WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: As the nation kicks off Climate Week, the Department of the Interior today announced more than $24 million from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to restore our nation's lands and waters. The funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will support 50 ecosystem restoration projects that include on-the-ground action in 34 states and multiple U.S. Territories, as well as many projects tha  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 24 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release: Attorney General Ashley Moody and 21 other state attorneys general filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia urging the court to deny requests to dismiss a lawsuit brought under the Anti-Terrorism Act by survivors of, and family members of those murdered during, Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack. The lawsuit seeks to hold AJP Educational Fou  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The Department of Energy's Office of Science Atmospheric Radiation Measurement facility issued the following news on Sept. 23, 2024: * * * ARM Radar Data Mentor Ya-Chien Feng Serves as 2024 ARM Open Science Summer School instructor * * * Ya-Chien Feng got her first taste of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility in 2018, when she participated in an ARM Summer Training and Science Applications event (https://www.arm.gov/news/facility/post/51711) in O  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Sept. 24 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Brief opposes attempt by an organization that allegedly engaged in pro-Hamas propaganda and recruiting to dismiss victims' claims * * * South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson joined a 22-state coalition in filing a friend-of-the-court brief urging a federal court to deny requests to dismiss a lawsuit brought by survivors and family members of those murdered during Hamas's O  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, Sept. 24 -- Sealaska Heritage Institute issued the following news release: Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) will sponsor a lecture next week as part of its ongoing fall series, featuring prominent voices in Indigenous knowledge, art and culture, wildlife conservation and science. The event will feature Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson, a renowned Haida artist, musician and lawyer, who will discuss the historic Gaayhllxid/Giihlagalgang "Rising Tide" Haida Title Lands Agreement, the  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 24 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on Sept. 23, 2024: * * * Brief Opposes Attempt by an Organization that Allegedly Engaged in Pro-Hamas Propaganda and Recruiting to Dismiss Victims' Claims * * * Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares led a 22-state coalition in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia urging the Court to deny requests to dismiss a lawsuit brought under th  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The Arctic is warming faster than any other area of the planet. How environmental change affects the landscape, weather patterns and infrastructure for communities not just here but across the world is of keen interest to scientists studying climate change. Researchers led by the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been crisscrossing th  more