VICKSBURG, Mississippi, July 12 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Vicksburg District issued the following news release: Updates on major U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District projects can be found online at www.mvk.usace.army.mil. Frequently visited pages include: Arkabutla Dam Repair Project: https://www.mvk.usace.army.mil/Missions/Emergency-Operations/Arkabutla-Emergency-Repairs/ Pearl River Flood Risk Management Project: https://www.mvk.usace.army.mil/Missions/Progr  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 (TNSgov) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's fuel volume requirements for corn ethanol and other biofuels for 2023-2025. Last month the EPA set the 2022 required minimum volume for transportation sector use at roughly 15 billion gallons of corn ethanol and 5.63 billion gallons o  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11672) on the Coast Guard Waterways Commerce Cutter program on July 10, 2023, by naval affairs specialist Ronald O'Rourke. Here are excerpts: * * * Coast Guard Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC) Program: Background and Issues for Congress Introduction The Coast Guard's Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC) program envisages procuring 30 replacements for the Coast Guard's 35 aging river buoy ten  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, July 11 -- 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 a bank stabilization study at the Sny Magill unit of Effigy Mounds National Monument, near Harpers Ferry, Iowa. The purpose of this project is to stabilize the shoreline of the Sny Magill unit and reduce damage to the integrity of the Native American burial and ceremonial mounds at Effigy Mounds Nationa  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- JGR-Earth Surface, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features physical, chemical and biological processes that affect the form and function of the surface of the solid Earth from the American Geophysical Union, published research articles, including the following topics, in its July 2023 edition: Research Articles: * Disentangling Shallow Subsidence Sources by Data Assimilation in a Reclaimed Urbanized Coastal Plain, South Flevoland Polder, the Netherlands * Characte  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, from the American Geophysical Union that focuses on the physical, chemical and biological processes that affect the form and function of the surface of the solid Earth, published research articles on the following topics in its July 2023 edition: Research Articles: * A Large Sediment Accretion Wave Along a Northern California Littoral Cell * Disentangling Shallow Subsidence Sources by Data Assimilation in a Reclaimed Ur  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, July 12 -- Minnesota Senate Republicans issued the following news: The Office of Broadband Development recently announced that a Sherburne County broadband infrastructure project in Senate District 27 will receive a $182,576 grant through the Border-to-Border Broadband Development Grant Program. The Sherburne County Area Fiber Extension is a last-mile project that will expand broadband access to 240 unserved households near the Travelers Country Club on the Mississippi Riv  more