LAGUNA BEACH, California, July 23 -- My Hero Project issued the following news release: The MY HERO Project is gearing up for the 20th annual MY HERO International Film Festival. The festival is celebrating its 20th year of honoring filmmakers who shine a light on the heroes working to make the world a better place. Prizes are awarded to professional filmmakers and to students in Elementary, Middle-High School and College. There are also SPECIAL AWARDS with Cash Prizes. sponsored by presenters   more

LOS ANGELES, California, July 23 (TNSres) -- The Williams Institute issued the following news release: Indiana has six laws that criminalize people living with HIV (PLWH), including two laws that make it a felony to donate blood, plasma, and semen for artificial insemination if a person knows they have HIV. A new report by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law finds that at least 18 people in Indiana were charged with 21 violations of the state's HIV-related criminal donation law betwee  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 21 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: San Francisco, CA After President Joe Biden announced his decision to withdraw from the U.S. Presidential race, Earthjustice President Abigail Dillen issued the following statement: "President Biden was the right president at the right time, and we cannot overstate the impact of his historic presidency. His transformative leadership catalyzed an oftentimes gridlocked Congress to take d  more

SACRAMENTO, California, July 23 -- The Pacific Legal Foundation issued the following news release: Mobile, AL; July 22, 2024: Dominick and James Russo have filed a lawsuit against the Department of Commerce, challenging the constitutionality of a catch limit rule adopted by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council drastically limiting their business. The Russo brothers have been fishing since they were teenagers and now run FFC Seafood in Sarasota, Florida. Their largest source of income   more

WASHINGTON, July 22 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following news release: Today, four leading environmental, clean energy and climate organizations the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund, the NRDC Action Fund, the Sierra Club and Clean Energy for American Action (CE4A Action) endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for President. The Biden-Harris administration has done far more to address the climate crisis and environmental injustice than a  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Today, four leading environmental, clean energy and climate organizations the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Action Fund, the NRDC Action Fund, the Sierra Club, and Clean Energy for American Action (CE4A Action) endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for President. The Biden-Harris administration has done far more to address the climate crisis and environmental injustice than any administration  more

REDONDO BEACH, California, July 23 -- The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization issued the following news release on July 22, 2024: * * * Speakers Highlight the Human Cost of Asbestos Exposure * * * WASHINGTON, DC -- The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), an independent nonprofit dedicated to preventing asbestos exposure through education, advocacy, and community initiatives, today held its 19th Congressional Staff Briefing on the "Impact of Asbestos on Public Health, Environm  more

SANTA MONICA, California, July 23 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following commentary on July 22, 2024, to The Wall Street Journal: * * * CrowdStrike Is Too Big to Fail By Jonathan W. Welburn If you couldn't use your laptop last week, you weren't alone. A computer system disruption swept the globe on Friday, grounding flights, stopping trains, and bringing businesses to a halt. Worse, the outage was traced to a single security update, underscoring the risks of global interconnectivity, particul  more

SANTA MONICA, California, July 23 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following commentary on July 22, 2024: * * * Is Genomic Data the New Oil of the Middle East? By Sarah L. Gebauer and Jeffrey Lee Clive Humby, the British mathematician and entrepreneur, described data as "the new oil" almost 20 years ago, but the speed at which the Gulf States are creating biological datasets underscores its value to these historically oil-focused countries. A few countries like England began to collect genomic d  more

LOS ANGELES, California, July 23 -- CodePink, a grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end U.S.-funded wars and occupations, to challenge militarism globally, issued the following news release on July 22, 2024: Washington, D.C. -- CODEPINK is planning actions around the U.S. Capitol and White House this week to protest the visit of wanted war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu. The days of action are part of a nationwide mobilization to D.C. by Shut It Down for Palestine to demand Net  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 23 -- The Trust for Public Land issued the following news release: * * * 2024 Recipients Include the Rumford Community Forest in Maine, A Forest Pocket Park in Greeley, CO and the Archdale Community Park in Boston, MA * * * Trust for Public Land (TPL), in partnership with outdoor retailer L.L.Bean, is delighted to announce the recipients of the sixth round of the L.L.Bean Community Awards. In a continued commitment to promoting equitable access to nature and   more