BEVERLY HILLS, California, Sept. 18 -- The Ad Council issued the following news release: * * * With crashes a leading cause of death for children, NHTSA and the Ad Council inspire parents and caregivers to make sure their kids are in the right seat for their age and size. * * * WASHINGTON, DC (September 17, 2024) - During Child Passenger Safety Week, the Ad Council and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) debuted a new creative campaign, titled "Love Protects," in suppo  more

OAKLAND, California, Sept. 18 -- Amazon Watch, an organization that says it protects the rainforest and advances the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin, issued the following news release: Fires raging across the Amazon rainforest are devastating biodiversity-killing millions of animals-Indigenous peoples territories, and further threatening global climate stability. This is an escalating environmental, humanitarian, and climate emergency that requires urgent intervention. The Ama  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- The American Bus Association issued the following news release: The American Bus Association (ABA), a leading voice in North America's motorcoach, group travel, and tourism industries, continues to take action to oppose the California Air Resources Board's (CARB) latest zero-emissions vehicle mandate, the Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) rule. The new rule, adopted in 2023 and set to begin with model year 2024, would require large fleet operators to transition to zero-emissio  more

OAKLAND, California, Sept. 17 -- As You Sow Foundation issued the following news release: Named simply "My Money My Vote" (MMMV), the program can be adopted by any other organization that wants to reduce their fiduciary risk. Proxy voting for retirement plans is often perceived as complex because most plan participants are invested in mutual funds and ETFs that may hold more than 1,000 individual companies meaning tens of thousands of voting decisions. MMMV enables employees to pick a proxy vot  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 18 -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following statement on Sept. 16, 2024: * * * SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Sept. 16, 2024)--The California Assembly Petroleum and Gasoline Supply Committee will begin a series of public hearings Wednesday on a bill proposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom to ensure that oil companies store enough gasoline to protect consumers from price spikes during refinery shutdowns. The measure would make California the first state in the natio  more

MCLEAN, Virginia, Sept. 18 -- Chamber of Progress, a center-left tech industry policy coalition promoting a progressive future, issued the following news on Sept. 17, 2024: Today, Chamber of Progress released an AI-generated song urging California Governor Gavin Newsom to veto Senate Bill 1047, which would impose sweeping restrictions on AI developers. Chamber of Progress used the generative AI service Suno to create the rock-inspired song with lyrics like "Innovation's edge at stake / Califor  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 17 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: Salt Lake City, UT Today, conservation and community groups will argue their case in court against the state of Utah for failing to comply with its public trust obligations to ensure that enough water reaches the Great Salt Lake to prevent ecological collapse and a public health crisis. (Listen on Morning Edition.) The Third Judicial District in Salt Lake City will hear oral arguments  more

SAN RAFAEL, California, Sept. 18 -- The First Amendment Coalition issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 2024: Tonight, members of the Santa Ana City Council will consider withdrawing a policy that restricts journalists covering the council. Our comments state: "The policy interferes with the ability of the press to exercise editorial discretion in covering public meetings and runs afoul of the Ralph M. Brown Act's provisions guaranteeing the public's ability to record." * * * To: San  more

SAN RAFAEL, California, Sept. 18 -- The First Amendment Coalition issued the following agency statement on Sept. 17, 2024: * * * The homelessness crisis is one of the biggest issues facing California. To understand the human toll of housing insecurity and to assess the efficacy of government response, we depend on journalists to sort fact from fiction. And to bear witness when governments take action. That is especially true when it comes to sweeps of homeless encampments. Following a recent   more

OAKLAND, California, Sept. 18 -- Amazon Watch, an organization that says it protects the rainforest and advances the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin, issued the following news release: * * * Amazon Fire Response Fund established for immediate relief * * * The fires raging across the Amazon rainforest are devastating biodiversity-killing millions of animals-Indigenous peoples territories, and further threatening global climate stability. This is an escalating environmental, h  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 18 -- The Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce issued the following statement on Sept. 17, 2024: * * * The Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce released the following statement on Mayor Karen Bass' summary report updating the community on the search for the next Los Angeles Chief of Police. "We appreciate Mayor Bass' transparency and engagement with communities in the search for the next Los Angeles Chief of Police. The Chamber was pleased to provide valuable in  more

