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News Tipoffs - Wyoming Editors Newsletter for Sunday May 19, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Arizona House Republicans: State Representative David Cook's H.B. 2751 Signed Into Law, Strengthening Arizona's Firefighting Capabilities
PHOENIX, Arizona, May 18 -- The Arizona House Republicans issued the following news release on May 17, 2024: State Representative David Cook announced that Governor Hobbs today signed House Bill 2751, an emergency measure he sponsored that enables Arizona to join the Great Plains Wildland Fire Protection Compact, enhancing the state's ability to manage and combat forest fires through a mutual aid agreement with other member states. The Governor signed Representative Cook's bill during an event   more

Black-Footed Ferrets Born at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology issued the following news release: Carnivore keepers at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) in Front Royal, Virginia, welcomed a litter of endangered black-footed ferrets this week. One-year-old female Aristides gave birth to six kits May 11. Animal care staff are closely monitoring the ferrets' behaviors through the Black-Footed Ferret Cam, a temporary live webcam on the NZCBI websit  more

Office of Fossil Energy & Carbon Management: DOE Invests $32 Million to Help Eliminate Natural Gas Flaring at Oil Production Operations
WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) today announced four research and development projects selected to receive nearly $32 million to advance technologies that will help reduce natural gas flaring at oil production sites, a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions, by transforming gas in  more