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Research at Public Policy Groups Newsletter for 2024-08-30 ( 11 items )  
American Friends Service Committee: Humanitarian Operations in Gaza on the Brink of Collapse From Displacement, Restrictions, and Genocide (10)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 29 (TNSres) -- The American Friends Service Committee issued the following news release: * * * Aid agencies release report documenting extreme challenges * * * International organizations are expressing severe concern over the imminent collapse of the humanitarian response in Gaza, citing ongoing operational constraints and continued forced relocation imposed by Israel. Ninety percent of Palestinian civilians in Gaza have now been displaced multiple times int more PR

Animal Welfare Institute: USDA's Revised Food Label Guidelines Insufficient to Protect Consumers, Animals (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (TNSres) -- The Animal Welfare Institute issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2024: The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is extremely disappointed by the revised meat and poultry guidelines released yesterday by the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). Although the USDA touts that these updated guidelines will protect consumers from "false and misleading labels," AWI believes that the department should require -- not merely "strong more PR

Association of Health Care Journalists: How a Team of Journalists Reported on Toxic Gas Leaking From Texas Oil Wells (10)
COLUMBIA, Missouri, Aug. 30 (TNSres) -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following news: In a collaborative investigation between the Houston Chronicle and The Examination, journalists Will Evans, Caroline Ghisolfi and Amanda Drane reported on the health risks of leaking hydrogen sulfide from oil wells in West Texas. Regulators have done little to protect the thousands of Texans who live close to oil and gas wells from harmful levels of hydrogen sulfide (H2S). The joint  more PR

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: How Breast Cancer Goes Hungry (10)
COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, Aug. 29 (TNSres) -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news: Cancer cells have voracious appetites. And there are certain nutrients they can't live without. Scientists have long hoped they might stop tumors in their tracks by cutting off an essential part of cancer cells' diet. But these cells are crafty and often find a new way to get what they need. How? By reprogramming their metabolism and switching to backup food supplies. Now, Cold Spring more PR

International Society for Thrombosis and Haemostasis: SSC Subcommittee on Vascular Biology Seeks to Understand Awareness of MISEV2023 and MIBloodEV (10)
CARRBORO, North Carolina, Aug. 30 (TNSres) -- The International Society for Thrombosis and Haemostasis issued the following agency statement on Aug. 29, 2024: * * * Members of the ISTH SSC Subcommittee on Vascular Biology have issued a survey on extracellular vesicle reporting. Read the message below: Working with (or struggling to work with) extracellular vesicles (EVs)? You may or may not be familiar with recent efforts driven by ISEV to provide reporting guidelines for EV research, and we more PR

Leaders' Club Cuts Fossil Fuel Finance But Falls Short on Clean Energy Support (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (TNSres) -- Oil Change International posted the following news release: * * * Countries need to scale up finance for renewables faster and close loopholes that allow continued fossil fuel investment. * * * Signatories of the Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETP) have cut their international public finance for fossil fuels dramatically since signing the agreement but are underdelivering on the clean finance pledge, a new report shows. Under the CETP, 39 countries and more PR

NSF Launches Specialist Market Insight: A Food Regulatory Gateway to New Market Opportunities (10)
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 29 (TNSres) -- NSF, a testing and certification organization in the water industry, issued the following news: * * * NSF enables food brands to enter markets confidently and quickly with data-driven actionable insights powered by the innovative technology solution RegASK(R). * * * NSF, a leading global public health and safety organization, is excited to announce the launch of its new service, Specialist Market Insight. This innovative market intelligence service fr more PR

Ohio Environmental Council: Ohio Clean Energy Projects Continue to Face Fossil Fuel-Funded Opposition, Investigation Shows (10)
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 30 (TNSres) -- The Ohio Environmental Council issued the following news release: A recent investigation by Energy News Network and a report by the Energy and Policy Institute highlight The Empowerment Alliance's extensive and deceptive practices to stifle renewable energy development in Ohio. Since the Ohio General Assembly passed Senate Bill 52, allowing local renewable energy bans, the Ohio Power Siting Board has given local sentiment around a proposed solar development more PR

Oil Change International: New Report - USD 30 Billion of Public Money Wasted on Failing Carbon Capture and Fossil Hydrogen Projects (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (TNSres) -- Oil Change International issued the following news release: * * * Hundreds of Billions More to Come * * * Carbon capture has failed to reduce global carbon emissions for over 50 years. Currently operating projects would only capture a mere 0.1% of global emissions if they actually worked, and most projects primarily boost oil and gas production. A new briefing from Oil Change International, "Funding Failure: Carbon Capture and Fossil Hydrogen Subsidies Expose more PR

The Connected Insights Imperative: Zappi and the AMA Unveil Key Findings on the Future of Data, AI, and Technology in Marketing (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 30 (TNSres) -- The American Marketing Association issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2024: * * * Zappi and the AMA partner to release a B2B survey of marketers and insights professionals about how they use data and connect insights in their businesses * * * Zappi, the leading consumer insights platform, today released a new report in collaboration with the American Marketing Association (AMA) titled "The Connected Insights Imperative", providing an in-depth more PR

Wildlife Society: JWM - Coyotes and Wild Pigs May Be Hijacking Deer Feeders (10)
BETHESDA, Maryland, Aug. 30 (TNSres) -- The Wildlife Society, an organization that says it inspires, empowers and enables wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation, issued the following news: * * * Research shows that feeders may pose a risk to white-tailed deer health and prevalence * * * By Megan Radke Coyotes, wild pigs and other wildlife may be keying in on wildlife feeders, posing a potential problem for people more PR