WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Feb. 13 (TNSJou) -- Clark University issued the following news: New research by Christopher A. Williams, an environmental scientist and professor in Clark University's Graduate School of Geography, reveals that deforestation in the U.S. does not always cause planetary warming, as is commonly assumed; instead, in some places, it actually cools the planet. A peer-reviewed study by Williams and his team, "Climate Impacts of U.S. Forest Loss Span Net Warming to Net Cooling  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Feb. 9 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2021: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, released its 2020 navigation statistics for the Upper Mississippi River today, Feb. 8. During the 2020 season, Corps staff supported 2,620 commercial navigation lockages at Lock and Dam 10, near Guttenberg, Iowa, which was above the 10-year average of 2,164 lockages. The 2020 lockages supported 16,974,594 tons   more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Feb. 9 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2021: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, released its 2020 navigation statistics for the Upper Mississippi River today, Feb. 8. During the 2020 season, Corps staff supported 1,611 commercial navigation lockages at Lock and Dam 2, near Hastings, Minnesota, which was above the 10-year average of 1,360 lockages. The 2020 lockages supported 9,122,125 tons  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Feb. 9 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2021: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, released its 2020 navigation statistics for the Upper Mississippi River today, Feb. 8. During the 2020 season, Corps staff supported 1,580 commercial navigation lockages at Lock and Dam 3, near Welch, Minnesota, which was above the 10-year average of 1,546 lockages. The 2020 lockages supported 9,117,479 tons of  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Feb. 9 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release in Feb. 8, 2021: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, released its 2020 navigation statistics for the Upper Mississippi River today, Feb. 8. During the 2020 season, Corps staff supported 1,913 commercial navigation lockages at Lock and Dam 4, near Alma, Wisconsin, which was above the 10-year average of 1,442 lockages. The 2020 lockages supported 9,990,916 tons of   more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Feb. 9 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2021: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, released its 2020 navigation statistics for the Upper Mississippi River today, Feb. 8. During the 2020 season, Corps staff supported 1,826 commercial navigation lockages at Lock and Dam 5, near Minnesota City, Minnesota, which was above the 10-year average of 1,450 lockages. The 2020 lockages supported 10,045,7  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Feb. 9 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2021: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, released its 2020 navigation statistics for the Upper Mississippi River today, Feb. 8. During the 2020 season, Corps staff supported 1,904 commercial navigation lockages at Lock and Dam 5A, near Fountain City, Wisconsin, which was above the 10-year average of 1,502 lockages. The 2020 lockages supported 10,061,8  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Feb. 9 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2021: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, released its 2020 navigation statistics for the Upper Mississippi River today, Feb. 8. During the 2020 season, Corps staff supported 2,144 commercial navigation lockages at Lock and Dam 6, near Trempealeau, Wisconsin, which was above the 10-year average of 1,691 lockages. The 2020 lockages supported 12,409,134   more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Feb. 9 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2021: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, released its 2020 navigation statistics for the Upper Mississippi River today, Feb. 8. During the 2020 season, Corps staff supported 2,617 commercial navigation lockages at Lock and Dam 7, near La Crescent, Minnesota, which was above the 10-year average of 2,040 lockages. The 2020 lockages supported 12,448,417   more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Feb. 9 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2021: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, released its 2020 navigation statistics for the Upper Mississippi River today, Feb. 8. During the 2020 season, Corps staff supported 2,106 commercial navigation lockages at Lock and Dam 8, near Genoa, Wisconsin, which was above the 10-year average of 1,690 lockages. The 2020 lockages supported 13,430,418 tons o  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Feb. 9 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2021: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, released its 2020 navigation statistics for the Upper Mississippi River today, Feb. 8. During the 2020 season, Corps staff supported 2,077 commercial navigation lockages at Lock and Dam 9, near Lynxville, Minnesota, which was above the 10-year average of 1,846 lockages. The 2020 lockages supported 14,167,260 to  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Feb. 8 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, released its 2020 navigation statistics for the Upper Mississippi River today, Feb. 8. During the 2020 season, Corps staff supported 98 commercial lockages at the Lower St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam and 33 commercial lockages at Lock and Dam 1. Both locks are located in Minneapolis. During the 2019 season, Corps staff support  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 11 -- The Defenders of Wildlife issued the following news on Feb. 10, 2021: Defenders of Wildlife along with three conservation groups- the National Wildlife Refuge Association, Driftless Area Land Conservancy, and Wisconsin Wildlife Federation - filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin against the Rural Utilities Service for violating the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) by failing to sufficiently consider reasonable   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 9 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: A federal judge has decided against granting a preliminary injunction that would have temporarily halted construction of a harmful oil pipeline project that would transport tar sands oil from Canada to Wisconsin, through northern Minnesota. Since Canadian oil giant Enbridge received a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in November, the company has been removing vegetation, including mature trees, and  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 11 -- The Environmental Law and Policy Center issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2021: Four conservation groups - the National Wildlife Refuge Association, Driftless Area Land Conservancy, Wisconsin Wildlife Federation and Defenders of Wildlife - filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin against the Rural Utilities Service for violating the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) by failing to sufficiently consider r  more

