PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 8 -- Cascadia Wildlands issued the following news release: The Oregon Wildlife Coalition, conservation partners and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are offering rewards totaling $26,500 for information leading to arrests and convictions following the separate killings of two wolves in Oregon. "I'm so saddened to learn of the illegal killings of two more Oregon wolves, which add to the enormous spike in human-caused wolf mortality we've been seeing here the past severa  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 6 -- Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership issued the following news on Dec. 5, 2023: After the successful completion of the Steigerwald Reconnection Project, involving the natural reconnection of Gibbons Creek to its alluvial fan and the Columbia River, the Estuary Partnership is looking upstream for more ways to benefit water quality, reduce flood risk, and improve conditions for salmon, lamprey, and other species. Two projects, the Campen Creek Reconnection Project and th  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 7 -- Medical Teams International issued the following news release: Medical Teams International, a global health and humanitarian relief organization, is pleased to announce that it has named Duncan Fleck as Country Director for Ukraine. Duncan's professional experience is broad geographically and deep programmatically. He brings 11 years of experience leading country programs and coordinating humanitarian projects in complex contexts. Passionate about working with integ  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 9 -- The Mercy Corps issued the following statement on Dec. 8, 2023, with six organizations: * * * We are appalled at the failure of the UN Security Council to authorise a resolution demanding a humanitarian ceasefire and unconditional release of hostages held in Gaza. If implemented, this would have provided much needed respite for civilians in Gaza who are under constant bombardment. This was a missed opportunity to stop the violence. We are two months into the crisis  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 8 (TNScapv) -- The Mercy Corps issued the following joint statement on Dec. 7, 2023, with 26 organizations: * * * The humanitarian situation in Gaza is catastrophic; it is amongst the worst we have witnessed and will likely only get worse as hostilities continue. The large majority of the civilian population is in desperate need of humanitarian assistance and protection. Over 1.8 million people in Gaza, or nearly 80 percent of the population, are estimated to be interna  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 6 -- The Mercy Corps issued the following statement on Dec. 5, 2023: * * * While world leaders gather at COP28 in Dubai, a new and deadly climate disaster is unfolding across the Horn of Africa following intense rainfall linked to the El Nino climate phenomenon. Devastating floods have already killed hundreds and displaced more than 2 million people, including over 1 million in Somalia, 600,000 in Ethiopia, and 460,000 in Kenya. According to the Internal Displacement Mo  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 8 -- The Mercy Corps issued the following statement on Dec. 7, 2023: * * * Today marks two months since the attack on Israel in which Hamas killed 1,200 and took more than 200 people hostage- many of whom are still held against their will. The subsequent military operation and now humanitarian catastrophe that has engulfed all of Gaza is worsening by the minute. More than 15,000 civilians in Gaza are reported to have been killed and more than 2.3 million people are strug  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 6 (TNScapv) -- The Mercy Corps issued the following agency statement on Dec. 5, 2023: * * * We, INGOs having significant humanitarian operations in Niger, call on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to urgently adopt formal exceptions for humanitarian action in the sanctions regime on Niger to ensure that aid can flow in an orderly and timely manner to the civilians of Niger, at a time of dramatically increasing need. More than 4.3 million Nigeriens ar  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The National Association of Attorneys General issued the following news release: The National Association of Attorneys General, the nonpartisan national forum for America's state and territory attorneys general, has elected three-term Oregon Attorney General Ellen F. Rosenblum as president of the association during its annual meeting. NAAG (pronounced N-A-A-G) serves as a community for attorneys general to collaboratively address issues important to their work as their st  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 7 -- The Oregon State Public Interest Research Group issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2023: Microsoft announced Tuesday that to prevent e-waste, it would offer to extend security updates for Windows 10, with additional costs for schools, businesses and individuals. The decision comes after PIRG delivered more than 20,000 petition signatures from people asking Microsoft to extend support. Support for Windows 10 ends at the end of 2025, which could have caused p  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 8 -- Oregon Wild issued the following news release: The Oregon Wildlife Coalition, conservation partners and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are offering rewards totaling $26,500 for information leading to arrests and convictions following the separate killings of two wolves in Oregon. "I'm so saddened to learn of the illegal killings of two more Oregon wolves, which add to the enormous spike in human-caused wolf mortality we've been seeing here the past several years  more