VICTORIA, Australia, Aug. 3 -- The Australian Securities and Investments Commission issued the following news release: ASIC prosecuted ten companies between 1 January 2021 and 30 June 2021 for failing to comply with their obligations to lodge financial reports. Certain types of Australian companies are required by law to lodge financial reports with ASIC within a specified period after the end of their financial year. Some companies are also required to lodge financial reports every half year.  more

LAKEVIEW, Oregon, Aug. 3 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is pleased to announce the selection of Angela Bulla as the new Deputy District Manager for the Lakeview District. Bulla previously served as the Assistant Field Manager for the Monticello Field Office in Monticello, Utah. As Deputy District Manager, Bulla will assist in managing 3.5 million acres of public land in Lake, Klamath, and  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (TNSOps) -- Earth Day Network issued the following news: In the fight against climate change, making climate education compulsory in schools is top priority to build capacity for a sustainable future, said founder of Climate Governance Malaysia, Sunita Rajakumar. "Not teaching a child about climate change is like sending them on a boat trip without teaching them to swim or giving them any food. That's exactly what we're doing now and it's horrific," said Rajakumar. Speaking  more

FLINT, Michigan, Aug. 3 (TNSOps) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Consumers Energy filed its electric and gas energy efficiency (referred to in Michigan as "energy waste reduction") plans to reduce energy waste in the service territory with the Michigan Public Service Commission on August 2. Through the process mandated by state law, Michigan utilities must file plans to allocate resources that improve energy efficiency and reduce electricity waste in their service territor  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Aug. 2 -- Minerals, an open access journal that says it covers mineralogy, economic mineral resources, mineral exploration, innovative mining techniques and advances in mineral processing, published research articles, including the following topics, in its August 2021 edition: Articles: * Demonstration of Optical Microscopy and Image Processing to Classify Respirable Coal Mine Dust Particles * An Attractive Blue Diopside from Sissone Valley, Western Alps, Italy * Influen  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 3 -- News Corp., a diversified media and information services company, issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2021: News Corp announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Oil Price Information Service (OPIS) and related assets from S&P Global and IHS Markit. The scaled, highly profitable and consistently growing digital data, analytics and insights provider will become part of Dow Jones' burgeoning Professional Information Business (PIB), which incl  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, Aug. 3 (TNSJou) -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: * * * Purified tin selenide has extraordinarily high thermoelectric performance * * * Perseverance, NASA's 2020 Mars rover, is powered by something very desirable here on Earth: a thermoelectric device, which converts heat to useful electricity. On Mars, the heat source is the radioactive decay of plutonium, and the device's conversion efficiency is 4-5%. That's good enough to power Perseveranc  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- President Biden issued the following remarks at a virtual fundraising reception for the Democratic National Committee on Aug. 2, 2021: * ** THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Tom. Thanks for that introduction and for your generous support. And I want to thank you all. And, Jaime, for your support as well and being willing to take on the chairmanship. You know, I didn't have it like you did, but I remember when my dad -- when things died up in Scranton; the coal dried up. He was  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Aug. 3 (TNSAwa) -- The Entomological Society of America issued the following news release: The Governing Board of the Entomological Society of America (ESA) has elected 10 new Fellows of the Society for 2021. Election as a Fellow of ESA acknowledges outstanding contributions to entomology in research, teaching, extension and outreach, administration, or the military. See more details on criteria for Fellow selection, as well as a full list of ESA Fellows. This year's honor  more

BRISTOL, England, Aug. 3 (TNSJou) -- The University of Bristol issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2021: New research led by the University of Bristol demonstrates that a decline in the concentration of atmospheric CO2 played a major role in driving Earth's climate from a warm greenhouse into a cold icehouse world around 34 million years ago. This transition could be partly reversed in the next centuries due to the anthropogenic rise in CO2. Between 40 and 34 million years ago, Earth'  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Aug. 3 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Governor Mark Gordon is leading the State of Wyoming to continue its partnership with the Japan Coal Energy Center (JCOAL) in a collaborative effort to promote and strengthen the coal industry. The two entities renewed an MOU in July. The collaboration includes work to develop a Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) test project at the Wyoming Integrated Test Center in Gillette. "This MOU reinf  more