WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (TNSLrpt) -- Big Hole River Arctic Grayling Risk Assessment - A report from Center for Biological Diversity, Tucson, Arizona - January 2026 (53 pages) * * * The Center for Biological Diversity issued a report that outlines growing threats to biodiversity across multiple U.S. ecosystems, focusing especially on habitat loss, invasive species and cascading impacts on native wildlife populations. The analysis emphasises that continued degradation of critical habitats--driven by  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 29 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * Department of Energy Blocks Arizona Investment That Would Lower Electricity Bills * (PHOENIX - Jan 29, 2026) The Department of Energy announced that it's cancelling a planned $1.8 billion loan to support clean energy, battery and transmission projects for APS, Arizona's largest electric utility. The financing was granted in January 2025. APS planned to use the funding to inves  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Donald Trump's DOE Scraps Billions of Dollars for Clean Energy in Arizona * Tucson, Ariz. \- Today, the Trump administration's Department of Energy scrapped a planned $1.8 billion federal loan to Arizona's largest utility, Arizona Public Service (APS). The funds, which were announced in January 2025, would have financed clean energy resources to support the utility's transition to clean en  more

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa, Jan. 30 -- The University of Northern Iowa issued the following news release: * * * Former congresswoman Gabby Giffords to speak at UNI's Hearst Lecture series The UNI Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders is excited to announce that former U.S. Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and her longtime speech-language pathologist, Dr. Fabi Hirsch Kruse, will speak at the 2026 Hearst Lecture. Through a Q&A-style presentation, the pair will reflect on Giffords' recovery from  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Jan. 29 -- The University of Arizona posted the following news release: * * * Kissing the sun: U of A researchers unravel mysteries of the solar wind * Using data collected by NASA's Parker Solar Probe during its closest approach to the sun, a University of Arizona-led research team has measured the dynamics and ever-changing "shell" of hot gas from where the solar wind originates. Published in Geophysical Research Letters, the findings not only help scientists answer fund  more