CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 2 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Amid Federal Moves to Dismantle Premier Atmospheric Research Center, UCS Requests Public Release of Management Agreement * "To date, no rational justification for dismantling the Center has been offered," UCS President and CEO Dr. Gretchen Goldman wrote in the letter. The research center is funded by the NSF and managed by the University Corporation for At  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released the following testimony by Stevan Edward Pearce, President Trump's nominee to be director of the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management, from a Feb. 25, 2026, confirmation hearing: * * * Good morning. Thank you, Chairman Lee and Ranking Member Heinrich, for your leadership on this committee. I'm deeply grateful for the support of my friends and family who are with us today or watching on C-Spa  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Capito Secures CDS Allocations for Law Enforcement and Public Safety Projects * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a leader on the Senate Appropriations committee, announced Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) allocations for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) to support law enforcement and public safety projects throughout West Virginia. "I am proud of t  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Hageman Releases Statement on Decisive Action Against Iran * Washington, D.C. -Congresswoman Harriet Hageman (R-WY) released the following statement regarding President Donald J. Trump's decisive military action against Iran's terror regime: "Last weekend, President Trump unleashed joint-Israeli strikes to decapitate the Iranian regime behind decades of state-sponsored terrorism a  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The Independent Women's Voice, an organization that fights for policy solutions for women, posted the following news release on March 2, 2026: * * * Major Win for Independent Workers: Wyoming Poised to Become the Fourth State to Adopt Portable Benefits Legislation Legislature Passes SF 41 to Protect Independent Worker Freedom and Expand Access to Voluntary Benefits * CHEYENNE, WY -- Across the country, there is growing bipartisan recognition that independent workers d  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Lawsuit Challenges Trump's Gutting of Greater Sage Grouse Protections in Nine Western States * GREAT FALLS, Mont.-Conservation groups sued the Bureau of Land Management today to challenge its final plans governing greater sage grouse management across 71 million acres of federal public lands in nine Western states. Today's lawsuit covers the dwindling species' habitat in   more

WASHINGTON, March 2 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Lawsuit Challenges Trump's Gutting of Greater Sage Grouse Protections in Nine Western States * GREAT FALLS, MONTANA -The Sierra Club has joined multiple conservation groups in suing the Bureau of Land Management to challenge its final plans governing greater sage grouse management across 71 million acres of federal public lands in nine Western states. The lawsuit covers the dwindling speci  more

HAILEY, Idaho, March 3 -- The Western Watersheds Project posted the following news release on March 2, 2026: * * * Lawsuit Challenges Trump's Gutting of Greater Sage Grouse Protections in Nine Western States GREAT FALLS, Mont.-- Conservation groups sued the Bureau of Land Management today to challenge its final plans governing greater sage grouse management across 71 million acres of federal public lands in nine Western states. Today's lawsuit covers the dwindling species' habitat in Montana  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, March 3 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release on March 2, 2026: * * * Lawsuit Challenges Trump's Gutting of Greater Sage Grouse Protections in Nine Western States This is the second time Trump has tried to undermine critical protections for greater sage grouse * GREAT FALLS, Mont.-- Conservation groups sued the Bureau of Land Management today to challenge its final plans governing greater sage grouse management across 71 million acres of federal publ  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation posted the following news release: * * * NFWF Announces $1.8 Million to Support Working Lands and Restore Wildlife Habitat in the Intermountain West * DENVER, CO (March 2, 2026) - The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced nearly $1.8 million in grants to restore, improve and conserve sagebrush, mesic wet meadow and big game migratory corridor habitats in Idaho, Utah and Wyoming. The grants will leverage $  more

LOS ANGELES, California, March 3 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary by senior transportation policy analyst Marc Scribner: * * * How to improve the federal mileage-based user fee grant program Congress should build upon its past work of supporting propulsion-neutral alternatives to fuel taxes. * The continued viability of fuel taxes as a source for a large share of highway funding is threatened by improvements in fuel economy and the prospect of increased electric vehi  more

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, March 2 [Category: BizHospital] -- Sanford Health posted the following news release: * * * Sanford to address solutions to strengthen rural workforce * March 2, 2026 SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -Sanford Health is joining national health care leaders this week in Texas for one of the country's premier health care leadership events to focus on real-world strategies to address today's most pressing challenges. ACHE 2026 Congress on Healthcare Leadership takes place today t  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released the following testimony by Kyle Haustveit, President Trump's nominee to be under secretary of Energy, from a Feb. 25, 2026, confirmation hearing: * * * Chairman Lee, Ranking Member Heinrich, and distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I am deeply honored to be considered for the role of Under Secretary of Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). I wa  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, March 3 (TNSjou) -- Washington University in St. Louis issued the following news: * * * Sun sets on the Sunlight glacier WashU researchers monitor, measure melting glacier system in Wyoming By Leah Shaffer The glacier located near Sunlight Peak, Wyo., has been its icy self since the Yellowstone region's last major glaciation occurred some 20,000 years ago. The bulk of Sunlight's ice has remained ensconced in its northern Rocky Mountain keep for many thousands of years.   more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, March 3 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on March 2, 2026: * * * Governor Gordon Statement on Passage of the Budget by Both Chambers Governor Mark Gordon (R-WY) issued the following statement today regarding the passage in both chambers of The Essentials Budget. "What a win for Wyoming! And what a win for the citizens across the state who got involved with their government, after the Freedom Caucus-controlled Joint Appropriations Committee   more