ST. PAUL, Minnesota, July 1 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: * * * Corps of Engineers hosts Lock and Dam 2 open house The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is hosting an open house at the Mississippi River Lock and Dam 2 in Hastings, Minnesota, July 19. Corps officials are hosting the free event from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., to allow people to get a behind-the-scenes view of the site while also getting a better understanding of   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 30 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Groups File Suit Over Approval of "Boondoggle" Yazoo Pumps Project * Washington, D.C. -- Today, Friends of the Earth, Healthy Gulf, and Sierra Club filed suit over the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' illegal approval of a massive pumping station that would have devastating impacts on some of the country's richest wetlands and hundre  more

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, July 2 -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: * * * Nicholls to Host International Summit on Environmental Concerns THIBODAUX, La. - Nicholls State University is set to host The Global Conversation, an international summit focused on environmental concerns. This free, hybrid event is open to the community and will be livestreamed by the United Nations and available to attend via Zoom or in person on Nicholls' campus in Powell Hall Room 208 on Jul  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, July 1 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Vicksburg District issued the following news release: * * * USACE Vicksburg District announces publication date of Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Pearl River Basin Mississippi Federal Flood Risk Management Project The expected date of publication of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District's Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement (RDEIS) for the Pearl River Basin Mississippi Feder  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, July 4 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Vicksburg District issued the following news release: * * * USACE Vicksburg District announces publication of a Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Pearl River Basin Mississippi Federal Flood Risk Management Project The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District has published a Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement (RDEIS) for the Pearl River Basin Mississippi Federal Flood Risk Management   more