LAWTON, Oklahoma, Sept. 9 (TNSEve) -- Cameron University issued the following news release: Award-winning poet Ken Hada will kick off Cameron University's Visiting Writer's Series, presented by the Department of Communication, English and Foreign Languages, on Friday, September 17 at 7 p.m. The presentation, which is open to the public at no charge, takes place in the Buddy Green Room in the McMahon Centennial Complex. Hada, poet and professor at East Central University, finds the natural orde  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 10 (TNSOps) -- Healthy Gulf (formerly the Gulf Restoration Network) issued the following news release: In the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, Healthy Gulf documented the damage in Cancer Alley, Port Fourchon and Lafourche, Terrebonne, Plaquemines and Jefferson Parishes in Louisiana. On two flights provided by SouthWings, Healthy Gulf documented the catastrophic damage to the communities and industries that bore the brunt of Hurricane Ida's wrath. The observations were  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Sept. 11 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following feature story on Sept. 9, 2021: Zuzy Abdala is a Program Analyst based in Silver Spring, Maryland contracting for Earth Resources Technology, Inc. She currently works in the NOAA Restoration Center in the Office of Habitat Conservation, where she served as a Knauss Fellow in 2020. She first joined NOAA Fisheries as an intern for the Office of Science and Technology in 2019. What is you  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Sept. 8 -- Gov. Tom Wolf, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2021: Governor Tom Wolf today called for U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to implement a $737 million Chesapeake Bay Resilient Farms Initiative to support Pennsylvania farmers in their desire to take a stand against climate change by implementing on-farm efforts for more sustainable agriculture practices that reduce nitrogen output, improve water quality, and eff  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Rep. Cori Bush, D-Missouri, issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2021: Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01), member of the House Oversight Subcommittee on the Environment, released the below statement following her trip with Congresswomen Ilhan Omar (MN-05), Rashida Tlaib (MI-13) and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) to the proposed site of Enbridge's new Line 3 pipeline: "The consequences of Enbridge's pipeline are already catastrophic for our Indigenous neighbors, our commun  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Sept. 8 -- Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Michigan, issued the following joint statement with Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota, Cori Bush, D-Missouri, and Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, on Sept. 7, 2021: * * * Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) released the following statement about her participation in a congressional delegation, which included Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Cori Bush (D-MO) and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), over the weekend to the construction site of Minnesota's Line 3 to dis  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2021: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is hosting an open house at Lock and Dam 7, near La Crescent, Minnesota, Saturday, Sept. 18, in conjunction with Applefest. The lock, located off Interstate 90 at exit 276, will be open to the public from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Applefest is held annually in La Crescent to celebrate the community's ties to the appl  more