STAMFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 20 (TNSres) -- Americares, a health-focused relief and development organization, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2023: Americares and the Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Harvard Chan C-CHANGE), today announced health clinics in Arizona, Florida and Louisiana will pilot a program to protect the most vulnerable patients from the health impacts of climate change, including extreme heat.   more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 20 -- Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne issued the following news release: Four Arizona public schools have been named National Blue Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Department of Education, also earning praise from State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne. The recognition is based on overall academic performance or progress in closing student achievement gaps. * * * The schools are: * Gilbert - Neely Traditional Academy, Gilbert Public Sch  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (TNScapv) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2023: Today, more than 185 organizations delivered a letter to Congress urging legislators to remove language - Section 219 - in the FY24 House appropriations bill that fast-tracks the construction of a new federal prison in Letcher County, Kentucky, costing taxpayers more than $505 million dollars. Section 219 would also allow the prison to bypass the federal environmental review process and make t  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Sept. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * Digital Borderlands in the Classroom will provide a fellowship program for university faculty to learn digital and archival methods from library experts. * * * The University of Arizona has received a $1.2 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to establish a four-year initiative and faculty fellowship program to support undergraduate student research on the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, in   more