DETROIT, Michigan, April 4 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan issued the following news release on April 3, 2024 : Today, the ACLU of Michigan sent a letter to the University of Michigan expressing concern over its proposed 'Disruptive Activity Policy,' urging the University to either abandon the proposed policy or substantially re-write it. The letter, which is addressed to university President Santa J. Ono and Vice President and General Counsel Timothy Lynch, describes the prop  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, April 4 -- The Australian Conservation Foundation issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: The Australian Conservation Foundation and Mackay Conservation Group have begun legal proceedings in the Queensland Land Court, seeking the refusal of Whitehaven Coal's Winchester South thermal and metallurgical coal mine, proposed for the Bowen Basin. The environment groups will argue the court should recommend no mining lease or environmental authority be granted for th  more

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, April 4 -- The Campaign for Southern Equality issued the following agency statement on April 3, 2024: * * * In 2023, there was a massive wave of legislation in states across the country to ban or restrict access to gender-affirming for transgender youth. Gender-affirming care bans targeting youth continue to be passed in 2024, with some states proposing policies that would make previously-passed youth gender-affirming care bans even more restrictive. Concerningly, mu  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Rep. John R. Curtis, R-Utah, issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: * * * Today, following news reports (https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/rocky-mountain-power-revises-energy-plan-keeping-coal-plants-alive-a-little-longer) that Rocky Mountain Power has updated its energy plans, Representative John Curtis (R-UT) made the following statement: "The decision by Rocky Mountain Power to extend the life of coal plants shows why market driven policies are bett  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 4 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: In an Op-Ed in TribLIVE.com, Governor Josh Shapiro highlighted his bold plan to build on Pennsylvania's legacy as a national energy leader and protect and create energy jobs. In March, Governor Shapiro unveiled his plan to create nearly 15,000 jobs, and save Pennsylvania ratepayers $252 million in the first five years, while generating $5.1 billion in investment in clean, reliable energy   more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 4 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: In one of Attorney General Gentner Drummond's many efforts to push back against the Biden Administration's ceaseless attacks on the oil and gas industry, a federal judge on Monday blocked a highway emissions rule that sought to drive gas-powered cars off the road. Drummond and 20 other state attorneys general had joined Kentucky in challenging a Federal Highway Admi  more

BOVARD, Pennsylvania, April 4 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Today, Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis joined U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland in Bovard, Westmoreland County, to announce a $244 million investment into restoring and reclaiming abandoned mine lands in Pennsylvania. The Shapiro-Davis Administration and Secretary Haaland made the announcements in Bovard, PA, where a project with IIJA funding is already un  more

WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, April 4 -- The Pennsylvania College of Technology issued the following news: A collaboration between academic departments at Pennsylvania College of Technology is "molding" a unique opportunity for polymer engineering technology students. In the seventh-semester class Building Molds & Dies, students swap three hours a week in their plastics labs for hands-on work in the Larry A. Ward Machining Technologies Center. The course requires students to machine - from a chu  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 3 -- Rice University issued the following news release: Experts on Northeast Asia's energy security, policy and environmental efforts discussed the January Taiwan election on the latest podcast episode from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. Taiwanese voters elected William Lai, a supporter of Taiwanese sovereignty, as their next president. This has strained relations between Taiwan and China with Beijing increasing pressure on the self-governed island,   more

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, April 4 -- Red River College issued the following news release: Winnipeg, MB on Treaty No. 1 Territory and the National Homeland of the Red River Metis - Starting today, 40 RRC Polytech grads are being highlighted in Red River College Polytechnic (RRC Polytech)'s Polytechnic Proud campaign. The campaign aims to represent diversity across programs, industries, and generations and includes a series of billboards and feature stories. Each featured graduate was nominated by thei  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 4 (TNSres) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: * * * Update Scraps Near-Term Renewables, Chains Rocky Mountain Power States To Coal * * * On Monday, April 1, PacifiCorp, the parent company of monopoly utility Rocky Mountain Power issued an update to its 2023 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), doubling down on fossil fuels when decarbonization is urgently needed. Whereas the initial 2023 IRP proposed significant levels of new renewab  more

RIVERSIDE, California, April 4 (TNSres) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * What infects the infection? * * * A fungus devastating frogs and toads on nearly every continent may have an Achilles heel. Scientists have discovered a virus that infects the fungus, and that could be engineered to save the amphibians. The fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis or Bd, ravages the skin of frogs and toads, and eventually causes heart failure. To date it h  more

TYLER, Texas, April 4 -- The University of Texas Tyler Campus issued the following news release: The University of Texas at Tyler received nearly $114,000 from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, State Wildlife Grant Program and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to enhance freshwater mussel conservation in Louisiana. Dr. Neil Ford, UT Tyler professor emeritus of biology, serves as principal investigator on the two-year research project. Ford will lead a Houston-based environmental  more