ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Jan. 25 -- Bernalillo County issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2025: Seeking support for its affordable housing projects is the top priority for Bernalillo County during this state legislative session. Bernalillo County Commission Vice Chair Adriann Barboa and Deputy County Manager of Behavioral Health Wayne Lindstrom detailed the county's funding requests during a Thursday news conference at the Capitol Rotunda in Santa Fe. State Sen. Debbie O'Malley and R  more

DENVER, Colorado, Jan. 24 (TNSres) -- The Colorado Public Interest Research Group Foundation issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2025: Rising electricity demand from U.S. data centers risks deepening America's reliance on fossil fuels and can put consumers and communities at risk, according to a report released Thursday. The report, Big Data Centers, Big Problems: The surging environmental and consumer costs of AI, crypto and big data (https://pirg.org/colorado/foundation/resources/bi  more

LONDON, England, Jan. 24 -- The British Film Institute issued the following news release: * * * * BFI Future Film Festival 2025 for aspiring filmmakers aged 16-25 will be taking place in-venue at BFI Southbank, online globally for free, and in cinemas UK-wide. * UK-wide programme includes events at Chapter Cardiff, Create Studios Swindon, Depot Cinema Lewes, The Engine Room Bridgwater, Glasgow Film Theatre, HOME Manchester, Midlands Arts Centre Birmingham, Nerve Centre Derry-Londonderry, Show  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 25 -- GeoHazards, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features geomorphological hazards, including endogenous and exogenous hazards, as well as those related to climate change and human activity, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 5, Issue 4): * Article - Automated Snow Avalanche Monitoring and Alert System Using Distributed Acoustic Sensing in Norway * Article - Climate Change Impact on the Stability of Soil Slopes   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released the following written testimony by Mika J. Cross, a workplace transformation strategist, from a Jan. 15, 2025, hearing entitled "The Stay-at-Home Federal Workforce: Another Biden-Harris Legacy": * * * Chairman Comer, Ranking Member Connolly, and distinguished members of this Committee, thank you for the opportunity to submit a statement for the record to support this hearing. As a workplace expert with over two  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Human Rights First issued the following news on Jan. 24, 2025: NEW YORK - Human Rights First announced today that climate rights activist and lawyer Dang Dinh Bach, jailed in Vietnam since June 2021, is the winner of the 2024 Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty. The Baldwin Medal will be presented at an event in the United States later this year to someone on Bach's behalf, unless he is freed from prison and able to travel to receive the award in person. "For more than thr  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Public Citizen issued the following statement on Jan. 23, 2025: * * * At a virtual address to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, President Donald Trump told attendees he will use the powers from his day one emergency declaration to build electric generating facilities to power the growth of artificial intelligence systems. According to the remarks, President Trump told attendees that the new generation systems can use whatever fuel they want, and his adminis  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Rep. Troy Downing, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2025: Congressman Troy Downing, U.S. Senator Steve Daines, Senator Tim Sheehy, and Congressman Ryan Zinke today introduced a slate of bills to strengthen and support Montana's tribal communities, ensure access to clean water and updated infrastructure and keep the critical Bull Mountains Mine open. "I am proud to be a part of a delegation that works together to support Montana's tribal communitie  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 25 -- Sensors, a peer-reviewed open access journal that says it provides a forum for the science and technology of sensors and biosensors, published research articles on the following topics in its Jan. 2, 2025, edition (Vol. 25, Issue 2). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Article - A Combined Frame Difference and Convolution Method for Moving Vehicle Detection in Satellite Videos * Article - A Complete Coverage Path Planning Algorithm for Lawn Mowing Robots B  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (TNSFR) -- The Department of the Army has announced it will supplement the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for heat and electrical upgrades at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, citing the need for additional analysis before issuing a Record of Decision. The installation, home to U.S. Army Garrison-Alaska and units of the 11th Airborne Division, relies on a 68-year-old coal-fired central heat and power plant (CHPP) that is operating beyond its design life. The facility has  more