NEW LONDON, Connecticut, March 28 (TNSres) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: Today, project bids for offshore wind development in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island were due to the state's three respective energy and environmental agencies. The proposal submissions mark a significant milestone in the states' efforts to decarbonize the region, reduce dangerous emissions, and bolster clean, renewable offshore wind across the North Atlantic coast. C  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 28 -- Environment America Research and Policy Center issued the following statement on March 27, 2024: * * * Today, Granite Shore Power, the operator of New England's last coal-fired power plant, announced that it plans to cease operations at Merrimack Station, the last operating coal-fired power plant in New England, by 2028. The company also announced plans to stop operating Schiller Station in Portsmouth, NH. Merrimack began operation in the 1960s and Schiller i  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, March 28 -- The Marine Biological Laboratory issued the following news: The Grass Fellowship program brings early-career investigators to the MBL for 14 weeks to pursue a self-designed, independent research project in neuroscience. The Grass Foundation provides full support for the fellows, who become part of the vibrant intellectual and social dynamic within the MBL scientific community while sharing space in the Grass Laboratory. We're proud to announce the 2024 Gr  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: Yesterday, the Biden Administration and the Department of Interior (DOI) announced the approval of the nation's seventh commercial-scale offshore wind project, Sunrise Wind. Sunrise Wind, which is expected to be operational in 2026, will be built off the coast of New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts, and will power more than 320,000 homes per year. Late last month, the New York State Energy Researc  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 28 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: * * * Offshore Wind Supporters Laud Tri-State Bid Proposals * * * Today, project bids for offshore wind development in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island were due to the state's three respective energy and environmental agencies. The proposal submissions mark a significant milestone in the state's efforts to decarbonize the region, reduce dangerous emissions, and bolster clean, r  more

QUINCY, Massachusetts, March 28 -- The National Fire Protection Association issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: Yesterday at the Wildland-Urban Interface Conference in Reno, NV, the National Fire Protection Association(R) (NFPA(R)) and State Farm(R) announced that 10 organizations will each receive $10,000 in grant funding in support of Wildfire Community Preparedness Day (Preparedness Day) on Saturday, May 4, 2024. The selected organizations received the funding to help suppor  more

QUINCY, Massachusetts, March 28 -- The National Fire Protection Association issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: Yesterday at the Wildland-Urban Interface Conference in Reno, NV, the National Fire Protection Association(R) (NFPA(R)) and State Farm(R) announced that 10 organizations will each receive $10,000 in grant funding in support of Wildfire Community Preparedness Day (Preparedness Day) on Saturday, May 4, 2024. The selected organizations received the funding to help suppor  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 28 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following statement on March 27, 2024: * * * Please see the following statement from PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo regarding two violations, one critical, against Harvard Medical School just posted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture after staff negligence led to the injury of a monkey and inspectors found filth in a tube supplying juice to monkeys kept thirsty to coerce them to cooperate:  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, March 27 (TNSres) -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: * * * Working together, a deep-sea robot and human occupied submarine led the discovery * * * The pace of discovery in the oceans leaped forward thanks to teamwork between a deep-sea robot and a human occupied submarine leading to the discovery of five new hydrothermal vents in the eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean. Late last week, ocean scientists aboard the research vessel   more