SANTA BARBARA, California, Aug. 6 (TNSres) -- Direct Relief issued the following news: By Noah Smith Nearly 70 percent of the US population across parts of every state in the continental US, except for Georgia and South Carolina, experienced at least one day of heavy- or medium-density wildfire smoke last month, according to a new analysis by Direct Relief's research and analysis team of data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Over the same period, an estimated 28.6 mil  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (TNStalk) -- The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers issued the following statement on Aug. 4, 2022: * * * IFPTE President Matt Biggs and Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson issued a statement from in response to an effort by NLRB Region 10 Director to fleece the United Mineworkers of America (UMWA) of over $13 million for supporting their members who on strike against Warrior Met Coal. "On behalf of the 90,000 members of the International Federation  more

MOREHEAD, Kentucky, Aug. 6 (TNSper) -- Morehead State University issued the following news: Governor Andy Beshear has reappointed regent Craig Preece (Class of 1984) to serve a second term on the Morehead State University Board of Regents. A native of Inez, Preece is the chief financial officer of Booth Energy. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration from MSU in 1984. After graduation, he joined the Walter P. Walters Insurance Agency. In 1986, Preece accepted an accounting positio  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued the following statement by Angela Price Aggeler, President Biden's nominee to be U.S. ambassador to North Macedonia, at a July 28, 2022, confirmation hearing: * * * Mr. Chairman, Mr. Ranking Member, and distinguished Members of the Committee, it is the honor of my Foreign Service career to appear before you today as President Biden's nominee to be the next U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of North Macedonia. I am humbled by and  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued the following written testimony by U.S. Trade and Development Agency Director Enoh T. Ebong involving a hearing on July 27, 2022, entitled "U.S. National Security and Economic Statecraft: Ensuring U.S. Global Leadership for the Twenty-First Century": * * * Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member Risch, and distinguished Members of the Committee: Thank you for inviting me to testify today on the U.S. Trade and Development Agency's (U  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2022: The International Brotherhood of Teamsters unequivocally rejects the recent ruling by Region 10 of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), unfairly levying millions of dollars in fines against members of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) for expressing their federally protected rights as union members. UMWA has made clear its intent to vigorously challenge the outrageo  more

EUGENE, Oregon, Aug. 6 (TNSreact) -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2022: A federal judge late yesterday struck down two U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) resource management plans that failed to address the public health consequences of allowing massive amounts of coal, oil, and gas production from public lands and minerals in the Powder River Basin, including approximately 6 billion tons of low-grade, highly polluting coal over 20 years.   more

BILLINGS, Montana, Aug. 6 (TNSreact) -- The Western Organization of Resource Councils issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2022: A federal judge late yesterday struck down two U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) resource management plans that failed to address the public health consequences of allowing massive amounts of coal, oil, and gas production from public lands and minerals in the Powder River Basin, including approximately 6 billion tons of low-grade, highly polluting coal over  more