EDMONTON, Alberta, June 3 [Category: BizConsulting] -- Stantec, a design and consulting company, posted the following news: * * * Black & Veatch-Stantec Joint Venture to lead U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Brandon Road Interbasin ecosystem protection project * The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded the Black & Veatch- Stantec joint venture a single award task order contract to provide design and engineering support services for the Brandon Road Interbasin Project (BRIP), a critical Great Lak  more

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas, June 4 -- Black and Veatch issued the following news release: * * * Black & Veatch-Stantec Joint Venture to lead U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Brandon Road Interbasin ecosystem protection project The civil works initiative will deliver human critical infrastructure and ecosystem protections between major U.S. waterways and the Great Lakes - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded the Black & Veatch-Stantec joint venture a single award task order contract to provide de  more

GOLDEN, Colorado, June 2 -- Colorado School of Mines posted the following news: * * * Colorado School of Mines and ElementUSA awarded $67M by DOE for construction of rare earth processing plant * Colorado School of Mines and ElementUSA have been awarded $67 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to build a plant for the extraction and processing of rare earth elements from alumina tailings in Louisiana. The project in Gramercy, Louisiana is one of two announced today by DOE'  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, June 3 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: * * * Corps of Engineers seeks comments on proposed work at Lock and Dam 5 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking public comments on a draft environmental assessment, or EA, on a proposed end cell project at Lock and Dam 5 in Minnesota City, Minnesota. The proposed project involves removing one of the lower guidewalls and building an end cell at the en  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 4 -- Tulane University issued the following news release: * * * Global mangrove forests rebound, offering hopeful sign for climate and coastal resilience * Mangrove forests, once considered one of the world's most threatened coastal ecosystems, are showing signs of recovery worldwide, according to new research from Tulane University that finds decades of losses largely offset by regrowth and expansion. The study, based on four decades of satellite data and publ  more

JONESBORO, Arkansas, June 5 -- Arkansas State University posted the following news: * * * Lakeport Plantation Museum to Host Mississippi River Symposium This Fall * JONESBORO - The Lakeport Plantation Museum (LPM), located in Lake Village, is hosting its first Mississippi River symposium this fall. The event, "The Mississippi in American Memory," will be held on Friday, Oct. 9. "Presentations may be on a wide range of topics related to the Mississippi River, from Indigenous peoples to st  more

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen, Hassan, Goodlander Honor Fallen Service Members at New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery Memorial Day Ceremony * (Boscawen, NH) - Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and U.S. Representative Maggie Goodlander (NH-02) delivered remarks at a Memorial Day event at the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery to honor the brave service members who gave their l  more

FALMOUTH, Massachusetts, May 25 -- Woodwell Climate Research Center, formerly the Woods Hole Research Center, issued the following commentary by Editorial Manager Sarah Ruiz: * * * Climate change is impacting America's small towns Woodwell is helping them prepare for their climate futures - One overcast week in January, Government Relations Director Andrew Condia, Research Associate Dominick Dusseau, and I found ourselves driving along the banks of the Mississippi River. Our road trip took   more