OAKLAND, California, May 21 -- The Center for Environmental Health issued the following news release: A new legal action seeks to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stop the manufacture and distribution of hundreds of millions of plastic containers with dangerous levels of a carcinogenic per-and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) called perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). This Notice of Intent to Sue filed Friday by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and the   more

JOSHUA TREE, California, May 21 -- The Mojave Desert Land Trust issued the following news release on May 20, 2024: On Saturday, May 18th, the Mojave Desert Land Trust joined local leaders and United States Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland to discuss legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Laphonza Butler and Representative Raul Ruiz, M.D. to establish Chuckwalla National Monument and expand Joshua Tree National Park. Situated within one of the largest intact ecosystems in  more

ALISO VIEJO, California, May 21 -- The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses issued the following news release: The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) brings together thousands of nurses and other healthcare professionals who care for acutely and critically ill patients and their families during the National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition (NTI, #NTI2024), with the theme "Rising Together." This year, AACN celebrates its 50th NTI, which is the premier confe  more

SANTA MONICA, California, May 21 -- Rand issued the following commentary Foreign Policy on May 20, 2024: * * * Biden's Catch-22 in Ukraine By Raphael S. Cohen and Gian Gentile On April 24, Ukraine and its supporters around the world breathed a sigh of relief when U.S. President Joe Biden signed a long-awaited foreign aid bill that provides more than $60 billion in aid to Ukraine. While the bill was ensnared for months in Washington politics, Ukraine's position on the battlefield was looking   more

LA JOLLA, California, May 21 (TNSres) -- The Scripps Research Institute issued the following news: * * * Scripps Research scientists develop CRISPR screen technology to determine disease mechanism from tissues with accelerated speed. * * * The brain is often referred to as a "black box"--one that's difficult to peer inside and determine what's happening at any given moment. This is part of the reason why it's difficult to understand the complex interplay of molecules, cells and genes that un  more

JOSHUA TREE, California, May 21 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: On Saturday, the Sierra Club and local leaders joined United States Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland to discuss the effort to establish the proposed Chuckwalla National Monument and expand Joshua Tree National Park. The new National Monument would protect about 627,000 acres of the California Desert south of Joshua Tree National Park, reaching west from the Coachella Valley region to the east near the Co  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 21 -- The Simon Wiesenthal Center issued the following news: The Simon Wiesenthal Center expressed deep concern over the International Criminal Court's threat to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for attacking the terrorist group, Hamas after its mass murder of Jews last October 7th. The SWC applauds President Biden and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken for their strong condemnations of the International Criminal  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The Wilderness Society issued the following news release: Over the weekend, Secretary of the Department of the Interior, Deb Haaland, visited the dually proposed Chuckwalla National Monument and expansion of Joshua Tree National Park to hear from Tribal, federal and state leaders alongside community members about their vision for safeguarding the region's cultural landscape, ensuring equitable access to nature, protecting the area's vast desert ecosystem, and preserving hi  more