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Trump Picks New England EPA Administrator
BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 2 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release:
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Trump Picks New England EPA Administrator
Mark Sanborn was a former environmental regulator in New Hampshire
April 1, 2025 (Boston, MA) - President Donald Trump selected former New Hampshire environmental regulator Mark Sanborn to lead the Environmental Protection Agency's New England office. Sanborn previously served as assistant commissioner in New Hampshire's Department of Environmental Services. Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) released the following statement in response:
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BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 2 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release:
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Trump Picks New England EPA Administrator
Mark Sanborn was a former environmental regulator in New Hampshire
April 1, 2025 (Boston, MA) - President Donald Trump selected former New Hampshire environmental regulator Mark Sanborn to lead the Environmental Protection Agency's New England office. Sanborn previously served as assistant commissioner in New Hampshire's Department of Environmental Services. Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) released the following statement in response:
"At atime when New Hampshire was being inundated with out-of-state trash, Mark Sanborn worked with waste industry lobbyists to let even more waste in," said CLF President Brad Campbell, "making him an apt choice for an EPA Administrator and President systematically dismantling EPA's capacity to protect public health and the environment. Trump's prior appointees to EPA New England had similar backgrounds but worked constructively with CLF on issues of shared concern; however, it is not clear that Regional Administrator Sanborn will have either the staff or the authority to protect the communities and resources Congress has entrusted to his care."
CLF experts are available for further comment.
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Original text here: https://www.clf.org/newsroom/trump-picks-new-england-epa-administrator/
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Thanks Maryland Legislators for Preserving Clean Water Funding
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, April 2 -- The Chesapeake Bay Foundation posted the following news release:
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Chesapeake Bay Foundation Thanks Maryland Legislators for Preserving Clean Water Funding
The nonprofit now urges the budget conference committee to maintain key environmental investments in the final budget
Over the past week, members of the Maryland House of Delegates and Senate each approved versions of the State Fiscal Year 2026 operating budget, which preserve funding for key agencies and programs that support restoration of the Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) thanks
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ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, April 2 -- The Chesapeake Bay Foundation posted the following news release:
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Chesapeake Bay Foundation Thanks Maryland Legislators for Preserving Clean Water Funding
The nonprofit now urges the budget conference committee to maintain key environmental investments in the final budget
Over the past week, members of the Maryland House of Delegates and Senate each approved versions of the State Fiscal Year 2026 operating budget, which preserve funding for key agencies and programs that support restoration of the Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) thankslegislators for preserving these clean water programs and calls on General Assembly leaders to maintain Bay-focused funding as the Fiscal Year 2026 budget goes to conference committee.
Although significant funding cuts were made to environmental agencies, CBF believes this proposed budget will still allow Maryland to maintain momentum on Chesapeake Bay restoration despite the historic budget deficit. Earlier this session, the Department of Legislative Services (DLS) proposed steep, blanket cuts for many clean water programs that Marylanders, businesses, and ecosystems rely on. Legislators ultimately decided that these investments could not be jeopardized.
DLS had initially recommended zeroing out the 2010 Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund, the Waterways Improvement Fund, and the Clean Water Commerce account--dollars that go directly to farmers, oyster growers, and restoration specialists who are improving Bay health and leveraging additional private and local government investments. Thanks to leadership in the House and Senate, these programs remain fully or near-fully funded in the current budget. Other programs, including Program Open Space and Tree Solutions Now, will receive targeted, short-term diversions.
Funding was also secured for new initiatives such as the Whole Watershed Act and the Department of Agriculture's Leaders in Environmentally Engaged Farming (LEEF) program--a key component of Governor Moore's Bay Legacy Act (SB428/HB506).
Allison Colden, CBF Maryland Executive Director, issued the following statement:
"Thankfully, General Assembly members came to the same conclusion we did: that investments in clean water and air are investments in Marylanders--our health, our jobs, and our ways of life.
"In light of the immense deficit challenges and prior recommendations that would have effectively ended several clean water programs, we commend the House and Senate for prioritizing the environment. While it's not everything we hoped for, we believe this budget will allow agencies, nonprofit partners, businesses, and community members to progress toward a healthier Chesapeake Bay.
"As final details are hashed out, we urge the budget conference committee to maintain environmental program funding at the levels passed by each chamber."
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Valerie DiMarzio
Maryland Communications & Media Relations Manager, CBF
vdimarzio@cbf.org
443-482-2023
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Original text here: https://www.cbf.org/news-media/newsroom/2025/maryland/chesapeake-bay-foundation-thanks-maryland-legislators-for-preserving-clean-water-funding.html
5 Ways to Participate in Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Month
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, April 2 -- The Prevent Cancer Foundation issued the following news:
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5 ways to participate in Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Month
Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Month is a dedicated time to raise awareness about the importance of healthy behaviors and routine screenings to reduce your cancer risk. This is YOUR opportunity to take charge of your health and encourage everyone in your life to get routine cancer screenings to achieve better health outcomes.
