WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Fugro USA Inc. submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management responding to a request for information on potential commercial leasing for Outer Continental Shelf minerals offshore Alaska. In its letter responding to the Request for Information and Interest (RFI) for commercial leasing in Alaska's OCS, Fugro outlines the importance of high-resolution seabed mapping to support both government and private sector in  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Huffman, Markey Lead 60 Lawmakers in Condemning Trump's Plans to Sell off the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee, and Senator Ed Marke  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on March 10, 2026: * * * Heinrich, Huffman, Markey Lead 60 Lawmakers in Condemning Trump's Plans to Sell off the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Hou  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- The Hoonah Indian Association, Alaska, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service expressing concerns regarding proposed amendments which govern the project-level pre-decisional administrative review process. The association emphasizes that these amendments threaten tribal involvement in essential land management decisions affecting their ancestral territories. The Hoonah Indian Association highlights the cultural and subsi  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- The Ketchikan Indian Community, Alaska, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Forest Service voicing opposition against a proposed rule that would modify the agency's project-level predecisional administrative review process. The community expressed that the proposed changes could severely limit public participation in decisions related to public land management, ultimately leading to an increase in uncertainty and litigation. The comment letter claims that l  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Lawsuit Challenges Trump's Massive Alaska Public Lands Giveaway * ANCHORAGE, Alaska -Ten Alaska and national groups sued the Interior Department today for unlawfully removing federal protections from public lands in an area stretching from the Yukon River to the Brooks Range. These lands had been protected for more than 50 years and subject to federal oversight that inte  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Lawsuit challenges Trump's massive public lands giveaway in Alaska Ten Alaska and national groups sued the Interior Department today for unlawfully removing federal protections over public lands in an area stretching from the Yukon River to the Brooks Range. These lands had been protected for over 50 years and subject to federal oversight that intended to ensure Arctic health and a stable   more

WASHINGTON, March 11 (TNSFR) -- Legal Services Corp. announces the availability of funding for basic field grants to support civil legal aid for low-income individuals. The corporation distributes funds to service providers across the country to ensure access to justice in civil matters. This announcement precedes a congressional appropriation for fiscal 2027, with grant terms scheduled to begin in Jan. 1, 2027. Applicants must be qualified to deliver efficient legal services within designated  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Murkowski, Baldwin Bill to Protect Coastal Communities Passes Out of Senate * Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) announced their Digital Coast Act reauthorization passed out of the Senate. This bipartisan bill will help coastal communities better prepare for storms, cope with varying water levels, and plan for future economic development. The bill reauth  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Murkowski, Sullivan Announce $629 Million Funding to Boost Alaska's Internet Connectivity * Washington, DC- Today, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-AK) welcomed the approval of Alaska's Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Final Proposal by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), including more than $629 million in initial deployment a  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 [Category: Environment] -- Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility posted the following news release: * * * New Testing Detects Toxic PFAS in Herbicide Applied Across Public Lands * Washington, DC - New independent testing by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) has detected toxic PFAS - also known as "forever chemicals" - in the herbicide Indaziflam, sold under the brand name Rejuvra. There is a growing concern that PFAS are used in pestici  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 (TNSrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: * * * Upwelling Fueled Productive West Coast Ocean, Holding Warm Waters Offshore in 2025 Commercial fisheries are landings up, but remain below recent average. * A massive marine heatwave warmed the eastern Pacific Ocean through much of 2025, but the wind-driven upwelling of cold, nutrient-rich water that drives the rich marine productivity of the West   more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Cailinn Allen, an environmental scholar at Stanford University, California and member of the Akimel O'odham community of the Gila River Indian Community, Sacaton, Arizona, submitted a public comment letter opposing offshore mineral leasing and deep sea mining activities proposed for Alaska in a filing to the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. The public comment letter outlines various concerns regarding the adverse environmental impacts   more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: * * * USDA Provides More than $3.3 Million to Geographically Disadvantaged Producers for Transportation Costs * Offsets Long-Distance Transportation Costs for Farmers and Livestock Producers Outside the Contiguous U.S. (Palmer, Alaska, March 10, 2026) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) is issuing more than $3.3 million to nearly 1,200 applican  more