WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- The American Association of Port Authorities issued the following news release: The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) ... the unified and recognized voice of America's seaports ... is lauding the announcement made yesterday by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD) that it is awarding a total of $7.5 million to nine U.S. marine highway projects. The funding, provided by MARAD's America's Marine Highway Program, will go towards  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan. 7 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: * * * - Scientists Across the Globe Propose Roadmap for Averting Insect Apocalypse * * * Seventy-three scientists from around the world published a roadmap today for saving the world's insects from what is increasingly understood as an insect apocalypse caused by habitat loss, pesticides, climate change and other threats. The study, published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, calls   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following news release: About 1.3 million veterans live in households that participate in SNAP (formerly food stamps), CBPP analysis of data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey finds/1 In every state, thousands of low-income veterans use SNAP to help put food on the table. Florida has the largest number of veterans participating in SNAP (116,000), followed by Texas (97,000) and California (94,000) . In Or  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Jan. 7 -- Downstate Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * - Amnesia to the immunity afforded by childhood vaccines and infections prior to HIV infection may present a significant health risk * * * A study led by researchers from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University and Oregon Health & Science University, published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases/1,showed that, despite successful antiretroviral therapy (ART), antigen specific memory to vaccinat  more

DENVER, Colorado, Jan. 10 -- The Western Governors' Association issued the following news: Oregon Gov. Kate Brown will host and offer opening remarks during the March workshop of the Western Governors' Reimagining the Rural West Initiative at The Dalles, Oregon. The March 19-20 workshop will explore how rural communities manage their natural assets, including how to plan for wildfire risks and mitigate the increasing impacts of tourism. Participants will share new collaboration models and inno  more

TIGARD, Oregon, Jan. 9 -- Medical Teams International issued the following news release: Medical Teams International is providing a window into the lives of people in crisis around the world. Working alongside well-renowned humanitarian photographers, the organization is giving a look into what life is like in refugee settlements and work sites around the world - from an inside a clinic in Tanzania to a rooftop overlooking the largest refugee settlement in the world in Bangladesh. From the rol  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 9 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Jan. 7: In response to a petition and lawsuits from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed protecting one of North America's rarest mammals, the Sierra Nevada red fox, as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. These secretive foxes live in remote, high mountains in the Sierra Nevada and Cascade ranges of California and Oregon, but  more

EUGENE, Oregon, Jan. 10 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: Moving to protect climate and health, a coalition filed suit to overturn the sale of nearly 2 million acres of public lands for fracking in the western states of Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. "The Trump administration is selling out America's public lands to the oil and gas industry and fueling the climate crisis," said Jeremy Nichols, Climate and Energy Program director for W  more

EUGENE, Oregon, Jan. 10 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) released its blueprint to dismantle longstanding bedrock protections for communities, public lands, and wildlife. Designed to weaken the role of the public in service of extractive interests such as oil and gas companies, CEQ's proposed rule is intended to empower federal agencies to advance the Trump administration's reckless agenda against p  more