Here are five impactful ways you can participate this month and contribute to a healthier future
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ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, April 2 -- The Prevent Cancer Foundation issued the following news:
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5 ways to participate in Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Month
Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Month is a dedicated time to raise awareness about the importance of healthy behaviors and routine screenings to reduce your cancer risk. This is YOUR opportunity to take charge of your health and encourage everyone in your life to get routine cancer screenings to achieve better health outcomes.
Here are five impactful ways you can participate this month and contribute to a healthier futurefor all:
1. Get your cancer screening plan. It takes only a minute to take charge of your health. Answer a few quick questions to discover the routine cancer screenings you need. Once you take the quiz, share it with a friend so they can do the same!
2. Make a contribution. We're working hard to help everyone stay ahead of cancer. This Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Month, participate in our Day of Action on April 11 by making a donation to support a world where cancer is preventable, detectable and beatable for all.
3. Get Your Green On. On April 11, wear green for cancer prevention and early detection! Get Your Green On is a chance for you to get start a conversation with others about staying ahead of cancer through prevention and early detection. By wearing green on April 11, you are helping raise awareness about the importance of healthy behaviors and routine screenings in preventing and detecting cancer early.
4. Fundraise your way. Turn your passion into a fundraiser to support cancer prevention and early detection. From streaming speedruns to hosting special fitness classes, the possibilities are endless!
5. Download your awareness toolkit. Help spread the word that early detection saves lives! Download the 2025 Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Month toolkit so you can share resources, post on social media and find ideas and inspiration throughout the month of April. Don't forget to tag @preventcancer in your posts so we can call out your great work.
How will you take action this April? Share your involvement on social with #BetterOutcomes and tag @preventcancer Early Detection = Better Outcomes, and we can't wait to see you taking important steps this month to check your health. For more information, head to preventcancer.org/april.
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Original text here: https://preventcancer.org/article/participate-cancer-prevention-early-detection-month/
WLF Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Article III's Concrete-Injury Requirement in Class Actions
WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The Washington Legal Foundation issued the following news release on March 31, 2025:
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WLF Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Article III's Concrete-Injury Requirement in Class Actions
"Class actions require real claims, real harm, and real standing. Anything less is not adjudication--it is magical thinking."
--Saad Gul, WLF Senior Litigation Counsel
WASHINGTON, DC--Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to grant review and reaffirm that Article III requires all plaintiffs in a proposed class action to demonstrate a concrete injury before
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WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The Washington Legal Foundation issued the following news release on March 31, 2025:
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WLF Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Article III's Concrete-Injury Requirement in Class Actions
"Class actions require real claims, real harm, and real standing. Anything less is not adjudication--it is magical thinking."
--Saad Gul, WLF Senior Litigation Counsel
WASHINGTON, DC--Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to grant review and reaffirm that Article III requires all plaintiffs in a proposed class action to demonstrate a concrete injury beforefederal courts may certify the class. In an amicus brief, WLF emphasizes that Article III confines federal courts to resolving actual controversies--not abstract grievances. Each class member, therefore, must show a personal injury to establish standing.
The case arises from a proposed class of individuals who allege that State Farm's claims-handling practices reimbursed them for less than the fair market value of their vehicles. But most class members could not demonstrate that the system caused a reduction in payment--or any injury at all. Nonetheless, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld certification. WLF argues that the ruling contradicts Supreme Court precedent, undermines Article III, misapplies Rule 23, and offends due process.
WLF's brief points out that federal courts exist to resolve real disputes between adverse parties--not hypothetical disagreements. Allowing uninjured plaintiffs to proceed transforms courts into policymaking bodies rather than neutral arbiters of law. WLF urges the Supreme Court to grant review, reaffirm the constitutional limits on judicial power, and ensure that all class members satisfy Article III's injury-in-fact requirement.
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Original text here: https://www.wlf.org/2025/03/31/communicating/wlf-urges-supreme-court-to-uphold-article-iiis-concrete-injury-requirement-in-class-actions/
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Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Deloitte Foundation collaborate to ease financial burdens
WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The Thurgood Marshall College Fund posted the following news release:
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Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Deloitte Foundation collaborate to ease financial burdens
One of the strategic pillars of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) is student scholarships. Through collaborators such as the Deloitte Foundation, students at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) across the country find financial relief.
Jordyn Hill, a senior accounting major at Jackson State University, received the Deloitte Foundation Accounting Scholarship in 2023.
"The Deloitte
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WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The Thurgood Marshall College Fund posted the following news release:
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Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Deloitte Foundation collaborate to ease financial burdens
One of the strategic pillars of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) is student scholarships. Through collaborators such as the Deloitte Foundation, students at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) across the country find financial relief.
