WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced a new initiative to train workers, including technicians, scientists, and engineers, to expand opportunities for workers and meet the specialized workforce needs of the water industry in the Great Lakes. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $4,852,566 investment to The Ohio State University--in partnership with local utility services,   more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) and the Biden-Harris Administration today announced$4,852,566 in federal funding to The Ohio State University to implement a workforce training program in coastal communities in Ohio, including Cleveland. The competitive grant was awarded by the Department of Commerce as part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Climate-Ready Workforce for Coastal   more

LOS ANGELES, California, June 14 -- The Environment California Research and Policy Center issued the following news release: A panel of experts discussed the potential of offshore wind to provide clean, reliable energy to millions of Americans on Tuesday. The webinar, organized by Environment America Research & Policy Center and the New England for Offshore Wind coalition, explained how, despite setbacks, historic progress is being made in the deployment of offshore wind. The panel identified t  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 (TNSres) -- Environment America Research and Policy Center issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: A panel of experts discussed the potential of offshore wind to provide clean, reliable energy to millions of Americans on Tuesday. The webinar (https://environmentamerica.org/center/events/why-america-should-go-big-on-offshore-wind/), organized by Environment America Research & Policy Center and the New England for Offshore Wind coalition, explained how, despite set  more

ALBANY, New York, June 13 -- The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation issued the following news release on June 12, 2024: The Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) announced today that 18 maritime heritage projects across New York State will be supported by almost $400,000 in federal grants through the New York State National Maritime Heritage Grant Program. The program, administered through the New York State Historic Preservation Office   more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The White House Office of Management and Budget issued the following statement of administration policy on June 11, 2024, on the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 2025 (H.R. 8070), which was introduced by Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Alabama, and 14 cosponsors: * * * The Administration strongly supports enactment of a National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for a 64th consecutive year and is grateful for the strong, bipa  more

BEREA, Ohio, June 15 (TNSres) -- Baldwin Wallace University issued the following news: * * * From publishing in a Spanish-language newspaper to presenting at a major conference, BW students put their Espanol to work. * * * Since practice makes perfect in mastering a second language, Baldwin Wallace University faculty are hard at work establishing new community connections and finding opportunities for students to flex their Spanish-language muscles. Now, three students have works accepted f  more

BUFFALO, New York, June 15 (TNSres) -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: * * * UB researchers' experimental flume and object detection models inform ongoing construction of Niagara River fishway * * * University at Buffalo researchers are looking down at a 24-foot-long flume of shallow running water. Inside, about a dozen emerald shiner minnows are furiously attempting to swim against the current. It's not going well for the shiners.  more