PORTLAND, Oregon, June 17 -- The American Forest Resource Council issued the following news release: The American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) has once again intervened on behalf of the Payette Forest Coalition (PFC) and Adams County, Idaho in the latest round of litigation aimed at blocking the Lost Creek-Boulder Creek landscape project on the Payette National Forest. The U.S. district court formally granted intervention (http://amforest.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/13-1-Memorandum-1.pdf)   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 16 -- The American Forest Resource Council issued the following news release on June 15: The American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) applauded the U.S. Supreme Court's Cowpasture opinion relating to the construction of a pipeline on federal lands. AFRC joined 16 forestry associations in filing an amicus brief (https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/18/18-1584/124779/20191206155719641_18-1584.18-1587%20%20Brief%20of%20AFRC%20and%2016%20Forestry%20Assns%20as%20Amici%20Curia  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 17 -- The Chronic Disease Coalition issued the following news: The recognition of National Cancer Survivors Day in June allows us to "demonstrate that life after a cancer diagnosis can be a reality." Our own executive director, Scott Bruun is a cancer survivor, type 1 diabetic and rheumatoid arthritis patient and is deeply connected to the issues, obstacles and discriminatory policies faced by chronic disease patients. Bruun opened up about his journey with testicular ca  more

EUGENE, Oregon, June 11 -- The Civil Liberties Defense Center issued the following news release: Longtime Green Scare anarchist prisoner Marius Mason is one of an increasing number of incarcerated people to be in grave danger due to the carceral State's utter indifference to the health and safety of prisoners due to COVID-19 and systemic racism and excessive punishment of political prisoners. According to the Marshall Project, as of June 2, at least 40,656 prisoners have tested positive for CO  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 20 -- Medical Teams International issued the following statement: Juneteenth, a day of significance sometimes referred to as Emancipation Day, commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. The recent tragic and public deaths of Black lives have caused our country to pursue a national reckoning over its roots steeped in centuries of racial injustice. This tipping point has caused us to enter into a time of honest reflection, both individually and corporately.   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 16 -- The Mercy Corps issued the following statement: Mercy Corps joins 40 other groups and individuals in standing in solidarity with the Black community in the United States: As U.S.-based organizations and individuals that work around the world to protect all people, advance dignity, and promote basic human rights, we know firsthand how the absence of justice undermines peace, safety and prosperity. Therefore, we will not turn a blind eye here in the United States to  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 17 -- The Mercy Corps issued the following statement by Executive Director Simon O'Connell regarding the British Prime Minister's announcement of a merger between Department for International Development and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office: "UK aid is world class, innovative and evidence-based. It delivers impact for the most vulnerable communities around the world, is vital to Britain's global reputation and influence, and has never been more needed than right now. F  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 20 -- The Mercy Corps issued the following statement by Nepal Country Director Christie Getman: In the past week, the number of COVID-19 infection cases in Nepal has continued to rise, including a huge influx of positive cases among migrant workers returning to Nepal from foreign countries. An estimated 800,000 migrant workers are returning home from places such as the Middle East and India, the fourth-most COVID-19 affected country in the world. According to the World   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 15 -- The National Psoriasis Foundation issued the following news release: The Corrona(R) Psoriasis Registry, a joint collaboration between the National Psoriasis Foundation, NPF, and Corrona, LLC, the leading sponsor of registries in immune-mediated diseases, announces that studies from the registry will be presented at the American Academy of Dermatology Virtual Meeting Experience (https://www.aad.org/member/meetings-education/aadvmx) (AAD VMX) taking place June 12-14,   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 15 -- The National Psoriasis Foundation issued the following news release: The National Psoriasis Foundation, NPF, in coalition with 36 patient and provider advocacy organizations praise Governor John Bel Edwards and Louisiana lawmakers for the passage of Act 181 (H.B. 263 (http://www.legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=20rs&b=HB263&sbi=y)). This new law enhances the existing step therapy law by providing the more than 115,000 Louisiana residents living with psoriasis (htt  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 15 -- The National Psoriasis Foundation issued the following news release: The National Psoriasis Foundation, NPF, is saddened by and grieves along with the Black community over the recent injustices experienced across our nation. That these events have occurred alongside the pandemic, which has had an even greater impact on Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC), has left us heartbroken. Psoriatic disease doesn't discriminate. However, we understand that there ar  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 20 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: Livestock grazing won't be allowed this year on four eastern Oregon allotments formerly grazed by Hammond Ranches. The Trump administration recently abandoned its appeal of a 2019 court ruling overturning then-Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's decision to renew the father and son's grazing permit. That decision gives greater sage grouse, redband trout and other imperiled species a much-needed repr  more

EUGENE, Oregon, June 20 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: Despite recognizing that restoring beaver populations is key to recovery of imperiled salmon and steelhead species, a federal agency just gave the go-ahead to keep killing beavers in Oregon. In a long-awaited analysis, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued its findings on the impact on salmon and steelhead of continued killing of Oregon beavers by Wildlife Services, an arm of the U.  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 19 -- Medical Teams International issued the following news release: Medical Teams International, a global disaster response and humanitarian agency, is joining voices around the world in marking World Refugee Day this Saturday, June 20. Traditionally a day to acknowledge the strength and perseverance of approximately 50 million refugees worldwide, this year, the threat of COVID-19 has increased the urgent need for compassionate action worldwide. Every day, violence and   more