WASHINGTON, April 27 (TNSgov) -- The American Sugar Alliance issued the following news release: Patrick Frischhertz, a sugarcane grower from Plaquemine, Louisiana testified before the House Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit. He thanked Chairman Austin Scott (R-GA-8) and Ranking Member Shontel Brown (D-OH-11) for listening to the needs of American producers as they craft the next Farm Bill. On behalf of the American Sugar Alliance, Frischhertz called on lawma  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 27 (TNSpp) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on April 26, 2023: The annual general meeting for Goldman Sachs took place on Wednesday, April 26, in Dallas. Outside the meeting, climate advocates with the Sierra Club, Texas Campaign for the Environment, Hip Hop Caucus, the Vessel Project of Louisiana, and For a Better Bayou held a rally and press conference to draw attention to the bank's continued financing of fossil fuels, despite its climate pledges. At  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 (TNSgov) -- Club for Growth, an advocacy organization, issued the following news release on April 25, 2023: Club for Growth PAC has endorsed Jeff Landry in the race to be the next Governor of Louisiana. Landry, the current state Attorney General and a former member of the United States Congress, holds a 91% lifetime rating on Club for Growth Foundation's annual legislative scorecard. The Daily Caller's Michael Ginsberg published an exclusive report on the announcement. "At  more

PORTLAND, Maine, April 26 (TNSgov) -- Defend Our Health issued the following news release on April 25, 2023: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to revise a 17-year-old rule under the Clean Air Act to finally reduce toxic air emissions from about 200 chemical manufacturing plants in the United States, many of them located in Texas and Louisiana. EPA cited serious risks to human health including cancer from ongoing emissions of ethylene oxide, a highly toxic chemical used to   more

NEW YORK, April 25 (TNStalk) -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary on April 24, 2023: * * * White House Issues Significant Environmental Justice Order for Earth Day By Antonia Juhasz, Senior Researcher, Environment and Human Rights When Tish Taylor saw the email in her inbox, she assumed it was a hoax. She turned to her father, Robert Taylor, founder of Concerned Citizens of St. John, who has lived with her since his Louisiana home was destroyed by Hurricane Ida in 2021, and   more

WASHINGTON, April 29 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on April 27, 2023: Yesterday, Sierra Club filed two lawsuits against the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) for unlawfully approving air permits for Commonwealth LNG, a proposed methane gas export terminal in Southwest Louisiana. Sierra Club argues that LDEQ violated the Clean Air Act and the Louisiana Constitution in issuing these permits to Commonwealth LNG. One of the two lawsuits was filed i  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 25 -- The Society of Professional Journalists issued the following news on April 24, 2023: The Society of Professional Journalists recognizes the best collegiate journalism in Region 12 with 2022 Mark of Excellence Awards winners. SPJ's Region 12 comprises Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. First-place winners will compete at the national level among other MOE winners from the 12 SPJ regions. National winners will be notified in the late spring and wi  more

JEFFERSON PARISH, Louisiana, April 25 (TNSgov) -- The Southern Poverty Law Center issued the following news release on April 24, 2023: The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) filed an administrative complaint today with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, urging the department to investigate a decision by the Jefferson Parish School Board to close several schools in the district that predominately serve Black and Latino students. The complaint describes how the school clo  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 21 (TNSpp) -- The Water Institute issued the following news release: The Water Institute, Coastal Communities Consulting and Audubon Nature Institute have been awarded a grant to work with Asian American fishers and shrimpers in southeast Louisiana to develop an adaptation plan to respond to climate change and sea level rise. The $822,000, three-year grant from NOAA's Coastal Habitat Restoration and Resilience Grants for Underserved Communities will bring together  more