WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (TNSres) -- The Progressive Policy Institute issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2024: The past several years have been marred by turbulent economic times for the United States, with the COVID-19 pandemic, stubborn inflation, and high interest rates threatening Americans' economic well-being. Despite these headwinds, some companies continue to show their faith in America's future by making significant capital expenditures. The Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) yeste  more

ROBINS AFB, Georgia, July 31 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: By Tech. Sgt. Bradley Tipton JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Citizen Airmen from the 927th Air Refueling Wing, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, conducted about a month of air refueling operations in support of 29 participating nations during the 2024 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise in July. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC 2024 promotes a free and open Indo-P  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Aug. 2 -- The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued the following news: The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) completed 100 enforcement cases for water quality, air quality, waste, stormwater, and wastewater violations in the first half of 2024. Environmental enforcement investigations often take several months, in some cases more than a year, to complete the investigation and issue final enforcement documents to regulated parties. Penalties are calculated using  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: Matthew Brantz, the Site Director of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division's Large Cavitation Channel (LCC) in Memphis, Tennessee, led a tour of the detachment's unique and powerful testing capabilities to key researchers and scientists from multiple government and academic institutions on July 25, 2024. The LCC, which is one of the world's largest and most advanced high-speed, variable-pressure water tu  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: Today, Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) reintroduced the bipartisan Porch Pirates Act in the 118th Congress. As online shopping increases, studies have shown that one in five Americans have been the victims of porch piracy on their own front doors, resulting in millions of dollars in stolen goods every year. The Porch Pirates Act seeks to combat this type of crime by applying the same federal pe  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Young Kim, R-California, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Young Kim (CA-40) joined Rep. Dean Phillips (MN-03) to introduce the bipartisan Porch Pirates Act. As online shopping increases, studies have shown that one in five Americans have been the victims of porch piracy on their own front doors, resulting in millions of dollars in stolen goods every year. The Porch Pirate Act would apply the same penalties to the theft of U.S. Postal Se  more

BASALT, Colorado, Aug. 2 -- Rocky Mountain Institute issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2024: * * * Supported by a grant from FedEx, RMI developed GridUp to forecast energy and power needs of electric vehicle charging. * * * Today, RMI released GridUp, a publicly accessible, state-of-the-art tool that helps utilities forecast when and where energy and power demands will materialize from vehicle electrification. The GridUp tool can forecast electric vehicle (EV) power needs at the c  more

PLOVER, Wisconsin, July 30 -- The Women In Trucking Association issued the following news release on July 29, 2024: ARLINGTON, Va. - July 29, 2024 - Redefining the Road magazine, the official magazine of the Women In Trucking Association (WIT), announced today the recipients of the 2024 "Top Woman-Owned Businesses in Transportation." "There is a significant economic impact of woman-owned businesses," said Brian Everett, group publisher and editorial director of Redefining the Road magazine. "I  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 28 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Toby Bryce, new managing director at the Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture, says the center is already having an impact with field-leading research. * * * By Jim Shelton The Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture (YCNCC), created in 2021 to study the fundamental applied science of natural carbon capture, is taking the next step in its evolution with a new managing director and promising researc  more