WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the scheduled celebration as an official state holiday in Mississippi of Confederate Memorial Day, honoring the racist and white supremacist legacy of the Confederacy. Confederacy Confederate Memorial Day is celebrated in Mississippi on the last  more

GREENVILLE, South Carolina, April 24 -- The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities issued the following news release: Morgan Franklin has joined the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) as program coordinator. The Endowment is the nation's largest public charity dedicated to serving the forestry sector and Franklin will manage program activities and support grant and contract management. "We are thrilled to have Morgan join us," said Delie Wilkins, program officer f  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Debris Program today announced the release of the 2024 Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Hurricane Response Marine Debris Removal Fund. This year, the program will award up to $6 million in grants to projects that reduce marine debris from co  more

CHARLESTON, South Carolina, April 25 -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: Today, on behalf of every riverkeeper in the state, the Southern Environmental Law Center sent a letter (https://southernenvironment.sharefile.com/d-s12053b2e57ce4f2a8411f5e79f85326b) to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) urging changes to an insufficient and illegal permit for industrial stormwater discharges. Under the current permit, the agenc  more