ROCK ISLAND, Illinois, May 10 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Louis District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island, St. Paul and St. Louis Districts recently completed a seven-year effort to develop an updated, standardized hydraulic model for the Upper Mississippi River System, including the Illinois Waterway. The model can be used to evaluate and communicate the effects of floodplain modifications to provide better predictability and more con  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 (TNSPol) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on May 12, 2022: The Center for Biological Diversity announced its intent today to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for delaying critically needed Endangered Species Act protections for 11 imperiled plants and animals. The species range from the Puerto Rico harlequin butterfly and the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle to a rare wetlands wildflower found only in Arizona and Mexico. Couple  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 (TNSRep) -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following report on May 4, 2022, entitled "Flexible Recovery Funds Offer States a Tool to Advance Environmental Justice". The report was written by research associate Iris Hinh and senior fellow Ed Lazere. Here are excerpts: * * * States are taking steps to advance environmental protection and environmental justice using flexible State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (FRF) provided through the American Rescue  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, May 12 -- 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, is seeking public comments on its draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment, or supplemental EA, released today, May 11, for proposed modifications to the Pierce County Islands in Upper Pool 4 of the Mississippi River. Corps officials initiated a feasibility study in 2017 to identify steps that could be taken to improve the   more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, May 12 (TNSRes) -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following news release: Crop insurance premium subsidies in the Mississippi River region cost taxpayers almost $39.5 billion between 2001 and 2020, a new Environmental Working Group analysis of Department of Agriculture data finds. Total premium subsidies increased during that 20-year period by almost 260 percent - from $656.7 million to $2.3 billion. The USDA's Crop Insurance Program is a massive initiative   more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Environment issued the following testimony by Sherry Hunt, supervisory civil engineer for the Hydraulic Engineering Research Unit of the Agricultural Research Service in the Agriculture Department, involving a video conference hearing on March 2, 2022, entitled "Time Change: From Gray to Green - Advancing the Science of Nature-Based Infrastructure": * * * I am Dr. Sherry Hunt, Supervisory Civil Engineer of the U.S. D  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 10 (TNStalk) -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following statement: * * * Gov. John Bel Edwards released the following statement on the increased forecast by the Revenue Estimating Conference, which now projects $11.08 billion for this year's budget and $11.04 billion for next year. "The increased revenue forecast by the Revenue Estimating Conference this morning, an additional $349 million for the current budget year and $104 million for the next   more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 12 (TNSPol) -- The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association issued the following news release on May 11, 2022: The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) today said that President Biden's "permitting action plan" fails to deliver the necessary reforms to streamline environmental reviews and permitting of electric transmission and other projects to modernize America's electric infrastructure. Such projects are essential to maintaining the safe, af  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Brian Mast, R-Florida, issued the following news release on May 11, 2022: U.S. Congressman Brian Mast (FL-18)'s South Florida Clean Coastal Waters Act today passed the House of Representatives and now will be presented to the President to sign into law. The bipartisan legislation will require the first-ever federal assessment and action plan to combat harmful algal blooms in Florida. "The east and west coasts of Florida have been treated like the state's own personal  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Chair of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water and Wildlife, and founding Co-Chair of the Senate's first-ever Environmental Justice Caucus, highlighted several key priorities she authored and successfully included in the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022 that passed EPW unanimously this week. The committee-passe  more