WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release: MEMPHIS Today, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America tour, Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt announced nearly $394 million for the Tennessee Department of Transportation for the America's River Crossing Project in Memphis, Tennessee and West Memphis, Arkansas to replace the 75-year-old Interstate 55 bridge over the Mississippi River  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 (TNSres) -- The Center for Economic and Policy Research issued the following news release on July 17, 2024: "They're trying to wash us away," declared the song, Louisiana 1927. Since The Great Mississippi Flood in 1927, a complex ecosystem of resources and helpers evolved to protect and restore the coast of the Mississippi River delta that dominates Louisiana's coast. Over the decades, some attempts to halt flooding did more harm than good. The demands of the area's oil indu  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 18 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New Orleans District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently awarded a contract for constructing over 3 miles of earthen levee in Terrebonne Parish. The contract was awarded on July 17, 2024, to Justin J. Reeves, LLC of Houma, Louisiana in the amount of $7,624,288.55. This contract is part of the Morganza to the Gulf Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction project. Senior Project Manager  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: NAVY Charles Stark Draper Laboratories Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, is awarded a $111,015,771 fixed-price-incentive-fee and cost-plus-incentive-fee modification (P00003) under contract N0003023C6008 to exercise optional line items for design analysis, testing, procurement, and manufacturing of Interferometric fiber optic gyros repairs and associated material. This modification also benefits a foreign mi  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: NAVY Charles Stark Draper Laboratories Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, is awarded a $111,015,771 fixed-price-incentive-fee and cost-plus-incentive-fee modification (P00003) under contract N0003023C6008 to exercise optional line items for design analysis, testing, procurement, and manufacturing of Interferometric fiber optic gyros repairs and associated material. This modification also benefits a foreign mi  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, July 16 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: ST. PAUL, Minnesota, July 15 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is hosting an open house at the Upper St. Anthony Lock and Dam on the Mississippi River in Minneapolis on July 27. Corps officials are hosting the free event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., to allow people to get a behind-the-scenes view of the site, while also getting a better understanding of what the   more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, July 16 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: ST. PAUL, Minnesota, July 15 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters in Washington, D.C., selected Mark Cornish of Davenport, Iowa, as the recipient of its 2023 Civil Works Planning Excellence Award for his work on the Lock and Dam 22 Fish Passage project. Cornish works for the Corps' St. Paul District as a senior biologist and technical specialist but sits in the Corps'  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Thirteen major bridges to receive funding through President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, improving the safety and efficiency of critical supply chain corridors, creating good-paying jobs, and supporting the national economy Today, to kick off the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America tour, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced more than $5 billion in Large Bri  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release: Today, to kick off the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America tour, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced more than $5 billion in Large Bridge Project awards through the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) competitive Bridge Investment Program, part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda. The grants will fund the reconstructio  more

NEW YORK, July 15 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release: Today a coalition including a local business and three conservation groups filed motion to intervene as defendants in Jurisich Oysters, LLC v. USACE to ensure the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project moves forward to provide critical community protection and vital ecosystem benefits. The Mid-Barataria project will restore critical flood and sea level rise protections for the region  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Trump Rolled Back Coal Ash Safeguards and Took Millions from Owners of Plant that Challenged New Protections About one million gallons of coal ash wastewater spilled from Minnesota Power's Boswell Energy Center, the largest coal plant in Minnesota, with some reaching Blackwater Lake, a reservoir of the Mississippi River. The spill was discovered Tuesday. While the extent of the contamination is st  more

DUBUQUE, Iowa, July 19 -- The National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium issued the following news: The National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium was awarded $10,000 in grant funding from the Iowa Tourism Office, a division of the Iowa Economic Development Authority, to support the River Museum's Digital Targeted Marketing Campaign in Illinois and Wisconsin during the summer of 2024. This project will target two primary tourist destinations - Galena, Ill. and Madison, Wis. during peak t  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: DULUTH, MN About one million gallons of coal ash wastewater spilled from Minnesota Power's Boswell Energy Center, the largest coal plant in Minnesota, with some reaching Blackwater Lake, a reservoir of the Mississippi River. The spill, discovered on Tuesday morning, prompted the company to contain the leak and notify environmental authorities, who are still investigating the extent of the contamina  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: A broad group of stakeholders has voiced support for the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA 2024), which advanced out of committee unanimously in May. U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the EPW Comm  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: A broad group of stakeholders has voiced support for the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (WRDA 2024), which advanced out of committee unanimously in May. U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate EPW Committee, developed the legislation in partnership   more