NATCHEZ, Mississippi, Feb. 11 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: Concordia Bank & Trust Company and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) have awarded a $97,700 Affordable Housing Program (AHP) subsidy to the city of Natchez to provide upgrades to one of the oldest settlements on the Mississippi River. Ten homeowners have been pre-approved based on their income for improvements to their   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 9 (TNSJou) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU College of the Coast & Environment Boyd Professor R. Eugene Turner reconstructed a 100-year record chronicling water quality trends in the lower Mississippi River by compiling water quality data collected from 1901 to 2019 by federal and state agencies as well as the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board. The Mississippi River is the largest river in North America with about 30 million pe  more

ADA, Oklahoma, Feb. 13 -- The Chickasaw Nation, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2021: Few places are as historically valuable as Pennington Creek for the Chickasaw Nation. Meandering through the center of Tishomingo, Oklahoma, Pennington Creek serves as a reminder of perseverance of the Chickasaw people. Now named Tishomingo, the area on the banks of Pennington Creek that would become the capital of the Chickasaw Nation was previously  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Angie Craig released a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting Director Rob Fairweather requesting full funding of the Safeguarding Tomorrow through Ongoing Risk Mitigation Act of 2020 (STORM Act) which was signed into law by President Trump on January 1, 2021. This bipartisan disaster mitigation bill aims to help communities across the country prepare for and rebuild from   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: A federal judge has decided against granting a preliminary injunction that would have temporarily halted construction of a harmful oil pipeline project that would transport tar sands oil from Canada to Wisconsin, through northern Minnesota. Since Canadian oil giant Enbridge received a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in November, the company has been removing vegetation, including mature trees, and digging tre  more

GODFREY, Illinois, Feb. 9 -- Lewis and Clark Community College issued the following news release: The University of Missouri-St. Louis College of Nursing has an important role to play in helping alleviate the nursing shortage in St. Louis by equipping students with the skills they need to serve patients in hospitals, clinics and physician's offices. It also shares a commitment with the wider university to develop a diverse workforce across the region. A new articulation agreement between UMSL  more

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. 13 (TNSJou) -- The University of Cincinnati issued the following news: The world's most advanced rover will begin looking for evidence of ancient life on Mars next week with the help of a University of Cincinnati astrobiologist. The six-wheeled rover called Pefrseverance is expected to touch down on the red planet on Feb. 18 after its seven-month voyage. Its mission: to look for signs of ancient life and collect samples for future study on Earth. Andy Czaja, an associat  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Feb. 9 -- The University of Missouri St. Louis campus issued the following news release: The University of Missouri-St. Louis College of Nursing has an important role to play in helping alleviate the nursing shortage in St. Louis by equipping students with the skills they need to serve patients in hospitals, clinics and physician's offices. It also shares a commitment with the wider university to develop a diverse workforce across the region. A new articulation agreement   more