WASHINGTON, July 24 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Cuyahoga County, OHIO Cuyahoga County has been awarded a $129 million federal grant that will allow the City of Painesville to retire its aging coal plant, build new solar, and install battery storage. The grant will also help restore natural habitats, expand tree coverage on a brownfield near Lake Erie, and create new pollinator habitats at selected solar sites. The Painesville Municipal Plant h  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Brooklyn, OH Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) joined Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne, Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, EPA Region 5 Chief of Staff Alfred Saucedo and other officials at the Brooklyn Solar Farm to announce $129,396,997 in federal funding to reduce air pollution, lower emissions, lower energy costs and tackle the climate crisis in Northeast Ohio. EVENT VIDEO(link is external) EVE  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) and the Biden-Harris Administration announce(link is external)$129,396,997 in federal funding to reduce air pollution, lower emissions and tackle the climate crisis in Northeast Ohio. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected a coalition led by Cuyahoga County to receive aClimate Pollution Reduction Grant(link is external). This grant progra  more

FREDONIA, New York, July 27 -- The State University of New York Fredonia campus issued the following news: Two SUNY Fredonia education majors broadened their experience by guiding a contingent of students that included 21 from foreign countries during the recent NASA/GLOBE annual meeting. Alyssa Wright, a 2024 graduate with a B.S. in Adolescence Education: Biology, from Attica, NY, and Gregory Holmberg, a senior Adolescence Education: Earth Science major, with a minor in Geology, from Falconer  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on July 22, 2024: * * * Funded by President Biden's Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces selected applications through competitive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice * * * Today, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the sele  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on July 22, 2024: * * * Funded by President Biden's Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces selected applications through competitive Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program to tackle climate change, improve air quality, and advance environmental justice * * * Today, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the sele  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, July 26 -- The Journal of Environmental Quality, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers anthropogenic impacts on the environment, including agricultural, terrestrial, atmospheric and aquatic systems, published research articles on the following topics in its July/August 2024 edition (Vol. 53, Issue 4). The Journal of Environmental Quality is the publication of the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America and Soil Science Society of America. TECHNI  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- mSystems, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Society for Microbiology that says it encompasses biological and biochemical findings, published research articles on the following topics in its July 2024 edition (Vol. 9, No. 7): Commentary: * On the road to genomically defining bacterial intra-species units Minireview: * Expanded trade: tripartite interactions in the mycorrhizosphere Observation: * Pangenome comparison of Bacteroides fragilis genomospecies unveil  more

NIAGARA FALLS, New York, July 23 -- Niagara University issued the following news: By Lisa McMahon Coleen Edwards, a faculty fellow in biology and environmental sciences at Niagara University, hosted a professional development workshop sponsored by the New York Sea Grant and the Center for Great Lakes Literacy. Twenty teachers and educators representing 17 school districts participated in the two-day workshop, which was held July 18-19, 2024, and focused on plankton, the organisms that form th  more

DETROIT, Michigan, July 26 -- The Southeast Michigan Council of Governments issued the following news release: * * * Governor Whitmer signs Budget including $1.5 Million to support Drinking Water Monitoring Program at 14 community water intakes * * * SEMCOG, the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, celebrates $1.5 million in the 2024-2025 Michigan State Budget to continue Southeast Michigan's Drinking Water Monitoring Program. "While this investment is very small in the context of an   more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The National Archives and Records Administration issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: Archivist of the United States Dr. Colleen Shogan announced today Dr. Todd Arrington's appointment as the new Director of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene, KS, effective August 26, 2024. Dr. Arrington will oversee the planning, direction, and administration of all Library programs and activities. "Todd Arrington's dedication to historic   more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, July 24 (TNSres) -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: * * * Updated plan builds on major accomplishments, findings * * * Harmful and toxic algal blooms (HABs) are a well-established and severe threat to human health, economies, and marine and freshwater ecosystems on all coasts of the United States and its inland waters. Their impacts, intensity, and geographic range have increased over past decades, due to both human-induced a  more