WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The Ecological Society of America issued the following news release: The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is honored to announce this year's Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA) recipients. This award provides graduate students with the opportunity to receive policy and communication training in Washington, DC before they meet lawmakers. ESA selected twelve students to receive the award: Tiffany L. Betras (University of Pittsburgh), Callie R. Cha  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following news release: The Senate is likely to pass legislation that would fail to extend tax credits for renewable energy and electric vehicles but does include financial incentives for coal, natural gas and nuclear power - the direct opposite of what's needed for America's transition to a clean energy future. Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, said it would take a miracle for t  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, March 4 -- The Freedom Foundation issued the following news release: The Freedom Foundation has announced Connor Hines will join its just-opened Ohio office as outreach director. A nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy organization specializing in exposing and eliminating the abuses of public employee unions at every level of government, the Freedom Foundation has offices in Washington, Oregon and California. Its Ohio branch was launched in October and an office in Pennsylva  more

BEAVERTON, Oregon, March 5 -- The Journal of Education and Training Studies, a journal that says it features consumer education, pedagogy, curriculum and instruction, educational leadership, philosophy, technology and distance education, published research articles on the following topics in its March 2020 edition: * Analysis of Classroom Teachers' Perceptions of Curriculum Literacy * Blended Learning Methods in Specialization Graduate Courses Improve the Knowledge Gain Metric * Comparison of  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following news release: The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund, which works to elect pro-environment candidates, announced its endorsement of Peter DeFazio in Oregon's 4th Congressional District. "We are proud to support Chairman Peter DeFazio's campaign for re-election because he has been an environmental champion throughout his career," said LCV Action Fund Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Tiernan Sit  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, March 3 -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following news release: * * * - A Newly Released Study Finds Anti-Environment Votes Lead to More Campaign Contributions from Oil and Gas * * * The walkouts by Oregon's Republican senators and representatives are incredibly unpopular with Oregon voters, however, for Republicans, shutting down the legislature by refusing to show up and do their jobs likely means raking in more big campaign contributions from big polluter  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 3 -- The National Association of Basketball Coaches issued the following news release: The Collegiate Coaching Consortium - a collaboration between AthleticDirectorU and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) - is proud to announce its 2020 coach cohort. Now in its third year, the 2020 Collegiate Coaching Consortium will be held in conjunction with the NABC Convention and NCAA Men's Final Four in Atlanta, Ga. 2020 Collegiate Coaching Consortium - Coa  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, March 7 -- The Nature Conservancy issued the following news: The Oregon Legislature had the chance, and the votes, to take strong action to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change. Climate action is a priority for The Nature Conservancy, and we are disappointed that opponents' efforts to undermine the legislative process during the February session delayed action to address this urgent conservation crisis. The loss of Senate Bill 1530 is a loss for Oregon. The bill, a ca  more

VANCOUVER, Washington, March 7 -- PeaceHealth issued the following news: PeaceHealth was recently named no. 1 Healthiest Employer of Washington for companies with 5,000 or more employees. The nationally recognized award, which is powered by the Springbuk Health Intelligence Platform, is given annually to organizations that are committed to creating a healthy workplace. The award acknowledges the success of PeaceHealth's employee wellness program spanning all PeaceHealth's facilities in Alaska,  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 5 -- The Pellet Fuels Institute issued the following news: On Tuesday, March 3 Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D) - Oregon introduced an amendment to the American Energy Innovation Act which is expected to be taken up for debate by the Senate this week. Wyden's amendment includes provisions from the Biomass Thermal Utilization Act most notably a 30% tax credit for qualifying pellet stoves and boilers. "Without Senator Wyden's amendment biomass ther  more

BEAVERTON, Oregon, March 7 -- Sexual Abuse, a journal that says it provides a forum for clinical and theoretical aspects of sexual abuse from the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2020 edition: * Correlates of Chronic Suicidal Ideation Among Community-Based Minor-Attracted Persons * Criminogenic Needs as Intervening Factors in the Relation Between Insecure Attachments and Youth Sexual Violence * Inhibitory Control  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, March 5 -- Vet Voice Foundation issued the following statement on March 4 by U.S. Army veteran Will Goodwin: "Today's House Natural Resources Committee hearing was another glaring example of the Trump Administration's mixed messages when it comes to our public lands. "Yesterday President Trump called for full, permanent funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). We're thrilled. Simultaneously, though, the president's own budget, sent to Capitol Hill last week,  more

EUGENE, Oregon, March 3 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Farmington Field Office and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) released their long-awaited Mancos-Gallup Resource Management Plan Amendment for the Greater Chaco region on Friday, February 28, 2019, embittering Greater Chaco Coalition members and dashing hopes for meaningful action to address the onslaught of fracking across the Greater Chaco Landscape. In 2014, th  more