NEW YORK, July 13 (TNSres) -- Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory issued the following news: * * * Researchers at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Pontificia Universidad Catolica in Chile have spent years collaborating to better understand the fluctuations of the Patagonian Ice Sheet and its societal impacts. * * * By Joerg Schaefer and Esteban Sagredo Deciphering the history of fluctuations of the Patagonian Ice Sheet since the last ice age has been the purpose of ov  more

TORONTO, Ontario, July 13 -- The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment issued the following news release: * * * Toronto/Traditional, Unceded Territory of the Huron-Wendat, the Anishnaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Chippewas and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation * * * Emergency physician and Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) past president Dr. Joe Vipond is the recipient of the Canadian Medical Association's 2024 CMA Award for Political Advocacy "f  more

CRANBROOK, British Columbia, July 13 -- Environment and Climate Change Canada issued the following news release: The Government of Canada is committed to protecting the health, safety, and environment of Canadians. Environment and Climate Change Canada enforces the laws that protect the air, water, and natural environment in Canada, and it takes pollution incidents and threats to the environment very seriously. On July 10, 2024, Environment and Climate Change Canada Enforcement laid 5 charges   more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Click here(link is external) for photos Yesterday, Congresswoman Miller (R-WV), Chairwoman of the Supply Chains Tax Team, hosted a roundtable with CNX and stakeholders in the energy industry and toured CNX's Mine Methane Capture Facility. Joining Congresswoman Miller were Representatives Mike Kelly (R-PA), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), and Morgan Griffith (R-VA). "Our Supply Chains Tax Team is focused on en  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 12 -- NTCA, The Rural Broadband Association issued the following remarks on July 11, 2024: * * * The following are NTCA CEO Shirley Bloomfield's remarks as delivered to the Media Institute on July 10, 2024: Thank you so much, Rick, and thanks to all of you because this was kind of a schlep today, and between the heat and the chaos, I'm really impressed that you all want to hear about rural broadband. And I'm particularly delighted that I've got a number of my members  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 13 -- Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future (PennFuture), an environmental advocacy organization, issued the following agency statement on July 12, 2024: * * * PennFuture applauds Governor Shapiro and the Pennsylvania General Assembly on their forward-looking environmental initiatives in a $47.6 billion 2024-2025 budget deal that includes important investments to maintain and protect Pennsylvania's natural resources and promote renewable energy throughout the Common  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Rep. Lloyd Smucker, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Twenty-six Members Oppose EPA Clean Power Plan 2.0's Impact on Grid * * * Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) and twenty-five colleagues have written a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expressing concern about the impact of the proposed Clean Power Plan 2.0 on the PJM Interconnection. These proposed rules will endanger electrical grid reliability for the PJM Interconnection, which s  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Rep. Eric Sorensen, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) hosted a bipartisan telephone town hall discussion Wednesday evening with residents of Central and Northwestern Illinois. Sorensen invited Mayor of Peoria Rita Ali, Mayor of Freeport Jodi Miller, and Mayor of Coal Valley Mike Bartels to discuss investments Sorensen secured from Congress to deliver clean drinking water to families, fix local infrastructure, and expand affor  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: By Capt. Daniel A. Laliberte, U.S. Coast Guard retired The Long Blue Line blog series has been publishing Coast Guard history essays for over 15 years. To access hundreds of these service stories, visit the Coast Guard Historian's Office's Long Blue Line online archives, located here: THE LONG BLUE LINE (uscg.mil) * * * On August 31 the American Steamer George E Starr was seized on Puge  more