SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 10 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following feature story: The International Union for Conservation of Nature recently changed its Red List Category for North Atlantic right whales from Endangered to Critically Endangered. The criteria used to evaluate this change are outlined in the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria, Section V. Within the United States, North Atlantic right whales are already in the highest risk category poss  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The Ocean Conservancy issued the following news release: The United States government announced it is joining the Global Ghost Gear Initiative(R) (GGGI), the world's only global platform for tackling abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear, also known as ghost gear. In doing so, the U.S. joins more than 100 member organizations including 15 other national governments and 13 U.S. fishing and seafood companies signaling their commitment to combatting the issue domestical  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- President Trump issued the following remarks in a news conference on July 14: THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, everybody. Please. I hope it's not too hot. But it's pretty warm. Thank you. So, we've had a big day in the stock market. Things are coming back, and they're coming back very rapidly -- a lot sooner than people thought. People are feeling good about our country. People are feeling good about therapeutics and possible vaccines. But we're going to go over quite  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on July 17: The Office of U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) released a letter that Senator King sent to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue urging him to take steps to maximize aid for the lobster industry in the wake of President Trump's June 24th presidential memorandum. Specifically, the letter emphasizes the need for the Administration to expand its efforts to seek input from industry  more