NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 22 -- The American Farm Bureau Federation issued the following news release: A federal court says the 2015 Waters of the United States rule is unlawful under the Clean Water Act because of its "vast expansion of jurisdiction over waters and land traditionally within the states' regulatory authority." The court for the Southern District of Georgia found the agency overstepped not just the CWA, but also the Administrative Procedure Act, which lays out the most basic rul  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 23 -- The American Farm Bureau Federation issued the following news release: The following may be attributed to American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall: "Farm Bureau is appreciative that the Family Farmer Relief Act of 2019 is now law. This law relieves some of the uncertainty farmers are facing due to export market disruptions, weather events and declining farm income. It will help family farmers reorganize after falling on hard times by increasing  more

MAHWAH, New Jersey, Aug. 19 -- The Andrew Goodman Foundation issued the following news release: On August 16, The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and its pro bono partner Hogan Lovells US, LLP, filed a motion for an immediate preliminary injunction to prevent the state of Tennessee from implementing a voter suppression law signed by the Governor in May. The law is set to take effect on October 1, 2019, but poses immediate repercussions. The law places arbitrary and excessive burde  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 19 -- The Country Music Association issued the following news release: The Country Music Association has announced Carrie Underwood will host "The 53rd Annual CMA Awards" with special guest hosts and Country Music Hall of Fame members Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton, celebrating legendary women in Country Music throughout the ceremony. Country Music's Biggest Night(TM) broadcasts live from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 8/7c on the ABC Television   more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 19 -- Ducks Unlimited issued the following news release: * * * - Saving and restoring Louisiana's Gulf Coast is a Ducks Unlimited conservation priority. See how it's getting done on this edition of Conserve. * * * Ducks Unlimited released the latest film in its online series. In The Gulf Coast, Conserve Films travels south to Louisiana where the Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico. Watch the film at www.ducks.org/media/du-conserve. The Mississippi River has  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 21 -- The American Farm Bureau Federation issued the following news release: The latest tomato agreement with Mexico shows the United States can work out trade disputes without resorting to tariffs and underscores the need to ratify the USMCA, the American Farm Bureau Federation said today. "We are pleased and relieved to see progress with one of our largest and most important trading partners," AFBF President Zippy Duvall said. "Mexico is a vital trading partner for  more

LYNNVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 21 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: PETA has obtained recent U.S. Department of Agriculture reports revealing three recent violations of federal law at Light Hill Meats in Giles County. In response, PETA sent a letter this morning calling on the U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee to review these violations of the Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter Act and, as appropriate, file criminal charges agains  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 21 -- The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy issued the following news release: * * * - Lack of Investment in Energy Efficiency and Rising Fixed Fees Increase Bills * * * The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) welcomes TVA's recent pullback of a long parade of base rate increases, but TVA has not made a long term commitment to lower customers bills. In fact the opposite is true: Tennessee households pay the 12th highest energy bills in the nation. Energy bil  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 21 -- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital issued the following news release: * * * - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital researchers have identified a possible new use for the drug rapamycin: Activating a cellular pathway to reduce accumulation of a toxic protein that is a hallmark of Beta-thalassemia. * * * Rapamycin, a drug widely used to protect organ transplant patients, eased symptoms of Beta-thalassemia in mice and showed promise for treatment of humans wit  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 22 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: * * * - Utility Still Too Reliant on Gas, Short Shrifts Energy Efficiency * * * The Tennessee Valley Authority's board of directors today approved the utility's plans for electricity generation over the next 20 years, formalizing an increased commitment to clean solar resources and less reliance on dirty, expensive coal. The new plan calls for TVA to add up to 14 gigawatts of solar and up to 5 gigawatts of b  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 23 -- The Country Music Association issued the following news release: The Country Music Association visited Phoenix Wednesday, Aug. 21, with songwriters Ingrid Andress, Marti Lynn Dodson, Mickey Guyton, Jillian Jacqueline and Liz Rose. While in Phoenix, the group met with students and teachers from the Phoenix Conservatory of Music as part of U.S. Bank's Community Possible giving and engagement platform and its Places to Play partnership with the CMA Foundation, foll  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 23 -- USA Rice Federation issued the following news: The wagons are dusted off and the turn rows are pristinely mowed because it's field day season! USA Rice staff participated in field days across the Delta during August, catching up with a wide cross section of the industry based in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Missouri. Topics that were covered at field days include: drones in agriculture and aerial imaging, weed management in row rice, managing rice using more effici  more