WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The American Civil Liberties Union, a 501(c)3 non-profit that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release: The American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security demanding that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) temporarily suspend civil immigration enforcement and release those in civil detention for the duration of the COVID  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 9 -- The American Forest Resource Council issued the following news release: On April 7 a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision upholding the Moose Creek Vegetation Management Project on the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest. The project restores 2,200 acres northeast of White Sulphur Springs, Montana that have been adversely affected by severe infestations of spruce budworm and mountain pine beetle. The project trea  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 11 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on April 10: The National Marine Fisheries Service announced it will consider Endangered Species Act protections for spring-run chinook salmon on the Oregon coast. Today's positive finding responds to a 2019 petition by the Native Fish Society, Center for Biological Diversity and Umpqua Watersheds seeking safeguards for spring-run chinook salmon returning to rivers south of the Columbia River and  more

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Florida, April 9 -- Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, a journal that says it provided a forum for the scholarly exchange of ideas in the intersection of human behavior and the natural environment, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2020 edition: * Crime Is in the Air: The Contemporaneous Relationship between Air Pollution and Crime * Demand for Off-Grid Solar Electricity: Experimental Evidence from Rwanda * Envi  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 10 -- The Mercy Corps issued the following news release on April 9: * * * - Global organization seeks new leader to guide global team of humanitarians working on the frontlines of today's biggest crises * * * The global organization Mercy Corps has launched its search for a new Chief Executive Officer to lead its efforts helping communities around the world forge new paths to prosperity in the face of disaster, poverty, conflict and climate change. The CEO will overse  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 11 -- The Mercy Corps issued the following statement by Country Director Steve Claborne: "Five years of conflict have obliterated Yemen's infrastructure, and severely hampered the delivery of humanitarian aid. A widespread outbreak of COVID-19 will be catastrophic for Yemenis already living through the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. "Only half of Yemen's health centers are operational, and are already struggling to cope with overwhelming numbers of patients suf  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 9 -- The Mercy Corps issued the following statement: Having already lived through decades of war, Afghanistan is now bracing for another battle against COVID-19. As the number of confirmed cases and death toll rises in Afghanistan, aid workers prepare for a worsening humanitarian situation in the country and the dramatic impact the pandemic will have on its economy. Tom White, Mercy Corps Country Director for Afghanistan explains: "As countries around the world shut t  more

EUGENE, Oregon, April 10 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: The Trump administration announced the release of its final plan to expand drilling and fracking and other fossil fuel extraction across southwestern Colorado for the next two decades, threatening organic agriculture, recreation and endangered species while undermining the state's climate law. It will be published in the Federal Register on Friday. The Bureau of Land Management's final Uncompahg  more