OAKLAND, California, Dec. 4 -- 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 on Dec. 3, 2024: * * * In a major victory for the communities of the Amazon's Volta Grande do Xingu, a judge's ruling annulled the Canadian mining company's contract with Brazil's Land Reform Institute * * * Altamira, Brazil - Last Thursday, a Brazilian federal court issued a major setback to Bel more PR

ALISO VIEJO, California, Dec. 4 (TNSres) -- The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses issued the following news release: * * * Article in Critical Care Nurse details how a shock team at a Texas specialty hospital significantly improved the activation and alert process for patients with cardiogenic shock * * * A cardiovascular specialty hospital in north Texas decreased time to diagnosis for patients with cardiogenic shock by more than half, according to a study published in Critical C more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Dec. 3 -- Annenberg Learner, the Annenberg Foundation's education division, issued the following news release: * * * High-Impact Tutoring Micro-Credential will serve as a measurement for tutor skill and help reinforce a national tutoring standard. * * * A coalition of education organizations unveiled a micro-credential for tutors designed to indicate competency while expanding tutoring best practices to ultimately improve student outcomes. Annenberg Learner, Arizon more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: PITTSBURG, Calif.-- The Center for Biological Diversity sued the city of Pittsburg, California, Monday for approving a development, including a massive data center, without considering and planning for its environmental effects, including greenhouse gas emissions, water usage, and harms to wildlife and surrounding wetlands. The project site is on grassland and wetlands habitat with nearby streams and o more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The Food and Water Watch issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2024: Starting today, Governor Newsom has convened a special session of the California Legislature. The special session is intended to "safeguard California values and fundamental rights in the face of an incoming Trump administration". Climate action is listed as one of the topics of the special session. National grassroots environmental organization Food & Water Watch applauds Governor Newsom for his  more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 3 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: Missoula, MT Local and national wildlife conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging federal agencies' plans to allow increased road building in the Bitterroot National Forest that would cause harm to grizzly bears and bull trout, both of which are listed as Threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The lawsuit charges that the Forest Service and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Servic more PR

MILPITAS, California, Dec. 3 (TNSres) -- SEMI, an association serving the manufacturing supply chain for the electronics industry, issued the following news release: Global semiconductor equipment billings increased 19% year-over-year to US$30.38 billion in the third quarter of 2024, while quarter-over-quarter billings registered 13% growth during the same period, SEMI announced today in its Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Statistics (WWSEMS) Report. "The global semiconductor equipme more PR

SANTA MONICA, California, Dec. 3 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Dec. 2, 2024, to Nikkei Asia: * * * Trump and Prabowo Should Enhance Economic Ties to Counter China By Derek Grossman Since taking office in October, Indonesia's former defense minister and new president, Prabowo Subianto, has made clear he plans to continue to promote his nation's traditionally non-aligned approach toward international affairs. In this vein, Prabowo last month visited China  more PR

SANTA MONICA, California, Dec. 4 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following news release: * * * Early Dementia Diagnosis Spurs People to Take Action; Expanding Use of Cognitive Tests Could Help More With Future Planning * * * The risk of developing dementia later in life is strongly predicted by a person's cognitive ability, functional limitations, and physical health as many as 20 years before onset of the illness, according to a new RAND report (https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RBA2643 more PR

SANTA MONICA, California, Dec. 4 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2024: In five states over nearly a decade, hospitals have increased how frequently they document patients as needing the highest intensity care, which has led to hospitals receiving billions in extra payments from health plans and government programs, according to a new RAND study (https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2024.00596). Among thousands of cases involving hospitals stays for 23 more PR

LA JOLLA, California, Dec. 4 (TNSres) -- The Scripps Research Institute issued the following news: * * * Technologies developed by both teams will map the human eye-brain connectome, extend the lifespan of the revived human eye, and help regenerate and monitor the optic nerve after a whole eye transplant. * * * A team of San Diego scientists are part of a major undertaking that will bring together more than 40 scientists, doctors and industry experts hand-picked from around the country to ma more PR

MILPITAS, California, Dec. 3 -- SEMI, an association serving the manufacturing supply chain for the electronics industry, issued the following news release: BRUSSELS, Belgium - December 2, 2024 - SEMI, the industry association serving the global electronics design and manufacturing supply chain, today published recommendations for the European Union to bolster its semiconductor ecosystem. The SEMI Europe Recommendations for the 2024-2029 Legislative Term paper urges the new Commissioners assumi more PR

MENLO PARK, California, Dec. 3 -- SRI International issued the following news: Advancement could lead to more secure, faster online financial transactions and other high-value information exchanges. A groundbreaking development in modern cryptography is the concept of zero-knowledge proofs. These proofs are protocols that allow one party -- the prover -- to convince another party -- the verifier -- that a statement is true without revealing any information beyond the validity of the statement  more PR

FOREST KNOLLS, California, Dec. 4 -- The Turtle Island Restoration Network issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2024: Great News! The National Park Service today announced that it will remove the deadly and controversial elk fence near Tomales Point in Point Reyes National Seashore. Tule elk, once nearly extinct and still at 1% of their historical numbers, have been dying trapped behind this fence in recent years, especially during drought. Tule elk are indigenous to California and wer more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 2 [Category: International] -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following news release: dir="ltr">A global consortium of leading research institutions today announced a $75 million partnership that will contribute vital evidence to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) over the next five years, dramatically improving the cost-effectiveness of its efforts to fight global poverty and promote economic growth. Led by the Center for Effective Gl more PR