Jordyn Hill, a senior accounting major at Jackson State University, received the Deloitte Foundation Accounting Scholarship in 2023.
"The DeloitteFoundation scholarship provided crucial financial support, allowing me to focus on my academic and professional development without the added stress of financial burdens," Hill said. "It enabled me to invest in resources that enhanced my education, such as professional certifications, networking opportunities and leadership development programs."
Naaman Tucker, a junior accounting major at Morgan State University, received the Deloitte Foundation Accounting Scholarship in 2024 and said it was a blessing that came at the perfect time.
"I was struggling to pay off my remaining balance and continue my education," Tucker said. "As a junior, it allowed me to stay enrolled and focus on completing my degree without the constant stress of financial uncertainty."
Tucker said the Deloitte Foundation scholarship kept him in school. Student retention is critical to graduating students. Financial burden is one of the biggest reasons students stop out.
"Support from the Deloitte Foundation helped me get over the curve financially when I needed it most, allowing me to continue my education without interruption," Tucker said.
Ahnyah Batty, a sophomore accounting major at Hampton University, also said the Deloitte Foundation Accounting Scholarship relieved a financial burden.
"I am now able to continue my education without constantly worrying about how to pay for school," Batty said.
Hill said she's found her experiences with TMCF to be incredibly rewarding.
"Through TMCF, I've had access to invaluable career development programs, mentorship and networking opportunities that have expanded my professional outlook," Hill said. "This support has been particularly impactful in exposing me to real-world applications of accounting, consulting and business strategy."
Batty said the scholarship application process was easy.
"The process of applying for this scholarship was simple," Batty said. "I have always been met with clear and swift answers to any of my questions. TMCF has treated me well throughout my two years at Hampton."
For students hoping to follow in the footsteps of Hill, Tucker and Batty, the TMCF | Deloitte Foundation Accounting Scholarship Program recently opened and is accepting applications until April 25. Seventy scholars intending to or attending HBCUs will receive a potentially renewable scholarship of up to $8,000 for the 2025-26 academic year. Requirements include majoring in accounting; a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher; and ability to demonstrate financial need.
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Original text here: https://www.tmcf.org/events-media/tmcf-in-the-media/thurgood-marshall-college-fund-and-deloitte-foundation-collaborate-to-ease-financial-burdens/
TPPF Issues Recommendations for Aggressive Diplomacy With Mexico
AUSTIN, Texas, April 1 -- The Texas Public Policy Foundation issued the following news release on March 31, 2025:
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TPPF Issues Recommendations for Aggressive Diplomacy with Mexico
AUSTIN, TX -- Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation published a memorandum reporting on the conversations, findings, and recommendations generated from an expedition to Mexico City from March 15-20, 2025, in conjunction with America First Policy Institute.
TPPF's major policy recommendations are as follows:
For the United States, to leverage the forthcoming review of USMCA, due NLT July 1, 2026, as its moment
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AUSTIN, Texas, April 1 -- The Texas Public Policy Foundation issued the following news release on March 31, 2025:
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TPPF Issues Recommendations for Aggressive Diplomacy with Mexico
AUSTIN, TX -- Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation published a memorandum reporting on the conversations, findings, and recommendations generated from an expedition to Mexico City from March 15-20, 2025, in conjunction with America First Policy Institute.
TPPF's major policy recommendations are as follows:
For the United States, to leverage the forthcoming review of USMCA, due NLT July 1, 2026, as its momentof maximum leverage versus Mexico, expanding it from a renegotiation of trade and commerce to an all-topics and wide-ranging redefinition of the entirety of the U.S.-Mexico relationship. The major points sought by the United States, all in the direct American interest, ought to include:
* Breaking of the Mexican regime's alliance with its criminal cartels, to include both political and military ties.
* Accountability, administered by the United States, for major political and military figures involved in that alliance.
* Denial of Mexican strategic autonomy with respect to its criminal cartels, leftist autocracies within the hemisphere, and extra-hemispheric powers.
* Mexican adherence to treaty obligations toward the United States presently unfulfilled, especially the 1944 treaty on Rio Grande-basin water, and the agricultural provisions of USMCA itself.
* Fair trade between Mexico and the United States.
* Mexican-regime abandonment of its program to remake Mexican society along Venezuelan lines.
For Texas, to seize the opportunity afforded by a Constitutionally oriented Presidential Administration in Washington, D.C., to continue and accelerate the creation of its own apparatus and force for the protection of its border with Mexico.
