VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Vicksburg District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District signed a Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) with the City of Clinton, Mississippi, Friday, August 21 as part of the Mississippi Environmental Infrastructure Program (Section 592). The PPA will rehabilitate Clinton's water system, including the refurbishment of a one million gallon elevated water storage tank, and   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 20 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Aug. 19: Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards signed two executive orders to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance coastal resilience. Executive Order JBE 2020-18 formally establishes Louisiana's first-ever Climate Initiatives Task Force, a group of stakeholders who will study and make recommendations to reduce economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions. Executive Order JBE 2020-19 provides steps to imp  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 20 -- The National Wildlife Federation issued the following news release: Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has signed an executive order that commits to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Louisiana's low-lying and rapidly-eroding coastline is extremely vulnerable to sea-level rise driven by climate change. "The Mississippi River Delta is among America's natural treasures. Unfortunately, Coastal Louisiana's low-lying marshes, swamps, barrier islands and b  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Indiana office issued the following news release: Indiana State Conservationist Jerry Raynor is pleased to announce that USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will invest over $650,000 in new projects this year targeting high priority watersheds throughout the state. These projects are funded through NRCS' Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative (MRBI) and N  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following research highlight: The Science How well Earth system models represent carbon-climate feedbacks is critically connected to their projections of future Earth system changes. However, carbon-climate feedbacks quantified by these models currently have significant uncertainties because the models only consider a few of the biogeochemical processes that move carbon through the land, oce  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on Aug. 17: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $400,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Mississippi River Regional Planning Commission, La Crosse, Wisconsin, to update economic development plans and fortify programs to assist communities in responding to the coronavirus pandemic. "The Trump Admini  more

MACOMB, Illinois, Aug. 22 -- Western Illinois University issued the following news release: A Western Illinois University-Quad Cities professor has been honored for making a difference to Mississippi River-related development in the Quad Cities region. Institute for Environmental Studies Director Roger Viadero received an Eddy Award from River Action for his work "beyond the classroom." In addition to his academic work at WIU, Viadero works with River Action on the Upper Mississippi River Con  more