HERNDON, Virginia, March 20 [Category: Transportation] -- The RV Industry Association issued the following news: * * * California's SB 26 Passes Senate And Moves To The Assembly California Senate Bill 26 - the clean-up legislation that permits manufacturers to opt-in to the new streamlined procedures and incentivizes the seller of a vehicle that is the subject of a lemon law claim under AB 1755 to disclose the reasons for such claim to the potential buyer - has passed the California Senate wi  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 20 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Earthjustice Responds to Trump Minerals Executive Order Washington, D.C. -- President Trump signed an executive order today invoking emergency powers to increase domestic mining and processing of minerals,including those by foreign owned mining companies. It covers critical minerals, copper, gold, and others as determined by the Chair of the National Energy Dominance Council.  more

PALO ALTO, California, March 21 -- The Electric Power Research Institute issued the following news release: * * * EPRI Launches Consortium to Drive Development of AI Applications in Power Sector SAN JOSE, Calif. (March 20, 2025) - EPRI today launched a new global consortium--the Open Power AI Consortium--to drive the development and deployment of an open AI model tailored for the power sector, accelerating AI adoption to reduce operating costs while improving the energy customer experience. T  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 20 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Federal Court Allows NYC Building Electrification to Begin New York, NY -- This Tuesday, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed legal challenges to New York City's 2021 Local Law 154. The law places pollution emission limits in new construction and requires the use of zero-emissions appliances, leading the way to all-electric building  more

NORFOLK, Virginia, March 19 [Category: Animals] -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: * * * Feds Issue Official Warning to UC Davis for Monkey Deaths: PETA Statement Davis, Calif. - Please see the following statement from PETA Senior Science Advisor Dr. Lisa Jones-Engel regarding the Official Warning levied by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) against the University of California-Davis for violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act, which   more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 20 -- Born Free USA issued the following news release: * * * Great News! Mink VIRUS Act Reintroduced in Congress Born Free USA is delighted to report the reintroduction of the Mink VIRUS Act (H.R. 2185) in Congress, marking an important step towards ending mink farming in the interests of animal welfare and human health. Championed by Representative Espaillat (D-NY 13th District), the bill seeks to ban mink farming and implement a buy-out program to support mink   more

OAKLAND, California, March 21 -- The Institute for College Access and Success issued the following news release on March 20, 2025: * * * Reckless executive order will prove disastrous for students, borrowers, and workforce In response to President Trump's executive order on March 20, Sameer Gadkaree, President of The Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS), issued the following statement: "Dismantling the Department of Education (Department) will prove disastrous for students, borr  more

MILPITAS, California, March 19 [Category: Electronic Products] -- SEMI, an association serving the manufacturing supply chain for the electronics industry, issued the following news release: * * * SEMI and ESIA Rally Political Support for a European Semiconductor Strategy BRUSSELS, Belgium -- March 19, 2025 -- Seeking to explore semiconductor policy measures that can strengthen the industrial policy in the European Union, SEMI and the European Semiconductor Industry Association (ESIA) have su  more