WASHINGTON, April 19 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. RL33462) on April 17, 2023, entitled "National Heritage Areas: Background and Issues for Congress" by natural resources policy analyst Mark K. DeSantis. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Since 1984, Congress has established 61 national heritage areas (NHAs) to conserve, enhance, and interpret nationally significant natural, historic, scenic, and cultural resources of areas that illustrate aspects of th  more

BEIJING, China, April 19 -- The Journal of Mountain Science, a journal that says it features mountain environment, ecology, hazards, resources and development from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2023 edition: Original Articles: * Morphodynamics and sediment connectivity index in an unmanaged, debris-flow prone catchment: a through time perspective * Sentinel-1 InSAR observations and time-series analysis of co- and postseismic  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $424,571 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to help digitize historical documents at the Robert C. Byrd Center for History Education at West Virginia University (WVU) and create a multi-format interpretative tour of the 1921 Coal Mine Wars at the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum. "Preserving West   more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- The National Endowment for the Humanities issued the following news release on April 18, 2023: The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced $35.63 million in grants for 258 humanities projects across the country. Grants awarded today will underwrite a documentary on the life and legacy of African American intellectual W.E.B. DuBois; enable the digitization of the personal papers of former members of Congress for the American Congress Digital Archives P  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on April 18, 2023: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, joined the North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives (NDAREC) at its legislative rally, where he delivered remarks on today's policy landscape. "One of the reasons I enjoy serving on EPW is because it's a privilege to advocate for North Dakotans' interests at the federal  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- The Senate Budget Committee issued the following testimony by Judith Curry, president of the Climate Forecast Applications Network, involving a hearing on March 22, 2023, entitled "Risky Business: How Climate Change is Changing Insurance Markets": * * * I thank the Chairman, Ranking Member and the Committee for the opportunity to offer testimony today on "Risky Business: How Climate Change is Changing Insurance Markets." I am President of Climate Forecast Applications N  more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- The Senate Budget Committee issued the following testimony by Michael Wara, director of the Climate and Energy Policy Program and senior research scholar at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, involving a hearing on March 8, 2023, entitled "A Burning Issue: The Economic Costs of Wildfires": * * * Thank you for inviting me to testify today on the issue of the costs of wildfire to California, my home state, and the broader West. It is a privilege to appear b  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 19 -- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco issued the following news release on April 18, 2023: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are pleased to announce the publication of Native American Art: From the Thomas W. Weisel Family Collection, copublished with DelMonico Books. The expansive 432 page catalogue celebrates a transformative gift to the Museums that spans nearly one thousand years of artistic creativity by Native American artists. The volume brings tog  more

CANBERRA, Australia, April 19 -- The office of the Prime Minister of Australia issued the following transcript of a radio interview on April 18, 2023, by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with Breakfast with Richard King: * * * RICHARD KING, HOST: Good morning, Prime Minister. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning, Richard. Good to be with you. KING: Likewise. Look, I did invite people to write in and say if they have a question for you, and I might just mention this one to soften you  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, April 19 (TNSres) -- The University of Melbourne issued the following news: Australia will need to triple the National Electricity Market's power capacity by 2030 to be on track for net zero by 2050 - requiring a rapid rollout of wind and solar power, transmission, storage, electric vehicles, and heat pumps as we replace our coal fleet, new research shows. This is a key finding of the Net Zero Australia project, which today released final modelling results of pathways to   more