FAIRBANKS, Alaska, June 30 -- Alaska Sea Grant issued the following news release: Alaska Sea Grant projects and programs produced over $8.5 million in economic benefits to the state last year, as reported to National Sea Grant. These benefits were the result of our work in marine safety training, seafood safety classes, seafood technology programs, professional consultations, and other activities. The creation and support of jobs and business We produce economic benefit by providing accessib  more

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, June 30 -- Alaska Sea Grant issued the following news release: In May, Alaska Sea Grant conducted its first ever fully-online Seafood Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) certification class. This class satisfies the training requirement of the US HACCP regulation, instituted in 1997 to make sure the seafood people purchase in stores or eat in restaurants is as safe as possible. Assuring seafood safety requires monitoring of all seafood processing operations. HACCP  more

HAMPSHIRE, England, June 29 -- The Canadian Journal on Ageing, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features social sciences, humanities, health and biological sciences who study the older population of Canada and other countries from the British Society of Gerontology, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2020 edition: * "Nothing About Us, without Us." How Community-Based Participatory Research Methods Were Adapted in an Indigenous End-of-Life Study Using Previously   more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary by Nikos Tsafos, senior fellow of the energy security and climate change program: In early 2020, several banks announced they would no longer directly finance projects in the Arctic, part of an effort to align their lending portfolios with new environmental and social priorities and risks. The announcements triggered diverse reactions: cheers from environmentalists, protests from Alaska's p  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 3 -- Community Catalyst issued the following statement on July 1 by Executive Director Emily Stewart: Yesterday, Oklahomans went to the polls and voted to expand Medicaid. The passage of this ballot initiative will bring affordable health coverage to 200,000 Oklahomans, over a third of whom are people of color or American Indian/Alaska Native. Oklahoma is home to 39 federally-recognized Native American tribes and one of the largest populations of American Indians an  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Airlines for America issued the following news release: Airlines for America (A4A), the industry trade organization representing the leading U.S. airlines, announced that its member carriers are voluntarily implementing temporary health acknowledgment policies and procedures for passenger travel as an additional level of protection during the pandemic. Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Hawaiian Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines and United A  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 3 -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws issued the following news release: A pair of studies published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine report a small but significant uptick in motor vehicle crashes in certain jurisdictions following the enactment of adult-use retail marijuana sales. In one of the studies (https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2767643), investigators affiliated with Harvard University   more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 2 -- The Rasmuson Foundation issued the following news release on July 1: Rasmuson Foundation has named 36 Individual Artist Award recipients for 2020 including, for the first time, four collaborations. The Foundation is announcing ten $18,000 Fellowships and 25 Project Awards of $7,500. Recipients were selected from a pool of 289 applicants by a panel of Lower 48 artists and creative community leaders. The Foundation announced its 2020 Distinguished Artist, carver Wayn  more

ALBANY, California, July 1 -- The Seismological Society of America issued the following news: Adding relatively inexpensive magnetometers to seismic stations across Alaska could help track geomagnetic storms as well as improve the performance of the seismometers, researchers report (https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/article/doi/10.1785/0120200019/587721/Magnetic-Field-Variations-in-Alaska-Recording) in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. As solar winds--plasma ejected  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The National Consumer Law Center issued the following news release: The National Consumer Law Center commends the leadership of U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, who joined with Senators Richard Blumenthal, Mazie Hirono, and Chuck Schumer to introduce The Emergency Broadband Connections Act of 2020, which would help low-income households afford home broadband service. "Black, Hispanic, American Indians and Alaska Natives have lower broadband subscription rates than their White cou  more