HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 29 (TNSawa) -- The Climate Reality Project issued the following news on Oct. 28, 2022: The founder and chairman of The Climate Reality Project, former US Vice President Al Gore, presented the Alfredo Sirkis Memorial Green Ring Award to former special education teacher turned community advocate Sharon Lavigne at Power Up: A Climate Reality Training on Advocacy in Action in Houston, Texas. The training gathered climate advocates from around the Gulf South to provide those re  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Vicksburg District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District is responding to historically low water conditions on the Lower Mississippi River by dredging the channel, conducting surveys, and monitoring river stages. During a temporary closure to navigation near Rosedale, Mississippi, from Oct. 27 at 4:00 p.m. to Oct. 29, the USACE Vicksburg District Dredge Jadwin will work   more

BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 26 -- Biogeochemistry, a peer-reviewed journal that says it deals with biotic controls on the chemistry of the environment, or with the geochemical control of the structure and function of ecosystems, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 161, No. 2 edition: Original Papers: * Extracellular enzyme ratios reveal locality and horizon-specific carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus limitations in Arctic permafrost soils * Potential for soil legacy ph  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Oct. 28 -- 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 extending its public comment period for its Lower St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam and Lock and Dam 1 disposition study to Dec. 18. These locks are located on the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Lower St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam is directly below the Interstate 35W bridge across the river, and Lock and Dam 1   more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Oct. 25 -- 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 comments on its draft feasibility report and integrated Environmental Assessment, or EA, for its proposed Reno Bottoms Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project on the Upper Mississippi River near New Albin, Iowa. The project is located in Pool 9 of the Upper Mississippi River within the Upper Mississippi Riv  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 25 (TNSper) -- Hearst issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2022: Hearst today announced that Donna Kalajian Lagani has been named vice president and Eastern director of the William Randolph Hearst Foundation of California and the Hearst Foundation, Inc. of New York, succeeding George B. Irish who passed away on September 13 after serving 14 years in that position. She begins her new role immediately. The announcement was made by William Randolph Hearst III, chairman of   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2022: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with Petroff Trucking Company, Inc., for an alleged violation of the Clean Water Act. The company has agreed to purchase and secure 15.5 wetland acres to compensate for wetlands it destroyed in East St. Louis, Illinois. The settlement is memorialized in a proposed consent decree that the United States lodged with the U  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2022: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced businesses in Hamilton and Washington counties will receive a total of over $5 million in new financing through the ReConnect Loan and Grant Program to expand internet access. The investment comes from the bipartisan infrastructure law that Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) supported last year. The critical infrastructure funding from this l  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Oct. 28 -- The Kentucky Department of Agriculture issued the following statement: * * * Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Dr. Ryan Quarles issues a statement about the impact on Kentucky farmers as record-low water levels continue to hinder grain transportation on the Mississippi River, leaving farmers with fewer alternatives for getting their crops onto barges to export. "We are seeing significant declines of our farmers' abilities to export their products from river ter  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 28 (TNStalk) -- Louisiana State University issued the following Q&A on Oct. 27, 2022, with Clint Willson, civil and environmental engineering professor and director of the Center for River Studies, and Kory Konsoer, associate professor in the Geography and Anthropology Department and Coastal Studies Institute Fellow: * * * In the month of October, the Mississippi River has seen record low levels from Illinois to Louisiana. In Baton Rouge, the level is revealing a m  more

BELLINGHAM, Washington, Oct. 26 (TNStalk) -- Western Washington University issued the following Q&A on Oct. 25, 2022, with Jen Melious, professor of urban and environmental planning, and Angela Strecker, associate professor of environmental sciences and the director of the Institute for Watershed Studies: In June 1969, Cleveland's Cuyahoga River, polluted with oil and chemicals from the city's steel mills, caught fire, and the images of city fire crews fighting a river so fouled with pollution   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The White House issued the following readout of a CEO roundtable on Mississippi River water levels on Oct. 28, 2022: * * * The White House virtually convened senior government officials and industry leaders in transportation logistics to discuss U.S. government action to address historically low water levels along the Mississippi River. The meeting included representatives from the Department of Agriculture, Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast   more