PORTLAND, Oregon, March 15 -- The American Forest Resource Council issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: The American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) today urged the Pacific Northwest's Congressional Delegation in Washington, DC to take action to address challenges to the region's forest and wood products sector that supports more than 150,000 private sector jobs in Oregon and Washington and provides critical infrastructure for the federal government to improve forest health, redu  more

TUCSON, Arizona, March 12 -- DarkSky International issued the following news release: The Oregon Outback Dark Sky Network (ODSN) has completed the first phase of a multi-phased project to establish a landscape-level International Dark Sky Sanctuary within the largest, contiguous dark sky zone in the lower 48 United States. Phase 1 (Lake County) of the proposed Oregon Outback International Dark Sky Sanctuary (OOIDSS) was certified as an International Dark Sky Sanctuary by DarkSky International,   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, March 14 -- The International Center for Law and Economics issued the following statement on March 11, 2024: * * * The International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE) offers the following statement from ICLE Senior Scholar Mikotaj Barczentewicz in response to today's vote by the European Parliament to adopt the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act: "The AI Act focuses on restraining AI, while putting very little attention on supporting EU developers. "It is difficult to say whe  more

SALEM, Oregon, March 15 -- The Interstate Renewable Energy Council issued the following news release: A ruling by the Oregon Public Utilities Commission on March 8, 2024 significantly improves the state's interconnection rules by incorporating best practices for the review of renewable and energy storage projects. The rules, which govern how distributed energy resources (DERs)--like solar and energy storage--can connect to the electric distribution grid, are the product of a collaborative work  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, March 15 -- Medical Teams International issued the following news release: Medical Teams International, a global health and humanitarian organization providing life-saving health care to people in crisis, has seen a dramatic spike in recent weeks in malnutrition cases in Sudan. The number of people we serve who are suffering from malnutrition, especially children, has risen exponentially. The current, widespread hunger crisis in Sudan is a direct result of the violence, insta  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, March 15 -- The Mercy Corps issued the following news release: Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry's announced resignation amid escalating gang violence and lawlessness underscores continued uncertainty for a country in chaos. An estimated 1 million Haitian children are now unable to attend school and a surge in violence, including murders, kidnappings, and sexual violence, are affecting the entire population. Half of the population, approximately 5.5 million people, are in nee  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, March 14 -- Oregon Public Broadcasting issued the following news release: OPB and ProPublica have co-produced a new podcast "Salmon Wars," available now on all podcast platforms. This six-episode series tells the story of the salmon of the Columbia River in a way not heard before: through the experiences of a tribal family that relies on the fish as essential to their way of life. Randy Settler and his family are all members of the Yakama Nation and fishers who have lived on   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, March 15 -- Oregon Wild issued the following statement on March 14, 2024: * * * U.S. Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) introduced a bill on Wednesday that seeks to block the Biden administration's proposed nationwide forest plan amendment to advance protections for old-growth forests." The national old-growth forest plan amendment proposed in December, which followed calls for strong protection for America's oldest forests from more than 500,000 people, was celebrated as a critical   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, March 15 -- VoteVets issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: The largest progressive group of Veterans in America, VoteVets PAC, is today endorsing Herb Conaway to be the next Member of Congress from New Jersey's 3rd congressional district. "Herb Conaway has had a distinguished career as a doctor, NJ State Assembly Member, and a Captain in the Air Force," said Travis Tazelaar, Political Director of VoteVets PAC. "In these unprecedented times, people like Herb, an  more