SYDNEY, Australia, Aug. 14 (TNSres) -- The University of New South Wales issued the following news: * * * This supercontinent broke up millions of years ago. Now, these researchers are piecing it back together again. * * * Around 400 million years ago, before Australia was a continent on its own, we were lying on our side, attached to Antarctica, India, South America, Africa, Madagascar, Arabia, and Aotearoa/New Zealand, in a giant land mass called Gondwanaland (also commonly known as 'Gondw  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Heritage Action for America issued the following statement on Aug. 14, 2024: * * * Heritage Action, a grassroots organization with more than two million conservative activists nationwide, today released the following statement from Executive Vice President Ryan Walker, slamming the Biden-Harris administration for finalizing a regulatory crackdown on gas stoves and other home appliances after discrediting warnings about the rule: "After insisting they had no plans to ban  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Aug. 15 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Shapiro believes every Pennsylvanian should have the freedom to chart their own course and the opportunity to succeed - and in order to create that opportunity, they deserve more accessible, more affordable higher education, career and technical education, and job training in our Commonwealth. * * * Governor Josh Shapiro visited communities across the Commonwealth last we  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Springfield, IL New federal data shows that wind and solar energy due to coal plant retirements and the growth of renewable energy generated more power this year so far than coal. The US is on track for wind and solar to outpace coal for the entire calendar year of 2024, including the hot summer months (when coal generation usually picks up). Since its founding in 2009, the Sierra Club's Beyond C  more

BOONE, North Carolina, Aug. 14 (TNSres) -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2024: NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A report released yesterday through a state records request shows that funds available to clean up coal mines in Tennessee fall tens of millions of dollars short of the amount necessary to complete the work. The annual report by Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation is the first required by state law to determine if there is sufficient funding to   more