WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Friends of the Earth posted the following news release on April 19, 2024: Today, the Biden administration released a final conservation rule to protect vital landscapes in America's Arctic. This announcement will provide stronger protections for Special Areas within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska - a welcome and critical step toward recognizing the importance of Alaska's public lands and waters for protecting communities, biodiversity, and the future of our global  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- The Center for American Progress issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: Today, the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a final rule for the Western Arctic, known as the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, which would add new protections for 13 million acres of the most sensitive lands. The largest stretch of intact public lands in the United States, this reserve provides important habitat for one of the world's largest caribou herds and other wi  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 19 [Category: Construction] -- Associated General Contractors of America issued the following news release: California and Alaska Lead Rankings of Year-over-Year Increases, While New York and Washington Lag; New York Posts Largest Number and Percent of Monthly Increases, While Oregon Has Largest Declines Construction employment increased in 39 states in March from a year earlier, while 36 states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between February an  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 20 -- The Defenders of Wildlife issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: The Biden administration today announced regulations to safeguard "Special Areas" identified for exceptional wildlife and cultural values in Alaska's Western Arctic. Defenders of Wildlife supports this action for the area known as the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska but recognizes this is only one step toward improving the ways we manage the nation's public lands, including the 22-mil  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 17 -- The Institute for Justice issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: On Friday, the Superior Court for the State of Alaska ruled that the state's popular Correspondence School Program violates the Alaska Constitution. The parents who are defending the educational choice program, represented by the Institute for Justice (IJ), will appeal the ruling to the Alaska Supreme Court. "Friday's decision is incredibly disappointing," said IJ Attorney Kirby Thoma  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: In response today's announcement from the Biden-Harris administration to finalize new protections for a record 13 million acres of the Western Arctic and the decision on the Ambler Road Project, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) and the Alaska Center released the following statements: "This is fantastic and historic news. President Biden has done more for conservation and climat  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 (TNSres) -- The National Geographic Society issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: * * * 35 Educators to Embark on Expeditions Around the World for Professional Learning and Educational Experience of a Lifetime. * * * Today, Lindblad Expeditions and the National Geographic Society proudly announce the 2024 Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship cohort, which consists of 35 educators aligned with both companies' commitment to shaping the next generation of planetary s  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, April 18 (TNSres) -- The Marine Biological Laboratory issued the following news: The cold, treeless tundra landscape that encircles the Earth just below the Arctic ice caps - including much of Alaska and Canada - is known to contain huge stores of carbon in its frozen soils. But a big unknown in global change biology has been whether a warming climate will cause this carbon to be released as carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, creating a positive feedback loop into clim  more

DENVER, Colorado, April 20 -- The National Wildlife Federation issued the following news release: The Department of Interior announced plans to conserve important wildlife habitat in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) and north-central Alaska's Brooks Range. The 23 million-acre NPR-A is the largest single unit of public lands in the nation and the new limitations on oil and gas development are designed to conserve vital habitat for polar bears, muskox, Arctic caribou, and millions  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The National Mining Association issued the following statement on April 17, 2024: * * * The National Mining Association (NMA) today released the following statement from Rich Nolan, president and CEO of the NMA, on news reports that the Biden administration is expected to block Alaska's Ambler Road project: "It's hard to comprehend how the White House plans to secure our mineral supply chains when it continues its egregious record of reversals on important projects lik  more

SALEM, Oregon, April 19 -- The Oregon School Boards Association issued the following news: The Coalition of Oregon School Administrators has awarded Jerome "Jerry" Colonna its 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award. Colonna is the award's first recipient, and it will be named the COSA Jerome Colonna Lifetime Achievement Award. Colonna is a former superintendent of the Redmond and Beaverton school districts and a former member of the Oregon State Board of Education. He was named the 2001 Oregon Supe  more

WASHINGTON, April 20 (TNSres) -- The National Parks Conservation Association issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: National park supporters across the nation are celebrating today as Secretary Haaland announced Interior's intention to reject the 211-mile Ambler industrial mining road in Alaska. Despite no evidence that a mine could extract economic amounts of critical minerals, the state of Alaska had proposed a 211-mile mining road that would slice through Gates of the Artic Nat  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 20 -- The Society of Professional Journalists issued the following news: The Society of Professional Journalists recognizes the best collegiate journalism in Region 10 with 2023 Mark of Excellence Awards winners. SPJ's Region 10 comprises Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. First-place winners will compete at the national level among other MOE winners from the 12 SPJ regions. National winners will be notified in the late spring. MOE Awards entries are   more

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: Today, after more than a decade of engagement with local residents, Alaska Native Tribes, hunters and anglers, and conservation and development interests, the Bureau of Land Management released a revised resource management plan for 13.3 million acres of BLM-managed public lands in northern Alaska. The Central Yukon planning area features some of the most valued big game  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 20 -- Trout Unlimited issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: The Department of the Interior (DOI) today finalized a rule limiting or prohibiting new oil and gas development across 13 million acres within the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska, a step that will safeguard pristine fish and wildlife habitat. The 23.5-million-acre reserve located on Alaska's North Slope is the largest block of federal land in the country and is home to a diversity of fish a  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 19 -- The Wilderness Society issued the following news release: The federal Bureau of Land Management today released new regulations that expand protections for public lands and wildlife habitat in the portion of the Western Arctic officially known as the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. In particular, the rule establishes important safeguards for more than 13 million acres of America's Western Arctic. The Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 requires the   more