OTTAWA, Ontario, Feb. 5 -- Carleton University issued the following news release: Carleton University's David Carment, editor of the Canadian Foreign Policy Journal (CFPJ), announced that Greg Anderson and Thomas Juneau have won the 2019 CFPJ Best Paper Prize for their articles, respectively titled "David and Goliath in Canada-U.S. Relations: who's really who?" and "A story of failed re-engagement: Canada and Iran, 2015-2018." Both articles are available on the CFPJ website at http://www.tandf more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- The Defenders of Wildlife issued the following news: A bipartisan coalition of 15 former Department of the Interior officials spanning the last 40 years sent a letter to Interior Secretary Bernhardt condemning a new proposal to further weaken the Migratory Bird Treaty Act by ending all enforcement against unintentional but predictable killing of migratory birds by commercial activities. "This is a new, contrived legal standard that creates a huge loophole in the law by a more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Joseph Neguse, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Congressman Joe Neguse announced a new environmental scholarship award to honor college students within Colorado's Second Congressional District, whose clear passion, scholastic excellence, and desire for service display the potential for environmental vision and leadership. The Mollie H. Beattie Congressional Award for Distinguished Environmental Scholarship is named after Mollie H. Beattie, an outward bo more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 13 [TNSk12research] -- Battelle, a nonprofit research and development organization, issued the following news release: The PAST Foundation and Battelle announced that a $400,000 grant from Battelle will expand the "Innovation in Teaching" Fellowship program. This program will provide free professional development to 200 select teachers in Ohio who collectively will impact 15,000 Ohio students during the 2020-2021 school year. In addition, the grant will support scholarship more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * - Legislation would empower communities to raise local environmental concerns * * * On the 26th Anniversary of President Bill Clinton's landmark Executive Order 12898 on Environmental Justice, Congressman Joe Kennedy III introduced the Voices for Environmental Justice Act, which would encourage public engagement in the decision making process for the siting of petrochemical and solid  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) introduced legislation to observe the month of April of each year as Hazel M. Johnson Environmental Justice Month. "Hazel Johnson galvanized minorities and low-income groups -- most notably on Chicago's South Side -- in order to seek equal environmental protections and correct environmental and social injustices on behalf her community. Her herculean efforts would u more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: The Senate has passed bipartisan legislation supported by U.S. Senators Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) honoring lifelong public servant and Philadelphia native William T. Coleman, Jr. The William T. Coleman, Jr., Department of Transportation Headquarters Act designates the headquarters building of the Department of Transportation located in Washington, DC, as the "William T. Coleman, Jr., Federa more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Progressive Policy Institute issued the following news release: The Neoliberal Project, a fast-growing network of young pragmatists, is joining forces with the Progressive Policy Institute. "Over the last several years, we have built the Neoliberal Project into an online community of politically engaged young individuals who are pushing back against the ideological extremes that put our country in peril," said Colin Mortimer, the Neoliberal Project's executive director.  more PR