SANTA MONICA, California, Sept. 17 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Sept. 16, 2024, to Foreign Policy: * * * Russia Is Riding an Anti-Colonial Wave Across Africa By Benjamin R. Young In May, pro-independence demonstrations spread across New Caledonia, a small Pacific island territory that has been ruled by France since 1853. Waving the flags of the Indigenous Kanak people as well as the flag of the pro-independence Socialist National Liberation Front, demonst  more

SANTA MONICA, California, Sept. 18 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Sept. 16, 2024, to The National Interest: * * * The Kursk Offensive: Triumph or Tragedy in the Making? By John V. Parachini In a bold move, Ukrainian forces advanced into the Kursk region (https://nationalsecurityjournal.org/a-korean-war-ending-for-the-ukraine-war/) of Russia, creating new dynamics on the battlefield. This operation, while potentially a game-changing move by Ukraine, could le  more

SANTA MONICA, California, Sept. 18 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Sept. 17, 2024, to The National Interest: * * * Ukraine's 'Masterstroke' Kursk Offensive Is About Geometry, not Geography By Ann Marie Dailey Countless pundits have denigrated Ukraine's Kursk offensive, and nearly all the criticism has focused on geography: Sudzha, Pokrovsk, Kursk. But this misses the point. The offensive is not about geography. It's about geometry. Ukraine's Kursk offensive  more

SANTA MONICA, California, Sept. 18 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following commentary on Sept. 17, 2024: * * * Disinformation May Thrive as Transparency Deteriorates Across Social Media By R. Gordon Rinderknecht In 2016, RAND researchers described Russia's attempts at influencing the American public as a "firehose of falsehood," (https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PE198.html) characterized by a high volume of content distributed broadly, repetitively, and with little commitment to truth an  more

SANTA MONICA, California, Sept. 17 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following commentary on Sept. 16, 2024: * * * Is AI Threatening Health Care Jobs? Or Just Changing Them? By Shira H. Fischer Are artificial intelligence (AI)-based chatbots coming for your health care job? To answer this question, RAND hosted a conversation with two physician-AI experts from Mass General Brigham, the biggest health care system in Massachusetts and the largest hospital system-based research enterprise (https://www  more

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, Sept. 18 -- SETI Institute, a research and education organization whose mission is to lead humanity's quest to understand the origins and prevalence of life and intelligence in the Universe, issued the following news release: Marseille and San Francisco - Discovered in early 2023 by observatories in South Africa and China, Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-Atlas) originates from the distant Oort Cloud. For a year, it has aroused keen interest among astronomers and astronom  more

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, Sept. 17 -- The Silicon Valley Community Foundation issued the following news release: * * * The initiative is committed to re-centering local journalism as a force for community cohesion, civic participation and government accountability * * * Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) today announced that it will house the local chapter of the Press Forward initiative, strengthening its Local Journalism Fund and deepening its commitment to advancing democracy and  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 18 -- The American Institute of Chemical Engineers issued the following news release: The Society for Biological Engineering (SBE) -- a technical community of The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) -- will celebrate 20 years as a unifying entity within the ever-diversifying bioengineering space with activities slated for the 2024 AIChE Annual Meeting, which will take place October 27-31 in San Diego, California. In addition to pertinent technical sessions organized  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 18 -- The State Bar of California issued the following news release: Seventeen state agencies, including the Department of Social Services, the Civil Rights Department, and the Department of Aging, gathered in San Francisco Thursday for a convening to ideate on how government agencies can collaborate with legal aid nonprofits to provide highly effective, equitable, and enhanced services to the public. The entities specifically discussed ways to collaborate in im  more

DUARTE, California, Sept. 18 -- City of Hope issued the following news release: * * * The prize, one of the largest privately funded awards for scientific investigation, will be given to the world's top researchers, regardless of institutional affiliation * * * City of Hope(R), one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in the U.S. and ranked among the nation's top 5 cancer centers by U.S. News & World Report, has received a historic $150 million gift   more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 16 [Category: Transportation] -- The American Trucking Associations issued the following news release: Today, the American Trucking Associations submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency panning California's Advanced Clean Fleets Rule and urging EPA to deny the Golden State's improper waiver authorization request. "ATA remains adamantly opposed to California's ill-conceived, unattainable regulation," said American Trucking Associations President  more