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News Tipoffs - Michigan Editors Newsletter for Tuesday November 19, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Illinois Department of Natural Resources Announces More Than $1M in Grants for Protection and Management of Illinois' Lake Michigan Shoreline
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Nov. 19 -- The Illinois Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The Illinois Department of Natural Resources Coastal Management Program has awarded $1,075,395 in grants to Illinois organizations for coastal education, recreation, water quality protection, planning, and design and engineering projects along the Lake Michigan shoreline. Through a federal-state partnership with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, Illinois wil  more

National Park Service Distributes $500,000 in Grants to Underground Railroad Sites, Projects
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: The National Park Service (NPS) has awarded $500,000 in grants to a variety of research, preservation and outreach activities related to the Underground Railroad and freedom seekers. In collaboration with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), the grants were distributed through a competitive process to 20 current or prospective NPS Underground  more

Natural Resources Conservation Service: USDA Appoints 27 New Members for Task Force on Agricultural Air Quality Research
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news on Nov. 18, 2024: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the selection of 27 new members to its Task Force on Agricultural Air Quality Research. The Task Force examines the intersection of agricultural production and air quality, and advises the secretary on scientifically sound, cost-effective, federally supported agricultural solutions that can help i  more

Okla. A.G. Drummond Calls on FCC to Strengthen Process Blocking More Robocallers
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Nov. 19 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Nov. 18, 2024: Attorney General Gentner Drummond is urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to improve its Robocall Mitigation Database that could reduce illegal robocalls. He is working with 46 other attorneys general to close a loophole in the database that allows bad actors to have access to the U.S. telephone network. Registration on the FCC's Robocall Mitigation   more

Targeting toxic mercury prevention
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers have identified a molecule essential for the microbial conversion of less toxic inorganic mercury into the neurotoxin methylmercury, moving closer to blocking the dangerous pollutant before it forms. In 2013, scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory identified two genes required for methylmercury formation. Now, ORNL has assisted the University of Mi  more