WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on July 12, 2022: The Senate Judiciary Committee released prepared testimony from Dr. Colleen McNicholas, Chief Medical Officer of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri, during today's hearing entitled "A Post-Roe America: The Legal Consequences of the Dobbs Decision." McNicholas has 15 years of experience as an abortion provider an  more

PEORIA, Illinois, July 13 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Rock Island District issued the following news release: In early August, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, will dispose of a building identified as a contributing element to the Illinois Waterway Project Office, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building, located at 257 Grant Street in Peoria, Illinois, is no longer structurally sound and repairs are not feasible. Demolition and di  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper on the Coast Guard Waterways Commerce Cutter Program - background and issues for Congress (No. IF11672) on July 12, 2022, by naval affairs specialist Ronald O'Rourke. Here are excerpts: * * * Introduction The Coast Guard's Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC) program envisages procuring 30 replacements for the Coast Guard's 35 aging river buoy tenders (WLRs), inland construction tenders (W  more

AMES, Iowa, July 9 (TNSres) -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: Iowa State University landscape architecture students are involved in what could one day be the longest wildlife bridge in the world. The Bison Bridge Project is an effort to repurpose the I-80 Mississippi River Bridge connecting Iowa and Illinois (from Le Claire, Iowa, to Rapids City, Illinois), rather than demolishing it. One "lane" is proposed to be retrofitted into a wildlife crossing, including a smal  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: The Justice Department, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) announced a settlement with PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer L.P. (PCS Nitrogen), to remedy hazardous waste issues at its former fertilizer manufacturing facility in Geismar, Louisiana. This settlement resolves alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) at the f  more

MADISON, Mississippi, July 14 (TNSper) -- The Nature Conservancy issued the following news release: The United States Secretary of the Interior, Secretary Deb Haaland, has appointed Alex Littlejohn to the North American Wetlands Conservation Council and the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Advisory Group. As a member of these groups, Littlejohn will support the President's commitment to the stewardship of America's natural resources. Internationally, these advisory bodies have an im  more

MEDFORD, Massachusetts, July 11 -- River Research and Applications, an international journal dedicated to the promotion of basic and applied scientific research on rivers, published research articles, including the following topics, in its July 2022 edition: RESEARCH ARTICLES: * Evaluation of discharge measurements methods in a natural river of low or middle flow using an electromagnetic flow meter * Evaluation of hydropower projects in Balkan Rivers based on direct sediment transport measure  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on July 12, 2022: The Senate Judiciary Committee released prepared testimony from Dr. Colleen McNicholas, Chief Medical Officer of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri, during today's hearing entitled "A Post-Roe America: The Legal Consequences of the Dobbs Decision." McNicholas has 15 years of experience as an abortion provider and a specialist in Family Planning including   more

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, July 14 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: A new study of 166 estuaries on all three U.S. continental coastlines, led by the U.S. Geological Survey, is the first to quantify and compare how rapid sea-level rise will drive landward migration of coastal wetlands on the Pacific, Atlantic, and Gulf coasts in the coming decades. The findings illustrate how the movement of coastal wetlands - which are amon  more