WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * "Sell Off Steve" Pearce a Terrible Choice for BLM, Colorado Public Lands * DENVER - The U.S. Senate hearing for Steve Pearce, nominee for Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is triggering fierce push back from conservation and environmental groups this week. Pearce, a former New Mexico U.S. Representative and anti-public lands firebrand, previously supported mass expansion of more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 24 -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering posted the following news: * * * From Man's Best Friend to Astronauts' Most Reliable Companion * For decades, scientists have been looking for answers about Mars: Is there water on Mars? Where did the water come from? Who used to live on Mars? Can we live on Mars one day? But one of the biggest challenges to finding answers lies in how to gather information on the Red Planet. From challe more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- The Institute for Energy Research issued the following commentary on Feb. 24, 2026, by President Thomas J. Pyle: * * * 300 Actions the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans Have Taken to Unleash Our Energy Potential Since President Trump took office, his administration, along with Congress, have taken 300 actions to unleash America's energy potential. A list of those actions appears below. January 20, 2025 1. President Donald J. Trump had a whirlwind fir more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Feb. 25 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * Knapps increase commitment to $4.5 million for Winograd Law Scholarship * Eric Knapp ('98) and his wife, Dana Marie Knapp, have pledged $4.5 million to the Peter A. Winograd Endowed Annual Scholarship in Law at The University of New Mexico's (UNM) School of Law. Their new commitment builds upon more than two decades of giving and includes a principal-level estate gift that will ensure the schola more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 [Category: Environment] -- GreenLatinos, an organization that says it convenes a coalition of Latino leaders committed to addressing national, regional and local environmental, natural resources and conservation that affect the health and welfare of the Latino community, issued the following news release: * * * Public Land Leader Nominee Unwavering on Privatization Bureau of Land Management Director Nominee Steve Pearce Heard in Senate Committee * On Tuesday, February 2 more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Pfluger Champions Need for Access to Safe Drinking Water in Rural Texas, Calls for Relief from One-Size-Fits-None Regulatory Mandates * WASHINGTON, DC -During a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment hearing titled "From Source to Tap: A Hearing to Examine Challenges and Opportunities for Safe, Reliable, and Affordable Drinking Water," Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) strongly  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Statement on Confirmation Hearing on Nomination of Steve Pearce to Lead BLM * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a confirmation hearing on Donald Trump's nomination of Steve Pearce to run the Bureau of Land Management. During the hearing, Pearce was peppered with questions about his previous support for selling off vast swaths  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Strips Lesser Prairie Chicken of Endangered Species Protections * WASHINGTON-The Trump administration issued its final decision today to strip federal Endangered Species Act protection from the imperiled lesser prairie chicken. The decision eliminates the birds' safeguards against oil and gas development and other threats. "It's shameful that the Trum more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 25 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Florida. *** Decorative Lighting Assembly for Vertical Structures ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 24 -- An inventor from Davie, Florida, Stanley J Lech, Jr. has been awarded a patent (No. US 12560289 B2, initially filed Jan. 29, 2024) for "Decorative lighting assembly for vertical structures." *** Integrated Truck Bed Mobile Grilling Device ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 24 -- An inventor from Jacksonville, Flo more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 25 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Michigan. *** Control System for Individual Actuation of Brake Caliper Pistons ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 24 -- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, Michigan has been assigned a patent (No. US 12559083 B2, initially filed May 31, 2023) developed by five inventors Brendan Diamond, Gross Pointe, Michigan; Matthew Johnson, Toledo, Ohio; David Michael Russell, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Keith Weston, Canton, Mich more ST

HAILEY, Idaho, Feb. 26 -- The Western Watersheds Project posted the following news release on Feb. 25, 2026: * * * Pearce refuses to recant public land selloff positions in Senate testimony WASHINGTON - Former U.S. Congressman Stevan Pearce testified today before a Senate panel tasked with considering his nomination to become the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, an agency that manages 245 million acres of public land and 700 million acres of public subsurface mineral estate. At the  more PR

HAILEY, Idaho, Feb. 25 -- The Western Watersheds Project posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Allows Ranchers to Kill Endangered Mexican Wolf ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A newly revealed U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service document allows Catron County ranchers to kill any one endangered Mexican gray wolf who happens to be in the area of two grazing allotments near Quemado, New Mexico. The permit doesn't identify which wolf the ranchers can shoot, nor does it specify livestock lo more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Feb. 26 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2026: * * * Mexican Gray Wolf Numbers Reach 319 in Southwest We urge agencies to do more to address the political, geographic, and genetic barriers that continue to hinder and threaten recovery * SILVER CITY, N.M.-- The Arizona and New Mexico wildlife agencies today jointly announced that the number of endangered Mexican gray wolves in the Southwest grew by 33 last year -- from 286 in 2024 to  more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Feb. 25 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Allows Ranchers to Kill Endangered Mexican Wolf Research has consistently found that killing wolves does not reliably reduce livestock depredations and can increase conflict * ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A newly revealed U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service document allows Catron County ranchers to kill any one endangered Mexican gray wolf who happens to be in the area of two grazing allotm more PR