ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 13 [Category: Environment] -- The Nature Conservancy issued the following news: * * * Colorado River Basin Cities, Businesses, Farmers, Utilities, and Conservationists Unite to Call for $2 Billion in Federal Drought Funding * A broad coalition of organizations from throughout the Colorado River Basin is urging Congress to provide at least $2 billion in new federal funding to begin to address the region's escalating water supply crisis. The coalition includes more tha  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswomen Teresa Leger Fernandez and Kat Cammack Announce Bipartisan Partnership to Combat Workplace Sexual Misconduct in Congress Congresswomen Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-03) and Kat Cammack (FL-03) along with Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) and Speaker Mike Johnson (LA-04) today announced a bipartisan partnership between the Democratic Women's Caucus and Republican Women's  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Britt Unveil Bipartisan Bill to Boost Industrial Water Reuse, Protect Community Drinking Water, and Meet Public and Private Demand for Freshwater * Legislation Incentivizes Water Reuse Investments to Protect Water Resources for Local Communities and Businesses Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Katie Britt (R-Ala.) introduced the Advancing Water Reuse Act,  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 13 -- Ohio State University posted the following news: * * * Sustainable theater aims to inspire environmental options in entertainment * "Going green" is a phrase you hear a lot these days, as people and organizations strive to create a more sustainable and thriving environment. The Department of Theatre, Film and Media Arts at The Ohio State University is no exception. In March, the theatre department hosted the Earth Matters on Stage (EMOS) Ecodrama Playwrights' Fest  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 13 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California. *** Supplemental Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for Downlink Communication ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 12 -- QUALCOMM INC., San Diego, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12627334 B2, initially filed March 15, 2021) developed by four inventors Hung Dinh Ly, San Diego, California; Saeid Sahraei, San Diego, California; Yu Zhang, San Diego, California; and Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli, San  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 13 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts. *** Methods and Compositions for Prime Editing Nucleotide Sequences ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 12 -- PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE, Cambridge, Massachusetts has been assigned a patent (No. US 12624354 B2, initially filed April 25, 2024) developed by three inventors David R. Liu, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Andrew Vito Anzalone, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and James William Nelson, Cambr  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senators Katie Britt, Ben Ray Lujan Unveil Bipartisan Bill to Boost Industrial Water Reuse, Protect Community Drinking Water, and Promote Responsible Water Management * WASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) today introduced the Advancing Water Reuse Act, bipartisan legislation that would provide a federal tax incentive for manufacturers and other industri  more

RICHARDSON, Texas, May 14 -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news: * * * Renowned Energy-Storage Leader Aims To Expand University's Impact By: Alexander Macon Dr. Babu Chalamala, a member of the National Academy of Engineering and an expert in grid energy-storage research, is helping to position The University of Texas at Dallas as a national leader in battery-storage technology and the future electric grid. Chalamala joined the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering   more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen, Gillibrand, Lujan, Lee Reintroduce Legislation to Expand Community Schools * Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representative Susie Lee (D-Nev.-03) reintroduced the Full-Service Community School Expansion Act, legislation to provide essential resources for school districts to plan for, implement, expand, and s  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, May 13 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release on May 12, 2026: * * * Bitterroot National Forest Approves Massive Logging Project Forest Service releases its final decision for the Bitterroot Front Project * MISSOULA, Mont. - Spanning most of the western side of the Bitterroot Valley, the Bitterroot Front Project approved today by the Forest Service authorizes a mix of logging, non-commercial thinning and burning across 138,026 acres. The project inclu  more