has been working alongside the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and other partners for over 25 years to repair the Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC), impacting more than 18,700 acres in the last quarter-century. The latest conservation effort, completed in late June 2023, was a restoration of two wetlands on eith  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 23 -- Everytown for Gun Safety issued the following news release: * * * Tennessee Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action Respond * * * The Tennessee chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety's grassroots network, released the following statement in response to the House Civil Justice Subcommittee's advancement of HB 7064 and HB 7086, bills to arm teachers, during their special session. The bills allow facul  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 22 -- The Family Equality Council issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2023: Last week, Family Equality, the leading national organization for current and future LGBTQ+ families, signed onto an amicus, or friend-of-the-court, brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit urging reinstatement of the court orders preventing enforcement of transgender healthcare bans for adolescents in Tennessee and Kentucky while the legal challenges to those bans continue. The   more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 24 -- The Nature Conservancy issued the following news release: * * * The Nature Conservancy and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service establish a long-awaited wildlife refuge in Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau. * * * For decades a variety of private conservation organizations, local citizens, and state and federal agencies have dreamed of establishing a public wildlife refuge within the southern Cumberland Plateau region along the Tennessee/Alabama border, and now that i  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 26 -- The Open Space Institute issued the following news: After decades of determination and anticipation, a National Wildlife Refuge along the border of Tennessee and Alabama will finally become a reality thanks to integral support from the Open Space Institute's Appalachian Landscapes Protection Fund. This summer, The Nature Conservancy in Tennessee (TNC) acquired 87 acres of land adjoining the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency's Bear Hollow Mountain Wildlife Management Area  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 22 -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: The Southern Environmental Law Center and Appalachian Mountain Advocates, on behalf of Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club, are asking a federal court of appeals to review a state-issued permit for the proposed Cumberland Pipeline. The sole purpose of the proposed 32-mile pipeline, which would cut through communities in Dickson, Houston, and Stewart Counties, would be to supply methane g  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol issued the following news: The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol is pleased to appoint Averum to provide additional Third-Party verification support after seeing the highest number of grower enrollment to date. With a 120% increase in grower enrollment since launch three years ago, the program now requires a significantly higher number of independent verifications. Averum specializes in assisting agricultural companies to assess, manage,   more