WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Missouri, issued the following column named Blaine Bulletin on March 10, 2023: * * * Waters of the United States Here in the Third District, we have thousands of miles of shoreline between the Missouri, Mississippi, and Osage Rivers and the Lake of the Ozarks. We're fortunate to have these water resources as they create jobs, support tourism, provide shipping routes through our state, and help our farmers grow crops. With so many people acros  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) along with Congressman Rick Crawford (AR-01) introduced legislation to create a commemorative coin in remembrance of the Sultana Steamboat tragedy with a portion of the proceeds allotted to funding the preservation, maintenance and display of artifacts at the Sultana Disaster Museum in Marion, Arkansas. "This commemorative coin will help share the sto  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following remarks on March 7, 2023, by Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero at the International Swaps and Derivatives Association's environmental, social, and governance forum: * * * I want to talk about my priority to promote market resilience to climate risk. I will take you through the path that led me to make that a priority. I will share my thoughts on how best to promote climate risk resilience, including the ac  more

GOLDEN, Colorado, March 10 (TNSjou) -- Colorado School of Mines issued the following news: * * * Sample gives important details into past dynamics of the Antarctic ice sheet and its cold, dark ecosystems * * * Since the discovery 50 years ago of subglacial lakes in Antarctica -- some of the least accessible geological features on Earth -- scientists have attempted to extract lake bed sediment to learn about the formation, movement, and past conditions of the ice sheet. Now, a team of researc  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper on the federal regional commissions and authorities (No. IF11140) on March 6, 2023, by economic development policy analyst Julie M. Lawhorn. Here are excerpts: * * * Federal Regional Commissions and Authorities: Overview of Structure and Activities Federal regional commissions and authorities address perceived regional economic underdevelopment. These organizations generally accommodate multil  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, March 7 -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has issued construction permits to the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District for two new solid waste processing facilities in the St. Louis area. The Bissell Point Wastewater Treatment Facility - Biosolids Processing Unit will be located at the northeast terminus of East Grand at the Mississippi River in St. Louis City. The Lemay Wast  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on March 7, 2023: U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) this afternoon met with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) St. Louis District Commander Colonel Kevin Golinghorst to discuss critical water infrastructure projects in the Metro East, the Upper Mississippi River and lower Illinois River watershed including the Lock and Dam 25 construction project and addressing environmental justice concerns in East S  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 11 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards wrapped up a week of high-level engagements with business and government leaders in Asia Friday by discussing a wide range of economic and policy issues with U.S. Ambassador of South Korea Philip S. Goldberg. Earlier in the day, the governor and Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson visited the corporate headquarters of Kumho Tire, one of the world's largest ti  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 7 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: A Louisiana delegation led by Gov. John Bel Edwards met Monday with top energy, industry and trade officials from Japan, one of Louisiana's leading international trade partners, kicking off the governor's economic mission to Asia. The governor also visited with executives of Zen-Noh, whose subsidiary Zen-Noh Grain Corp. is based in Louisiana. Later in the day, Gov. Edwards and Louisiana Economic De  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Committee issued the following written testimony by Paralyzed Veterans of America National President Charles Brown involving a joint hearing with the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee on March 1, 2023, entitled "Legislative Presentation of the American Legion and Multi VSOs." The VSOs are veterans service organizations. * * * I appreciate the opportunity to present Paralyzed Veterans of America's (PVA) 2023 policy priorities. For more than 75  more

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, March 7 (TNSjou) -- Indiana University issued the following news release: Research from scientists at Indiana University and Louisiana State University reveals new information about the role humans have played in large-scale land loss in the Mississippi River Delta -- crucial information in determining solutions to the crisis. Published in Nature Sustainability, the study compares the impacts of different human actions on land loss and explains historical trends. Until no  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release on March 7, 2023: The Department of the Interior today announced a more than $120 million investment from the Inflation Reduction Act to rebuild and restore units of the National Wildlife Refuge System and partnering State Wildlife Management Areas that have been affected by adverse weather events. The investment prioritizes projects that promote coastal resilience and climate adaptation, address invasi  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 9 (TNSres) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Six LSU faculty members have been selected to receive Rainmaker awards this year by the LSU Office of Research & Economic Development, or ORED. These faculty members show outstanding research, scholarship and creative activity for their respective ranks and disciplines. The Rainmaker awards recognize both sustained and continuing work as well as the impact that work has had on the academic   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 7 (TNSjou) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Research from scientists at LSU and Indiana University reveals new information about the role humans have played in large-scale land loss in the Mississippi River Delta--crucial information in determining solutions to the crisis. The study published today in Nature Sustainability compares the impacts of different human actions on land loss and explains historical trends. Until now, scienti  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation issued the following news release on March 8, 2023: The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced the award of $660 million from its Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund (GEBF) to the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) to support construction of the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion (MBSD) project, the first and most significant of two planned sediment diversions in Louisiana. The GEBF was  more

BOULDER, Colorado, March 9 (TNSjou) -- The Geological Society of America issued the following news release: The Geological Society of America regularly publishes articles online ahead of print. GSA Bulletin topics studied this month include the nature and dynamics of China and Tibet; the Lower Mississippi Valley, USA; and the polarity of Mesozoic arcs along the western margin of North America. You can find these articles at https://bulletin.geoscienceworld.org/content/early/recent. Magmatic-hy  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 (TNSgov) -- The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership posted the following news release: The Department of the Interior has announced it will invest $23 million in landscape-scale conservation and restoration in the Prairie Pothole Region states of Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota. This major commitment to wetlands that support more than half of North America's waterfowl is one piece of the department's plan for $120 million in new conservation  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee issued the following testimony by Leonardo Seoane, executive vice president and chief academic officer of Ochsner Health, involving a hearing on Feb. 16, 2023, entitled "Examining Health Care Workforce Shortages: Where Do We Go From Here?": * * * I am Dr. Leonardo (Leo) Seoane of Ochsner Health, where I serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer; Associate Vice-Chancellor of Academics for LSU He  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 3 -- The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. issued the following testimony to the Assembly Committee on Rural Development: * * * Good morning. My name is Sam Rikkers and I am the Deputy Secretary of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. I would like to thank Representative Armstrong and the Rural Development Committee for inviting me here today to talk about WEDC's Office of Rural Prosperity and the important work it is doing to help Wisconsin's rural comm  more

LA JOLLA, California, March 10 (TNSjou) -- The University of California-San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography issued the following news: * * * Scripps Oceanography alumnus and colleagues describe the sample's importance in understanding past dynamics of the Antarctic ice sheet and its ecosystems * * * Since the discovery 50 years ago of subglacial lakes in Antarctica--some of the least accessible geological features on Earth--scientists have attempted to extract lake bed sediment to   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 9 (TNSres) -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release: Researchers at the University of New Orleans Transportation Institute have received a $12 million, four-year federal grant for transit-oriented research and education conducted through the Center for Equitable Transit-Oriented Communities (CETOC). In addition, the University received a $1.5 million federal grant to continue its maritime and multimodal transportation research and educati  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on March 9, 2023: * * * President Biden's Budget Lowers Energy Costs, Combats the Climate Crisis, and Advances Environmental Justice In the two years since taking office, the President's leadership to tackle the climate crisis has boosted U.S. manufacturing and deployment of cost-cutting clean energy technologies, put the United States on a durable path aligned with limiting warming to 1.5 Degrees C, galvanized g  more