MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Sept. 29 (TNSjou) -- The American Academy of Neurology issued the following news release: Air pollution has been widely associated with an increased risk of stroke. A new study looks at the role of air pollution on the trajectory of stroke, including cardiovascular events after first stroke and death. The study is published in the September 28, 2022, online issue of Neurology(R), the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. "We found that high levels of air  more

BRISBANE, Australia, Sept. 29 (TNSres) -- The Australian Marine Conservation Society issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2022: The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) welcomes Queensland's new Energy and Jobs Plan, which is a significant step forward in tackling the climate crisis. The Queensland Premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk announced today that Queensland would increase its renewable energy target to 70% by 2032 and decarbonise the Queensland energy grid by 90% by 2035.  more

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 29 (TNSrpt) -- BloombergNEF, a part of Bloomberg, issued the following news release: * * * Clean ammonia is better suited for the decarbonization of other applications such as fertilizer production * * * Japanese utilities are exploring the case for retrofitting their existing coal power plants to enable co-firing of coal with ammonia to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. However, ammonia-coal co-firing is unlikely to become an economically viable path for Japan to reduce p  more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 29 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that student loan relief would not be treated as taxable income in Michigan. Approximately 1.4 million Michiganders eligible for relief will not owe any state taxes for receiving benefits of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program or other student loan forgiveness. Today's announcement builds on Governor Whitmer's actions to make higher education mo  more

WOBURN, Massachusetts, Sept. 29 -- The Massachusetts Republican Party issued the following news release: The Democrats' obsession with kowtowing to radical progressives' green energy lobby is expected to send small business energy bills "through the stratosphere" Massachusetts Republican Party Chairman Jim Lyons said Wednesday, referencing National Grid's projection that fixed-price basic service commercial rate will soar to more than 200 percent above last winter's rates. "These projections c  more

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 29 (TNSres) -- The Michigan Retailers Association issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2022: Michigan Retailers Association today reports that August 2022 sales decreased over July 2022. The August Retail Index survey came in at 49.3, a decrease from July's 54.3. Forty-three percent (43%) of Michigan retailers reported a sales increase over July; Thirty percent (30%) noted a decrease, and 27% reported no change. The 100-point Index provides a snapshot of the  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Sept. 29 -- The New Mexico Department of Economic Development issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2022: New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) Cabinet Secretary Alicia J. Keyes announced today that ten businesses were awarded Job training Incentive Program (JTIP) funds in September to help train 239 new employees and 15 current employees. Included in the $2.58 million awarded this month by the JTIP board for new trainees, funds were also allotted to t  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept. 29 (TNSrpt) -- Environment America Research and Policy Center issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2022: CPS Energy's Calaveras Power Station ranked 10th in the nation for the toxicity of its reported releases to waterways, as measured by EPA's toxicity scoring for such pollution, according to a new report by Environment Texas Research and Policy Center. Environmental and health advocates warned that the company's discharges of chromium into Calaveras Lake th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2022: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ranking Member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, joined Larry Kudlow on Fox Business to discuss the need for meaningful permitting reform, not Senator Joe Manchin's (D-WV) so-called "permitting" deal. Excerpts and full video are below. On Senator Manchin's "Permitting" Deal: "Before I went to Congress, I spent ten years as an en  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2022: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. has published an opinion piece in the Washington Times about his plan for Kansas to produce clean, affordable, and reliable energy sourced from natural gas and nuclear in the future, as well as deficiencies in Kansas' energy systems that are currently served by renewable sources. "With nearly 50% of our electricity coming from wind, and solar beginning t  more

PORT ISABEL, Texas, Sept. 29 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2022: At a public meeting yesterday, community members and organizations: Sierra Club, Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas, Border Workers United, South Texas Environmental Justice Network, and Texas Rising from the Rio Grande Valley told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to reject the not-yet-built Rio Grande liquefied natural gas (LNG) project and the proposal to expand the facil  more