WASHINGTON, June 8 -- The American Energy Alliance issued the following news release on June 7, 2024: Today, the Biden administration has concluded the revision of fuel economy mandates for trucks and SUVs, extending them until 2031. Carmakers must reach an average of 50.4 miles per gallon across their fleet by the 2031 model year. These mandates severely limit consumer choice, stifle innovation, and increase costs for American families already struggling under sustained high inflation rates.   more

OAKLAND, California, June 8 -- The California Nurses Association issued the following news release: Registered nurses at Alameda Hospital in Alameda, Calif. will picket outside the hospital on June 10 to pressure hospital and county leaders to reverse dangerous cuts to patient care. As early as July 1, Alameda and East Bay residents could lose access to surgical services at Alameda Hospital. "We are horrified by Alameda Health System's decision to cut surgical services that save our patients'   more

PASADENA, California, June 8 -- CALSTART, an organization that says it works with member companies to build a clean transportation industry, issued the following statement on June 7, 2024: * * * Today, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced new corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards designed to improve fuel economy for new motor vehicles sold in the United States that put our nation on track to be less reliant on fossil fuels and generate economic and hea  more

PALO ALTO, California, June 8 (TNSres) -- The Carnegie Institution for Science issued the following news: Dams and reservoirs won't be able to meet the demand for water in the coming decades, according to a recent Stanford University-led study from a team including Carnegie Science's Lorenzo Rosa. The researchers developed a first-of-its-kind global map of how agriculture and energy systems depend on stored water from dams and reservoirs--so-called gray infrastructure--to generate power and gr  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, June 8 -- NetChoice, a coalition of trade associations that says it makes the internet safe for free enterprise and expression, issued the following news release on June 7, 2024: Today, NetChoice sued Mississippi in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi to keep online communications and speech safe and free, as well as to ensure parents--not big government--are in the driver's seat of their families. Lawmakers in Mississippi have unfortunately f  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 8 (TNSres) -- Save the Redwoods League presented a podcast on June 7, 2024: Save the Redwoods League today announced the fourth season of its celebrated podcast "I'll Go If You Go," which takes listeners on a journey through California's iconic coast redwood and giant sequoia forests. Emily Harwitz returns as host, with 12 new episodes posted bi-weekly through September 11. The new, expanded season explores the wide variety of jobs in the redwoods, featuring unde  more

DIAMOND BAR, California, June 8 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Over 100 clean air advocates rallied outside the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) headquarters Friday, cheering the agency's passage of pioneering regulations to slash emissions from polluting industries and drive a transition to zero-emission appliances. In a series of votes, the SCAQMD board finalized rules mandating a shift to zero-emission boilers and water heaters, imposing fees on ma  more

LOS ANGELES, California, June 8 -- The Simon Wiesenthal Center issued the following news: Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean and Director of Global Social Action Agenda for SWC, said "By equating Israel, a democracy defending itself against a genocidal terrorist organization, with entities such as ISIS that practiced mass beheadings, the UN promulgates an outrageous lie that will influence millions of people to see the Middle East's only democracy as morally equivalent to the world's worst hu  more