LOS ANGELES, California, April 27 [Category: BizEngineering] -- AECOM, an infrastructure firm, issued the following news release: * * * AECOM awarded USACE Baltimore District contract to deliver environmental services DALLAS - AECOM (NYSE:ACM), the trusted global infrastructure leader, today announced it has been selected for a multiple-award environmental services contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District. This contract vehicle enables AECOM to deliver innovati  more

SEATTLE, April 28 -- Alaska Airlines, a subsidiary of Alaska Air Group, issued the following news release: * * * Alaska Airlines debuts its first-ever onboard safety video for new global flights from Seattle on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner Summary * Alaska Airlines has debuted its first-ever safety video, which will be shown prior to departure on its long-haul Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. * Guests traveling on the 787 Dreamliner from Seattle will also see a new welcome video from Alaska's C  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 (TNSjou) -- American University faculty and students are leading global environmental research efforts ranging from urban river restoration to Arctic food web preservation. The university community operates a carbon-neutral campus while the Department of Environmental Science addresses climate resilience through ecosystems research in rivers and coastal lagoons. Professor Steve MacAvoy and his students found that BPA may remain in the environment longer than expected. MacAv  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM announces June 2026 sale of oil and gas leases in Nevada * RENO, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management today announced an oil and gas lease sale scheduled for June 23, 2026, to offer four oil and gas parcels totaling 10,211 acres in Nevada. The BLM completed scoping on these parcels in December 2025 and held a public comment period that closed in March 2026 on t  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- The Senate Finance Committee released the following testimony by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from an April 22, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget: * * * The mission of the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS" or the "Department") is to promote and protect the health and well-being of the American people. This mission serves as the foundation for the Department's efforts to strengthen public health systems, support medical res  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies released the following testimony by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum from an April 20, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget request: * * * Chairman Simpson, Ranking Member Pingree, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify in support of President Trump's Fiscal Year 2027 Budget request for the Department of the Interior and discuss what our   more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- The U.S. Department of War issued the following news: * * * Medal of Honor Monday: Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Marvin G. Shields * Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Marvin G. Shields has the distinction of being the only Seabee to ever be awarded the Medal of Honor. He was born Dec. 30, 1939, in Port Townsend, Washington, and joined the Navy Jan. 8, 1962. He wanted to be a Seabee, construction mechanic, as he was good with his hands and liked the outdoors, having worked  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 25 -- Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, issued the following news release about a podcast: * * * Serious disparities persist in maternal death rates in the U.S. Maternal deaths rose during the COVID-19 pandemic, and remain elevated for Black women, study finds * U.S. maternal death rates have largely returned to pre-pandemic levels, but serious disparities persist. A recent study finds that the rate of maternal deaths in  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * New York Times: "Tariffs Raised Consumers' Prices, but the Refunds Go Only to Businesses" * "American families are certainly the losers" After Nick Begich, Trump, and House Republicans' tariffs forced Americans to pay thousands of dollars a year more per family for everyday goods, new reporting from the New York Times finds that little of that money will be returned to consumer  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 (TNSLrpt) -- The National Renewable Energy Laboratory issued the report titled 'The 2023 National Offshore Wind Data Set', report number NOW-23 / PNNL-34508, authored by Nicola Bodini, Stephanie Redfern, Alex Rybchuk, Vincent Pronk, Simon Castagneri, Avi Purkayastha, Caroline Draxl, Ethan Young, Billy Roberts, Evan Rosenlieb, Walter Musial, Sheng-Lun Tai, Larry Berg, David Rosencrans, Julie K. Lundquist, Veer Renewables, and Mike Optis, in December 2023. It was prepared for   more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense released the following testimony by Rear Adm. Richard Lofgren, acting chief of the U.S. Navy Reserve, from an April 21, 2026, hearing on the fiscal 2027 budget request: * * * Chairman McConnell, Ranking Member Coons, distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on behalf of the 59,000 Navy Reserve Sailors, 2,400 Strategic Sealift Officers, and 400 civilians of the Navy Reserve. I want   more