MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 11 -- Ducks Unlimited issued the following news release: This year, thanks to an unusually wet winter and spring, Sutter National Wildlife Refuge near Yuba City will be flooded in time for the Oct. 21 waterfowl-hunting season opener. As California's hunters can attest, that doesn't always happen. It's often uncertain when the refuge will open to hunting due to limited water. But in the years to come, the wetlands on the 2,591-acre refuge will have a more reliable wate  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 6 -- Ducks Unlimited issued the following news release: President Biden has signed into law a bipartisan bill that safeguards funding eligibility for hunter safety, archery education and wilderness programs in our schools. Earlier this month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Protecting Hunting Heritage and Education Act (H.R. 5110) by a margin of 424-1. The Senate passed it unanimously the following day. The legislation comes in response to the Administrati  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 11 -- Ducks Unlimited issued the following news release: National Wildlife Refuge Week is October 8-14, 2023. The annual event celebrates of some of our most crucial lands and waterways and the abundant waterfowl and other wildlife found in over 560 national wildlife refuges and 38 wetland management districts. These properties contain 95 million acres of land and 740 million acres of submerged lands and waters and are managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 6 -- Ducks Unlimited issued the following news release: Ducks Unlimited (DU) has several In-Lieu Fee mitigation projects in New York that can meet the New York Office of Renewable Energy Siting's requirements for wetland mitigation under the 94-C Rule. Under this rule, large-scale renewable energy projects impacting state-regulated wetlands can purchase wetland mitigation offsets from "mitigation banks" that establish replacement wetlands within the same eight-digit HUC  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 11 -- The Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission issued the following news release: The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention filed comments calling for the removal of abortion language from the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act regulations. The comments were filed in a letter to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The federal commission is tasked with issuing regulations to carry out the n  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 12 -- The Institute for Justice issued the following news release on Oct. 11, 2023: Two Nashville small business owners will continue to challenge the city's unfair rules governing home-based businesses after a Davidson County court ruled against them yesterday. Record producer Lij Shaw and hairstylist Pat Raynor, represented by the Institute for Justice (IJ) and the Beacon Center of Tennessee, sued the city in 2017 after it shut down their businesses without any evid  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 -- The Military Officers Association of America issued the following news: By Charlsy Panzino The Middle Tennessee Chapter is using Community Outreach Grants from The MOAA Foundation to continue support for two programs they've been working with: Operation Stand Down Tennessee and the Alzheimer's Association of Middle Tennessee. "Veterans are a wonderful force, and we can do lots of good within the community. The grants allow us to do that," said chapter President Lt. Col.  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 11 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Oct. 10, 2023: The results are in and for the third year in a row, the Tennessee Valley Authority is failing to transition to clean energy, according to a report released today by the Sierra Club. Instead, TVA is planning an enormous amount of new fossil gas infrastructure that will increase the cost burden to customers and negatively impact local communities. TVA received an F in this year's edition of "The   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 12 -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following statement on Oct. 11, 2023, with two organizations: * * * Today, the Tennessee Valley Authority announced a proposal to build another 200 MW of dirty gas at the site of the retired Allen coal plant in Memphis. This is the federal utility's latest move in its multi-billion-dollar gas spending spree, which is the largest fossil fuel buildout in the country. TVA's reckless gas plans will lead to higher mont  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 10 -- The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol issued the following news: The U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol ("Trust Protocol") is pleased to announce the membership of Kiabi. Founded in 1978 in Northern France and with 579 shops in 25 countries, Kiabi is committed to sustainable sourcing and driving positive social and environmental change in fashion retail. Kiabi's "2030 Vision" aims to integrate positive fashion and sustainability with 72% of its products already designed using s  more