PHOENIX, Arizona, Dec. 10 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Mayes Wins Court Order Striking Down Trump Freeze on Wind Energy Development Attorney General Mayes announced that a federal judge struck down the Trump administration's unlawful attempt to freeze the development of wind energy. Judge Patti Saris found that Trump's so called "Wind Order" was both arbitrary and capricious and contrary to law, and vacated the order in its e  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 10 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Brown Urges Congress to Reject Unlawful Restrictions on Reproductive Health Care Attorney General Anthony G. Brown co-joined a coalition of 20 states in sending a letter to congressional leadership urging them to reject efforts to undermine negotiations on extending Enhanced Premium Tax Credits under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Some members of Congress, as pa  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 9 [Category: Environment] -- The Trust for Public Land posted the following news release: * * * New Map: Trust for Public Land Highlights Success of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Illustrates Importance of Future Progress on Pending Projects * Congress and Administration Must Fulfill Promise of the Bipartisan Great American Outdoors Act Washington, D.C. Trust for Public Land (TPL) today released a new map showcasing successful conservation project acr  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Dec. 9 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release: * * * Personal risk tolerance has sweeping implications for how societies evolve * In his biography of Elon Musk, historian Walter Isaacson describes a game of Texas Hold 'Em poker in which Musk went all in on every hand. "Isaacson uses the anecdote to show that Elon Musk is a badass because he takes risks. But for anyone without the means to just buy more chips, going all in every   more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts. *** Charge Pump and Buck Converter for Intermediate Bus Conversion ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Dec. 9 -- MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Kyoto, Japan has been assigned a patent (No. US 12494706 B2, initially filed Nov. 7, 2023) developed by David Giuliano, Bedford, New Hampshire, and Kazunori Tsuda, Cambridge, Massachusetts, for "Charge pump and buck converter for intermediate bus conversion." ***  more