WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Lee Forsgren, acting assistant secretary of the Army for civil works, from a June 11, 2025, hearing entitled "A Review of the President's Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation": * * * Chairman Kennedy, Ranking Member Murray, and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for the o  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, June 17 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Army Reserve Unit conducts inaugural Innovative Readiness Training for the MOWA Choctaw community * MOUNT VERNON, Ala. - More than 70 Soldiers from the 7245th Medical Support Unit of the Picatinny Arsenal in Dover, New Jersey, including augmentees from supporting and partner units, participated in the inaugural Reserve Innovative Readiness Training Mobile-Washington, or MOWA, Choctaw Welln  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, June 20 -- The Modular Building Institute posted the following news release from its affiliate CertainTeed: * * * CertainTeed Expands Serviceable Geography of Offsite Construction Solution ONE PRECISION ASSEMBLIES(TM) expands to the Southeast U.S. CertainTeed(R), a leading North American manufacturer of sustainable building materials, has announced an expansion to its serviceable geography for its offsite construction solution, ONE PRECISION ASSEMBLIES(TM) (OPA), i  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Lt. Gen. William H. Graham Jr., chief of engineers and commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,from a June 11, 2025, hearing entitled "A Review of the President's Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation": * * * Chairman Kennedy, Ranking Member Murray, and Members of the Subcomm  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Court: Federal Agencies Failed to Consider Biofuels' Harms to Wildlife * The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service unlawfully discounted the harms to threatened and endangered wildlife of the EPA's 2023-2025 renewable fuel standards.  The court held that the Fish and Wildlife Service's conclusio  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 [Category: Environment] -- The Defenders of Wildlife posted the following news release: * * * Defenders Celebrates Land Acquisition Deal Protecting Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge from Threat of Mining * "You simply could not find a worse place to mine than on the doorstep of such a treasured natural resource. We applaud The Conservation Fund and private donors for stepping up in the Refuge's time of need." Defenders of Wildlife celebrates The Conservation Fund's acq  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall Introduces Resolution to Celebrate the 250th Birthday of the United States Army * Washington - On Monday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) introduced a resolution to celebrate the 250 th birthday of the United States Army, honoring its storied history from the American Revolution to the Global War on Terror. The resolution also honors the bravery and patriotism of sol  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 17 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news on June 16, 2025: * * * VCU students embrace the call of the wild Two recent environmental studies courses reflect how hands-on learning - sometimes far from campus - is at the heart of the new School of Life Sciences and Sustainability. By Haley Tenore Spring and summer breaks often are a chance to unwind, but students in two recent field courses at Virginia Commonwealth University were instead windin  more