PORTLAND, Oregon, April 18 (TNSres) -- The American Forest Resource Council issued the following news release: Does permanently setting aside mature forests on Department of Natural Resources (DNR) managed state trust lands provide a larger carbon benefit than harvesting and storing that carbon in Washington-made wood products? This question is relevant after anti-forestry activists sued and convinced a King County Judge to halt the Wishbone timber sale in late March, ordering the DNR to condu more PR

SALEM, Oregon, April 20 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Climate, environmental justice, and community-led social justice organizations filed testimony yesterday detailing a litany of cost, climate, and equity objections to a proposed rate hike from NW Natural, Oregon's largest gas utility. The groups, represented by the Green Energy Institute at Lewis & Clark Law School and Earthjustice, are seeking to keep customers' energy costs affordable by preventing the utility from more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 19 [Category: Construction] -- Associated General Contractors of America issued the following news release: California and Alaska Lead Rankings of Year-over-Year Increases, While New York and Washington Lag; New York Posts Largest Number and Percent of Monthly Increases, While Oregon Has Largest Declines Construction employment increased in 39 states in March from a year earlier, while 36 states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between February an more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 19 (TNSres) -- The Environment California Research and Policy Center issued the following news release: For decades, consumers have found it difficult to avoid plastic packaging, despite the rising toll of plastic pollution on our health, wildlife and environment. Now, a new wave of businesses is successfully eliminating single-use plastic packaging via refill stores, returnable packaging and product innovations. Leading up to Earth Day, U.S. PIRG Education Fund, Envir more PR

EUGENE, Oregon, April 17 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: American Rivers today named the Rivers of New Mexico #1 on its annual list of America's Most Endangered Rivers(R), citing a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that left virtually all of the state's streams and wetlands vulnerable to pollution and harmful development. The May 2023 Supreme Court ruling in Sackett v. EPA dramatically reduced federal clean water protections for str more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 19 -- The National Association of Chain Drug Stores issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: NACDS is applauding today the enactment of Oregon House Bill (HB) 4149. The measure, which was signed into law by Governor Tina Kotek (D), will help reduce prescription drug costs and preserve Oregonians' vital access to pharmacy care by holding pharmacy benefit managers (PBM) accountable. Of note, HB 4149 will provide the state with enforcement authority, requiri more PR

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- The National Alliance to End Homelessness issued the following news release: On April 22, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear oral arguments on the case of City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Gloria Johnson. This is the first major case on homelessness to be heard by the Supreme Court since the 1980s and could set a precedent to allow communities to ticket or fine individuals living outside who have no safe alternative to turn to for housing. As part of a day of more PR

SALEM, Oregon, April 18 -- The Oregon School Boards Association issued the following news: Dropping enrollment and the end of federal emergency pandemic funding is forcing the Hillsboro School District to take a hard look at its staffing and programs. Negotiations with teachers could push finances into a shortfall if the union demands more than the district has budgeted, according to Michelle Morrison, the chief financial officer. Aliannah Shalikar, a Hillsboro School Board student representat more PR

SALEM, Oregon, April 19 -- The Oregon School Boards Association issued the following news: The Coalition of Oregon School Administrators has awarded Jerome "Jerry" Colonna its 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award. Colonna is the award's first recipient, and it will be named the COSA Jerome Colonna Lifetime Achievement Award. Colonna is a former superintendent of the Redmond and Beaverton school districts and a former member of the Oregon State Board of Education. He was named the 2001 Oregon Supe more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 19 -- Oregon Wild issued the following statement on April 18, 2024, Conservation Director Steve Pedery: * * * On behalf of our more than 20,000 members and supporters, Oregon Wild applauds the Biden administration's adoption of an important new rule to conserve and protect America's public lands managed by the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM). This federal rule directs the BLM to ensure conservation and recreation are on equal footing with natural resource extraction. more PR

BEND, Oregon, April 19 (TNSres) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: * * * State Leaders Urge Swift Action to Conserve Public Lands, Preserve Cultural Resources, and Protect Wildlife Habitat * * * Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its final "Public Lands Rule" putting conservation, wildlife habitat, and cultural resource protection on equal footing with extractive uses like oil and gas development for the first time in over 40 years. The P more PR

EUGENE, Oregon, April 20 (TNScapv) -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on April 19, 2024: The Biden administration is moving to the next development stage on a proposed plan that could reshape renewable energy deployment across the West. Today marked the closing of the public comment period on the administration's draft plan to update the Western Solar Plan. A coalition of climate, conservation, environmental justice, and tribal organizations submitted a l more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Oregon, April 15 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: This week, a Springfield woman's remarkable life and legacy of kindness and volunteerism were celebrated in India years after her passing, as PETA founder and President Ingrid Newkirk honored the upcoming anniversary of the birth of her mother, Mary Patricia Ward, by providing vegan meals to 1,000 children and women in need in a New Delhi slum. Mary, a longtime resident of Oregon befo more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 20 -- The Society of Professional Journalists issued the following news: The Society of Professional Journalists recognizes the best collegiate journalism in Region 10 with 2023 Mark of Excellence Awards winners. SPJ's Region 10 comprises Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. First-place winners will compete at the national level among other MOE winners from the 12 SPJ regions. National winners will be notified in the late spring. MOE Awards entries are  more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 19 -- VoteVets issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: The largest progressive group of Veterans in America, VoteVets PAC, is today endorsing Harry Dunn to be the next Member of Congress from Maryland's 3rd congressional district. "Harry Dunn has already stood in the halls of Congress and defended our democracy. He did it as a heroic Capitol Police officer and he will do it again as a Congressman," said Travis Tazelaar, Political Director of VoteVets PAC. " more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 18 -- VoteVets issued the following statement on April 17, 2024: * * * VoteVets issued the following statement today in response to fresh Washington Post reporting that raises even more questions about Tim Sheehy's accounts of his military service. Statement of Travis Tazelaar, Marine Corps veteran and Political Director of VoteVets: "The new Washington Post report detailing Tim Sheehy's inconsistencies in describing his military service raises even more serious quest more PR