WASHINGTON, July 30 (TNScapv) -- American Rivers issued the following news release: American Rivers joined more than 500 organizations, businesses, growers, irrigators, and landowners representing a diverse range of Farm Bill stakeholders from across the country in submitting a letter urging Congress to pass a Farm Bill before the end of the year. The Farm Bill expires in September, which was extended by Congress in November 2023 to September 30, 2024, and will likely need another extension. A  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 (TNSres) -- The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: * * * NTSB issues safety alert and safety recommendations following investigation * * * The design of a new passenger ferry's engine and inadequate follow-on training for engineering crewmembers led to a 2022 fire aboard a Staten Island Ferry, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. The fire broke out in the engine room of the passenger ferry Sandy Grou  more

CLARKSDALE, Mississippi, July 31 -- The Delta Regional Authority issued the following news release: * * * Three communities across Alabama, Arkansas and Mississippi receive funding thanks to a partnership between the DRA and EDA * * * More than $4.3 million in investments has been awarded to three projects across Alabama, Arkansas and Mississippi, thanks to a partnership program between the Delta Regional Authority (DRA) and the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA). With funds pro  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: The bill, which includes provision on Brandon Road, Quincy Bay, and Cahokia Heights, passed the Senate this week Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Environmental Justice Caucus, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), founding Co-Chair of the Senate's first-ever Environmental Justice Caucus, today highlighted several critical provisions they successfully secured for Illinois in t  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Aug. 1 -- Ecohydrology, a journal that says it aims to improve understanding of processes at the interface between ecology and hydrology and associated applications related to environmental management, published research articles on the following topics in its July 2024 edition (Vol. 17, Issue 5): RESEARCH ARTICLE: * Advancements and trends in ecological models for lake ecosystems: A bibliometric analysis (2002-2022) * Rainfall partitioning characteristics by two sand-bin  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05) issued the following statement after the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs passed his bill to rename the U.S. Post Office in Muskego in honor of Colonel Hans Christian Heg. The bill, H.R. 7199, designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at S74w16860 Janesville Road, in Muskego, Wisconsin, as the "Colonel Hans Ch  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Aug. 1 -- The Minnesota Historical Society issued the following news release: * * * Land acquisition grows Forest History Center footprint to nearly 200 acres * * * GRAND RAPIDS, Minn (July 30, 2024) - The Forest History Center is growing! The Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) purchased 29.6 acres of land from the UPM Blandin Paper Company, which expands the Grand Rapids site's footprint to nearly 200 acres. The parcels of land are adjacent to the Forest History Cente  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, July 30 -- Newspaper Research Journal, a peer-reviewed journal of the Newspaper and Online News Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2024 quarterly edition (Vol. 45, Issue 2): * Building network agenda in China-U.S. trade conflict news: Transnational comparative study across China, the United States, Singapore and Ireland * Must I follow the script? Professional   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: The Fiscal Year 2025 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act provides $61.467 billion in total funding for the Department of Energy, Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, and independent agencies. "This bipartisan bill delivers new investments to advance cutting-edge scientific research happening at labs across the country, to support cr  more