WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- The American Energy Alliance issued the following statement on Dec. 20, 2023: * * * President Biden's Department of Interior finalized the 2024-2029 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program on Friday with the fewest oil and gas lease sales in history. There will be a maximum of three lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico scheduled over the five years, and no sales will occur off the east and west coasts or offshore Alaska. * * * AEA President Thomas Pyl  more

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, Dec. 18 -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following joint statement: * * * Attorneys dismissed a class-action lawsuit yesterday challenging two Kentucky abortion bans brought on behalf of lead plaintiff Jane Doe and Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai'i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky. Statement from leaders from the   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (TNSres)-- The Food and Water Watch issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2023: Just days after the close of the COP28 climate summit, 170 scientists sent a letter to the Biden administration today urging it to reject the proposed Calcasieu Pass 2 (CP2) liquified natural gas (LNG) export facility in Louisiana. The letter (https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/scientists-cp2-letter-final/) cited the enormous impact the proposal would have on global climate pollution -   more

BERKELEY, California, Dec. 19 (TNSres) -- The National Association of Science Writers issued the following news: By Guanani Gomez-Van Cortright Fish populations in Arctic rivers have been decimated by offshore fishing and climate change, threatening Alaska Native and First Nation communities who subsist on salmon and other river species. The Arctic Rivers Project, funded by the National Science Foundation, aims to investigate how climate change is impacting Alaska by combining river and fishe  more

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, Dec. 19 -- The Planned Parenthood Federation of America issued the following statement on Dec. 18, 2023: * * * Attorneys dismissed a class-action lawsuit yesterday challenging two Kentucky abortion bans brought on behalf of lead plaintiff Jane Doe and Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai'i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky. Statement from leaders from the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Kentucky, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and Planned Parenthood   more

JUNEAU, Alaska, Dec. 19 -- Sealaska Heritage Institute issued the following news release: Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has launched its first apps that teach the Haida (X̱aad Kil) and Tsimshian (Shm'algyack) languages, both of which are considered to be endangered. Two of the free apps teach vocabulary and phrases in Haida and Tsimshian, while another teaches Native words for birds and ocean animals in an interactive environment. Both are available for iOS and Android mobile devices. Th  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership issued the following news release on Dec. 22, 2023: Today, Hunters & Anglers for the Brooks Range celebrated a successful conclusion to the Bureau of Land Management's 2023 comment period concerning the proposed Ambler Industrial Road in Alaska's Brooks Range. Supported by 40 leading outdoor businesses, brands, and organizations, the coalition helped conservation-minded hunters and anglers deliver nearly 8,000 comments urgi  more