WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The American Council of Life Insurers issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: The American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) today said bipartisan legislation introduced by Sen. Bob Casey, D-PA, and Sen. Thom Tillis, R-NC, would make an overdue update to the tax code to substantially benefit communities in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and across the country. The measure would help life insurance companies continue operating as a major source of capital for inno  more

BOONE, North Carolina, July 24 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: On Tuesday, the White House announced a new AmeriCorps initiative focused on dedicating more AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service to America members to energy communities in Virginia, West Virginia, Eastern Kentucky and Appalachian Ohio, among other locations. The AmeriCorps program has long supported VISTAs serving in the Appalachian region and energy communities, but this new initiative promi  more

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina, July 24 (TNSres) -- The International Society of Automation issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: The International Society of Automation (ISA) -- the leading professional society for automation -- has announced the release of a white paper describing recommendations for raising the safety and security bar for automation and control systems. ISA published the paper in tandem with its ISASecure cybersecurity certification program and the ISA   more

BOONE, North Carolina, July 24 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: HENDERSON, N.C. -- On Thursday, Aug. 1, community members impacted by the proposed Moriah Energy Center will hold a press conference to share their concerns about plans for the facility ahead of the Division of Air Quality's public hearing on the air permit application. The Moriah Energy Center is a liquified natural gas storage facility proposed by Dominion Energy to be built in Rougemont,   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 24 (TNSres) -- The Journal of Marketing, a part of the American Marketing Association, issued the following news release: Researchers from North Carolina State University, University of Manitoba, Bern University of Applied Sciences, University of South Carolina, and California Baptist University published a new Journal of Marketing study that explores whether the onset of daylight saving time leads consumers to engage in unhealthy behaviors. The study, forthcoming in th  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, July 24 -- The North Carolina Waste Awareness and Reduction Network issued the following news release: * * * State leaders, media must tell North Carolinians we are not captive to Duke Energy's climate-wrecking PRO-Carbon Plan * * * Duke Energy's years-long strategy remains intact: to keep the public clueless about alternatives to the utility's climate-wrecking expansion of fossil fuels and its crushing of climate solutions. Will one of the world's largest climate po  more

OAKLAND, California, July 24 (TNScapp) -- The Center for Environmental Health issued the following news release on July 23, 2024: * * * GenX is a PFAS "forever chemical" made by North Carolina-based Chemours * * * WASHINGTON, DC - The Third Circuit Court of Appeals today rejected arguments by Chemours Company that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) acted unlawfully when it issued a health advisory about the risks of exposure to the PFAS forever chemical GenX in drinking water. H  more