Newsroom | 58 results

NANTUCKET, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ACK for Whales, the non-profit grassroots Nantucket group leading the fight against offshore wind turbines, said Monday it has asked U.S. Secretary of the Interior Douglas Burgum to reopen the permit approvals for the Vineyard Wind project to review significant gaps in the process, and to revoke the permits. When Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in January 2025 granted Vineyard Wind’s Revised Construction and Operations Plan (COP), it failed...

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Virtual veterinary care provider, Dutch, today unveiled its inaugural State of Online Veterinary Care Report. With the report finding that 129 million Americans—one-third of the country—live in vet care deserts, this report comes at a time when pet care is experiencing a multi-pronged crisis. Not only is access to veterinarians decreasing throughout the United States, this access issue is compounded by the fact that burnout amongst veterinarians is leading to h...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--American Vanguard® Company (NYSE: AVD) announced today it will release financial results for the fourth quarter of 2024 on Friday, March 14, 2025, before the market opens. The company will conduct a conference call focusing on operating performance and financial results at 9:00 a.m. ET / 6:00 a.m. PT on Friday, March 14, 2025. The conference call will be webcast live via, available in the News and Media section of the Company’s website at www.american-van...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This past weekend, the Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles (MMCC) responded to a call on a rare pygmy sperm whale struggling in the surf at Dockweiler State Beach in Playa del Rey. The whale – an adult female approximately 10 feet long and 850 pounds – had no obvious signs of trauma or injury but was experiencing respiratory distress, and her prognosis for survival was very poor. With assistance from LA County Lifeguards and LA County Beaches and Harbor, MMCC res...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CREDO Mobile, the progressive mobile phone company, announced today which three indispensable nonprofits received $30,000 in donations generated by its customers in January of 2025. Credo Mobile is the only phone company that lets users generate funds for progressive causes just by using their mobile devices, and awarded each of these organizations the following amounts: $12,046 - Defenders of Wildlife protects animals and plants in their natural communities. Up to a...

NANTUCKET, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ACK for Whales, the Nantucket grassroots group (formally known as Nantucket Residents Against Turbines) fighting to protect the environment from the devastation posed by New England Wind’s giant offshore wind project, said today that it has filed two Notices of Intent to sue the Department of Interior and other federal agencies for violating federal laws intended to protect the environment and endangered species. The announcement comes as the group revealed th...

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cognira, a leading provider of enterprise Promotion Management solutions, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Schnuck Markets, Inc., one of the largest privately held supermarket chains in the United States. Through this collaboration, Schnucks will leverage Cognira’s AI-powered PromoAI solution to transform promotional planning, optimization, and analysis across its 114 stores. Following an evaluation of multiple vendors, Schnucks selected Cognira’s Pr...

NEPTUNE CITY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nylabone, an iconic brand in the Central Garden & Pet portfolio (NASDAQ: CENT) (NASDAQ: CENTA), has donated chew toys and chew treats valued at over $1 million, along with monetary contributions, to animal welfare groups in 2024. The donations were made through the Nylabone Cares™ program, which is committed to supporting non-profit organizations in the United States and Canada. Throughout the year, Nylabone provided more than 100,000 durable chew toys a...

DETROIT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ghostbusters actor and Wayne State University graduate Ernie Hudson today called on his alma mater to end its controversial dog experiments after seeing “disturbing” images from the breeding facility that supplies animals to the school. In a letter to Wayne State President Kimberly Andrews Espy, Hudson wrote he was “shocked” to learn of the “painful, deadly heart failure experiments” conducted on dogs at the university but realized “the cruelty goes even deeper” after...

NANTUCKET, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nantucket Residents Against Turbines (ACK For Whales), the grassroots Nantucket group fighting to prevent environmental ruin caused by offshore wind development (OSW), has asked the Supreme Court to hear its appeal of a lower court decision allowing federal agencies to disregard the Endangered Species Act in their rush to approve OSW projects. The petition asserts the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals wrongly allowed the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS...