WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- The Center for American Progress issued the following news release: A new report from the Center for American Progress outlines the Biden administration's opportunity to strengthen conservation protections in Alaska's Western Arctic and avoid another controversial Willow Project. While the Biden administration remains one of the most ambitious conservation administrations the United States has ever seen, it must navigate the complex and risky future of the Weste  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, Nov. 16 -- Moms Demand Action issued the following news release: The Alaska chapter of Moms Demand Action, part of Everytown for Gun Safety's grassroots network, issued the following statement applauding the adoption of a statewide resolution for Alaskan public schools and school boards to encourage Be SMART education and the distribution of secure storage information. Be SMART, a program of Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, is designed to help parents and adults normalize   more

SEATTLE, Washington, Nov. 14 -- The Center for Food Safety issued the following news release: Center for Food Safety (CFS) has filed arguments seeking to revoke the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' approval of nationwide permit 56, which authorizes industrial finfish aquaculture structures in ocean waters around the country. CFS represents a coalition of conservation, tribal, and fishing organizations, including the Quinault Indian Nation and Don't Cage Our Oceans Coalition. Nationwide permit 56   more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Nov. 18 -- NTCA, The Rural Broadband Association issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2023: NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association today announced the election of board officers for 2024. Mike Grisham, president and CEO of Shawnee Communications (Equality, Ill.), will serve as chairman. Roxie Jorgenson, director at MTA (Palmer, Alaska), will serve as vice chair. Ben Foster, president and CEO at Twin Valley Telephone Company (Miltonvale, Kan.), was elected secretary/t  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 9 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: A heavy security presence at the Liberty Investor Meeting at The Times Center didn't prevent a PETA supporter from crashing the event today. As Liberty President and CEO Greg Maffei spoke to the audience, an animal advocate who had penetrated the meeting issued a heartfelt appeal for him to end his company's support of the deadly Iditarod, a grueling 1,000-mile dog-sled race in Alaska in which mor  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 16 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: The Freedom From Religion Foundation is demanding that an Alaska borough rescind its new policy of chaplain-delivered prayer in disregard of FFRF's constitutionally sound advice. For the past several years, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly had allowed citizens to volunteer to deliver the opening invocation, a practice which allowed a variety of religious views to be represented. At its No  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 17 -- The Wilderness Society issued the following news release on Nov. 16, 2023: The Wilderness Society today announced its support for a bill sponsored by Sen. Lisa Murkowski that is known as the Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act (S. 1889). The legislation would allow five communities omitted from the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to receive settlement land and form corporations, as hundreds of other Indigenous commu  more