WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2022: U.S. Senator Angus King today delivered remarks from the Senate Floor on the importance of Maine's lobster fishery to the state's communities and the devastating implications that proposed lobster gear regulations would have on thousands of Maine families and small businesses. In his speech, King lays out the lack of evidence backing the arbitrary regulations and explains how the six-year  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (TNSgov) -- The Animal Welfare Institute issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2022: The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is appalled that the omnibus spending bill unveiled by Congress today includes a last-minute policy rider that will all but ensure the extinction of the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale. With only 340 right whales remaining and a dwindling number of reproductive females, Maine lawmakers pushed for a provision in the spending legisla  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on Dec. 22, 2022: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) today voted along with sixty-seven of his Senate colleagues to pass the 2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill, which funds government programs through next September and advances a number of Senator King's policy priorities. The annual funding bill will support Maine jobs, increase affordability for working families, and invest in our national security. The bi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (TNSgov) -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release on Dec. 20, 2022: With no process or accountability, Sen. Chuck Schumer and Appropriations Chair Patrick Leahy inserted an unprecedented right whale policy rider into the omnibus funding budget released today. Schumer's measure gives the U.S. lobster fishery six years to delay necessary actions to prevent fishing gear from entangling and killing critically endangered North Atlantic right whales  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations Subcommittee, issued the following statement on final government funding legislation for fiscal year (FY) 2023. Through her leadership on this subcommittee, Shaheen helps write legislation that invests in important New Hampshire priorities, including funding for key federal programs t  more

SAN RAMON, California, Dec. 22 -- Chevron, an energy company, issued the following news release: Hundreds of Chevron workers are spending the winter holidays hundreds of miles from their friends and families--or even dry land. Like other essential workers such as doctors and police, our offshore employees are sacrificing time with loved ones to ensure critical services. In the case of our offshore crews in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, the responsibility of meeting growing energy needs means workin  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 21 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2022: Maine's congressional delegation has succeeded in attaching a provision to the massive Omnibus Bill released today that will eviscerate important protections, interfere in at least one ongoing federal court case, and threaten critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) released the following statement in response. "Anyone who votes for t  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Dec. 24 -- The Council of the European Union issued the following news release on Dec. 22, 2022: The Council approved an agreement on fishing opportunities for 2023 between the EU and the United Kingdom, as well as for certain deep-sea stocks for 2023 and 2024, securing the fishing rights of EU fishers in the Atlantic and the North Sea, and providing them with stability ahead of the coming fishing season. The agreement determines fishing rights for around 100 shared fish sto  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (TNSgov) -- The Defenders of Wildlife issued the following news on Dec. 20, 2022: Just a day after 200 countries at the Convention on Biological Diversity agreed to stem biodiversity loss by protecting 30% of the planet's land and oceans by 2030, the U.S. Congress released a draft omnibus spending bill that paints a grim picture for endangered species. Following the release of the draft, Defenders of Wildlife President and CEO Jamie Rappaport Clark issued the following stat  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 24 -- The Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game Division of Marine Fisheries issued the following news release: The US Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) is an exchange program that brings professionals from abroad to the US for short-term visits to gain first-hand experience in regarding their areas of expertise in the American system and cultivate long term relationships with their American counterparts. Recently, the IVLP hos  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Dec. 24 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following statement on Dec. 23, 2022: * * * Governor Janet Mills today issued the following statement after Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, which includes a regulatory pause for Maine's lobster industry secured by Governor Mills and Maine's Congressional Delegation. "This is a tremendous victory for Maine's lobster industry. Our bipartisan, commonsense proposal will keep Maine's iconic lobster indust  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2022: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden, and Governor Janet Mills announced that they were successful in securing a regulatory pause for Maine's lobster industry in the omnibus appropriations bill that is expected to pass the Senate and House this week. "Maine's lobstermen and women have long demonstrated their commitment to maintaining and   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 24 -- The Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game Division of Marine Fisheries issued the following news release: Under state law, DMF may sanction commercial and recreational fishing permits for violations of the state's marine fishery laws and regulations subject to a due process adjudicatory proceeding. These adjudicatory proceedings are held before a magistrate. They may be initiated by the agency, the Environmental Police, or municipal officials (constables) a  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 24 -- The Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game Division of Marine Fisheries issued the following statement on Dec. 23, 2022, by Director Dan McKiernan: * * * In September, the California-based Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch "red-listed" American lobster caught in the U.S. and Canada. Seafood Watch claims that the lobster fishery poses an entanglement risk to endangered North Atlantic right whales and recommends that consumers avoid purchasing lobster. Th  more

MALDEN, Massachusetts, Dec. 19 -- Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, a journal focuses on all aspects of the science of gas-phase ions, published research articles on the following topics in its Feb. 28, 2023 edition: RESEARCH ARTICLES: * Examination of amino acid hydrogen isotope measurements of scalp hair for region-of-origin studies * Non-lethal sampling does not misrepresent trophic level or dietary sources for Sagmariasus verreauxi (eastern rock lobster) * Isolation and structu  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden, and Governor Janet Mills announced that they were successful in securing a regulatory pause for Maine's lobster industry in the omnibus appropriations bill that is expected to pass the Senate and House this week. "Maine's lobstermen and women have long demonstrated their commitment to maintaining and protecting a sus  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden, and Governor Janet Mills announced that they were successful in securing a regulatory pause for Maine's lobster industry in the omnibus appropriations bill that is expected to pass the Senate and House this week. "Maine's lobstermen and women have long demonstrated their commitment to maintaining and protecting a   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden, and Governor Janet Mills announced that they were successful in securing a regulatory pause for Maine's lobster industry in the omnibus appropriations bill that is expected to pass the Senate and House this week. "Maine's lobstermen and women have long demonstrated their commitment to maintaining and protecting   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden, and Governor Janet Mills announced that they were successful in securing a regulatory pause for Maine's lobster industry in the omnibus appropriations bill that is expected to pass the Senate and House this week. "Maine's lobstermen and women have long demonstrated their commitment to maintaining and protecting a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (TNSgov) -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release on Dec. 22, 2022: The Democratic-controlled Senate passed its massive omnibus funding package today that includes an unprecedented right whale extinction rider. The measure will allow the U.S. lobster fishery to delay for six years essential conservation actions to prevent fishing gear from entangling and killing critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. The rider was inserted by Senat  more

ORONO, Maine, Dec. 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: Scientists at the University of Maine are evaluating if lobster shells can cultivate beneficial microbial communities that ward off soilborne potato pathogens. The novel shell-to-spud combination may connect two cornerstones of Maine's food system and enhance the state's circular economy. Potatoes are Maine's top agricultural commodity with a value of more than $215 million in 2021, according to a Nati  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 21 -- WarnerMedia, a media and entertainment company, issued the following news release: HBO Max announces programming coming to the platform this January including the series premiere of THE LAST OF US (1/15). This series takes place 20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel (Pedro Pascal), a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie (Bella Ramsey), a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal and  more