WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The Department of Energy's Office of Legacy Management posted the following news on May 28, 2024: The annual National Environmental Justice Conference and Training Program, known as NEJC, focuses on the needs and challenges of communities, governments, municipalities, tribes, faith-based organizations, and others with an interest in environmental justice (EJ). The conference aims to examine the state of EJ, share best practices, and enhance community living in a healthy en  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release on May 28, 2024: The Bureau of Land Management today announced criteria for landowners to nominate private lands that are adjacent to BLM, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, or U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service lands for sale or exchange under the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act. FLTFA allows agencies to use revenues from the sale of pub  more

BOISE, Idaho, May 29 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador joined a 19-state coalition asking the Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional the efforts of California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Rhode Island to dictate the future of American energy policy. Those five states have brought unprecedented litigation against the nation's most vital energy companies for an alleged "climate crisis," and are demandi  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, May 29 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Northeast Fisheries Science Center issued the following feature story on May 28, 2024: * * * The reports synthesize changes and trends in New England and Mid-Atlantic ecosystem conditions. * * * NOAA's Northeast Integrated Ecosystem Assessment team released their annual Mid-Atlantic and New England State of the Ecosystem Reports. These reports synthesize the ecological, oceanographic, and soci  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, May 29 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: Attorney General Gentner Drummond is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional the efforts of California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey and Rhode Island to dictate American energy policy. Those five states have brought unprecedented litigation against the nation's most vital energy companies, and they demand billions of dollars in damages. As litigation proceeds   more

JUNEAU, Alaska, May 29 -- Sealaska Heritage Institute issued the following news release: Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has secured an internationally recognized Canadian keynote and renowned featured speakers for its seventh annual culturally responsive education conference, which is part of a larger effort to promote culturally responsive pedagogy in schools. The event, Our Cultural Landscape, has drawn some of the best professionals in the field, including Indigenous education advocate a  more

PAGO PAGO, American Samoa, May 29 -- Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga, D-American Samoa, issued the following news release: Governor Lemanu P. S. Mauga is pleased to announce that the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (USDA FNS) officially approved American Samoa's 2024 Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (S-EBT) Plan of Operations and Management (POM), developed through a collaboration between the Department of Human and Social Services (DHSS) and the Department of Educ  more