SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 21 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: A federal appeals court issued its opinion reversing the decision of a lower court that would have allowed exploratory drilling east of California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. The Court found the Forest Service violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) when it relied on two categorical exclusions for a single project to avoid the required environmental reviews. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 22 -- The Association for Talent Development issued the following news release: The Association for Talent Development (ATD) honored 79 organizations from around the globe with 2024 BEST Awards. AMH, headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, won the first-place ranking. ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company, Infosys Limited, Florida Blue-Guidewell, Tata Consultancy Services, TELUS, University Health, Valvoline Instant Oil Change, and Wipro Limited received ATD's Best of t  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The Consumer Federation of America issued the following news release on May 20, 2024: Nevada consumers received $26,725,353.61 in refunds under a temporary ban on the use of credit information to increase consumers' insurance premiums, according to Nevada Division of Insurance data. Regulation R087-20, which expires today, protected Nevadans from higher insurance rates due to declining credit and put money back in consumers' pockets. "Thanks to the Nevada Division of Insu  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, May 24 (TNSres) -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws issued the following news release: A growing number of Native American tribes are operating marijuana retail businesses, according to data published in the trade publication Marijuana Business Daily. Nationwide, nearly 60 cannabis retailers are tribally owned - an increase of nearly 25 percent since 2023. Currently, tribes are operating businesses in nine states: California, Michigan, Minneso  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 22 -- The Western Watersheds Project issued the following news release: A federal appeals court issued its opinion reversing the decision of a lower court that would have allowed exploratory drilling east of California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. The Court found the Forest Service violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) when it relied on two categorical exclusions for a single project to avoid the required environmental reviews. The 9th U.S. Circuit C  more