NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 6 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New Orleans District issued the following news release: The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana (CPRA) has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for permits and permission to construct, maintain and operate the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish. In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act, USACE has prepared a Draft   more

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 3 -- The United Nations Human Rights Committee issued the following news release on March 2, 2021: UN human rights experts today raised serious concerns about further industrialisation of the so-called Cancer Alley in the southern US state of Louisiana, saying the development of petrochemical complexes is a form of environmental racism. Originally called Plantation Country where enslaved Africans were forced to labour, the petrochemical corridor along the lower Missi  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 6 -- Greater New Orleans, a regional economic development alliance serving the 10-parish region of Southeast Louisiana, issued the following news on March 5, 2021: Gov. John Bel Edwards joined DADA Holdings Chairman and CEO David D'Addario and Enervoxa CEO Vandit Verma to announce that ElementUS, a joint venture of DADA and Enervoxa, will make an $800 million capital investment to extract rare earth elements at the Noranda Alumina site in Gramercy, Louisiana, subje  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- The National Collegiate Athletic Association issued the following news: Highlighting many of the iconic features and colors representative of Minnesota, the 2022 NCAA Women's Final Four logo has been unveiled. Minneapolis returns as a Women's Final Four host city in 2022 after previously hosting in 1995. Games will be played April 1 and 3 at the Target Center in downtown Minneapolis. The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and Minnesota Sports and Events will serve as   more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on March 3, 2021: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) received an update today from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District Commander Colonel Steven Sattinger about several Illinois water infrastructure projects including the Quincy Bay Restoration Project, the Brandon Road Project, and the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP). "Years of wear and tear have left Ill  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, March 2 (TNSRes) -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news on March 1, 2021: A report focused on the history and significance of the landscape housing the former Japanese American internment camp in Jerome, Arkansas, was recently recognized in an annual Historic American Landscapes Survey competition. Kimball Erdman, associate professor of landscape architecture, led the project team at the University of Arkansas, which included Angie Payne, a senior resea  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, March 2 -- The University of Mississippi Medical Center issued the following news: If you're living with kidney failure in Mississippi and need a transplant, chances are you'll wait an average five years or more for a life-saving organ. But if you have a living donor, that wait time can be cut to mere weeks or months. And, the donor doesn't even have to be a match. That happened for Hugh Smith, a Louisiana resident who received a new kidney Feb. 18 at the University of M  more