MCLEAN, Virginia, Dec. 10 -- Chamber of Progress, a center-left tech industry policy coalition promoting a progressive future, issued the following news on Dec. 9, 2024: * * * Warning label ignores benefits of social media * * * Today, California State Attorney General Rob Bonta and Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan unveiled legislation requiring online platforms to display warning labels that question the safety of social media for teens. "Slapping a warning label on social media is like  more PR

DUARTE, California, Dec. 11 (TNSres) -- City of Hope issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2024: * * * Innovative studies address rare lymphoma subtypes, graft-versus-host disease, new therapies for leukemia while also de-escalating care where possible * * * LOS ANGELES -- Researchers from City of Hope, one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, whose Los Angeles comprehensive cancer center is ranked among the nation's top 5 more PR

DUARTE, California, Dec. 10 (TNSres) -- City of Hope issued the following news release: * * * Epcoritamab study results reported today at American Society of Hematology's conference press briefing in San Diego * * * LOS ANGELES -- City of Hope, one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, whose Los Angeles comprehensive cancer center is ranked among the nation's top five cancer centers by U.S. News & World Report, today reported on p more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 10 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: Amid reports from Reuters that an incoming Trump administration plans to issue an executive order unravelling the contract for USPS's popular new fleet of electric mail trucks, Earthjustice issued the following statement: "A president simply doesn't have this kind of unilateral power. The funds to electrify mail trucks have been allocated under law by Congress, and the Postal Service  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Environment America Research and Policy Center issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2024: WEED, Calif. - Advocates from Environment California Research & Policy Center joined the Pit River Tribe to speak in favor of the proposed Sattitla national monument at a public listening session held by the U.S. Forest Service meeting on Saturday. The Pit River Tribe's proposal for a Sattitla national monument encompasses more than 200,000 acres of federal lands in Northern more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The Food and Water Watch issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2024: Today, the California Public Utilities Commission announced it will vote to extend the deadline of the Aliso Canyon proceedings to March 31, 2025. The Aliso Canyon gas storage facility was the site of the largest methane blowout in U.S history nearly a decade ago. Food & Water Watch Southern California Senior Organizer Andrea Vega released the following statement: "Given the growing public pre more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights issued the following statement on Dec. 10, 2024: * * * Lena Zwarensteyn, senior director of the fair courts program and an advisor at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement after the Senate confirmed Judge Cynthia Valenzuela Dixon to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California: "The Leadership Conference celebrates today's confirmation of Judge Cynthia V more PR

OAKLAND, California, Dec. 10 -- As You Sow Foundation issued the following news release: Filed by shareholder representative As You Sow on behalf of Will and Holly Alpine, the resolution calls for Microsoft to address the risks associated with using AI products to support high carbon projects that create risk to Microsoft's long-term operations, financial stability, and reputation. In 2020, Microsoft committed to "becoming carbon negative, water positive, and zero waste by 2030, while protecti more PR

SANTA MONICA, California, Dec. 11 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Dec. 9, 2024, to War on the Rocks: * * * 62 Years After the '62 War, Where Do China and India Go From Here? By Shanshan Mei and Dennis J. Blasko On December 3, 2024, Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar released a statement on "recent developments in the India-China border areas and their implications for our overall bilateral relations." After reviewing the complicated his more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: INDUSTRY, Calif. A coalition of environmental groups today called for the immediate shutdown of Los Angeles County's Walnut Creek Energy Park after a new report revealed it likely violates federal air quality standards, endangering nearby schools and neighborhoods. The report, "The Notorious Nine: Gas Plant Pollution in Environmental Justice Communities," identifies nine California gas-fired power more PR

MILPITAS, California, Dec. 11 -- SEMI, an association serving the manufacturing supply chain for the electronics industry, issued the following news release: SOPOT, Poland -- December 11, 2024 -- Leading industry experts, economists, policymakers, and technology leaders will gather at the SEMI Industry Strategy Symposium Europe (ISS Europe) 2025, March 12-14 in Sopot, Poland, to explore the transformative role of Artificial Intelligence in driving Europe's semiconductor industry forward. This y more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it would consider protections for the monarch butterfly under the Endangered Species Act. In a press release, the Fish and Wildlife Service said it planned to propose listing the butterfly as a threatened species under Section 4(d) of the Endangered Species Act. The agency also indicated it would consider designating critical habitat at the speci more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 9 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments today in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, a case challenging the scope of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the nation's landmark environmental law. The hearing will take place at 10 a.m. ET; audio will be livestreamed. Utah's Seven County Infrastructure Coalition and a Utah railway company are asking the Sup more PR