Since December 2019, TPPF has consistently argued that Mexico's cartel-allied MORENA regime is an untrustworthy partner to the United States, and a dangerous neighbor to Texas. Any accommodation or arrangement reached with that regime is, by reason of that regime's nature, temporary and transactional; and therefore policy for the United States and Texas vis a vis Mexico must be informed by a combination of aggressive verification of any Mexican undertaking or promise, a recognition that the political-criminal alliance is at the core of Mexican civics, and an understanding that the credible threat of unilateral American hard power is the indispensable prerequisite to any relationship with the Mexican regime.
"Neither the American nor the Mexican side in this relationship seem to know the other's true red lines, nor the consequences of crossing them," TPPF Chief Transformation Officer Joshua Trevino said. "That communication must be established -- and to the extent that the American ones remain unformed, we urge them to be aggressive and comprehensive."
To read the full memorandum, click here.
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Original text here: https://www.texaspolicy.com/press/tppf-issues-recommendations-for-aggressive-diplomacy-with-mexico
EFF Installs Border Technology Exhibit at Angel Island Immigration Station
WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The Electronic Frontier Foundation issued the following news release:
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EFF Installs Border Technology Exhibit at Angel Island Immigration Station
Exhibit Encourages Visitors to Consider the Past and Present of U.S. Border Policy
SAN FRANCISCO--The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has installed a photographic and informational exhibit on border surveillance technology for public viewing at Angel Island State Park--the first such display ever in a California State Park and a National Historic Landmark.
The "Border Surveillance: Places, People, and Technology"
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WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The Electronic Frontier Foundation issued the following news release:
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EFF Installs Border Technology Exhibit at Angel Island Immigration Station
Exhibit Encourages Visitors to Consider the Past and Present of U.S. Border Policy
SAN FRANCISCO--The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has installed a photographic and informational exhibit on border surveillance technology for public viewing at Angel Island State Park--the first such display ever in a California State Park and a National Historic Landmark.
The "Border Surveillance: Places, People, and Technology"exhibit--launching Wednesday, April 2 and open through late May in cooperation with the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF) and California State Parks--explores the "virtual wall" that the U.S. government has built along the U.S.-Mexico border, affecting people's civil rights on both sides.
"There are few better places than Angel Island, where U.S. policy enabled the persecution of thousands of Asian immigrants, for an exhibition on the tools used today to conduct warrantless spying on people on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border," said EFF Senior Policy Analyst Dr. Matthew Guariglia. "We hope that as people visit Angel Island to reflect upon America's immigration policies of the past, this exhibit will help them reflect on how we deal with our borders--and the people who live and travel there--now and in the future."
EFF for years has been amassing data and images about the massive increase in surveillance technology infrastructure at the U.S.-Mexico border. EFF staff members have made a series of trips all along the U.S.-Mexico border, from the California coast to the tip of Texas, to learn from communities on both sides of the border, interview journalists, aid workers and activists, and map and document the technology installed there.
The exhibit consists of eight large panels of images and text describing various technologies including aerostats, drones, fixed and mobile cameras, ground sensors, and more. Some panels also discuss the history of border surveillance, and possible future technology deployments including augmented reality and artificial intelligence.
The U.S. Immigration Station, Angel Island, is a National Historic Landmark located within Angel Island State Park in California's San Francisco Bay. From 1910 to 1940, the station processed nearly a million immigrants from more than 80 countries. While often called "the Ellis Island of the West," Angel Island was in fact quite different. Arrivals at Ellis Island were welcomed to this country by the Statue of Liberty, screened primarily for medical reasons, and usually released within hours of arriving; at Angel Island, the objective was to exclude many new arrivals, often under the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
Most of the 175,000 Chinese immigrants who arrived at Angel Island were detained for a few weeks--some were detained up to 90 days and a few for almost two years--while their applications were considered. Many detainees expressed their anxiety and despair by writing and carving on the wooden barracks walls; some wrote poignant poems, still legible today.
"The historic detention of immigrants at Angel Island is interconnected with surveillance efforts along the U.S. southern border," noted AIISF Executive Director Edward Tepporn. "Just as Angel Island was built primarily to process and detain Asians and Pacific Islanders, early border surveillance efforts focused on Chinese immigrants. Surveillance technology has evolved over the years, and this exhibit provides visitors a chance to contemplate the intersections of safety and privacy at the personal, community, and national levels."
In conjunction with the Angel Island exhibit, EFF will host two free panel discussions--one livestreamed, one in person--about border surveillance technology:
Thursday, April 3, 1-2 p.m. PDT: "Life and Migration Under Surveillance at the U.S.-Mexico Border" livestream (RSVP at https://www.eff.org/livestream-border) featuring:
* Petra Molnar, co-director of the Refugee Law Lab and the Migration and Technology Monitor, faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, and author of "The Walls Have Eyes: Surviving Migration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence"
* Pedro Rios, director of the American Friends Service Committee's U.S./Mexico Border Program, steering committee member for the Southern Border Communities Coalition, and board member for the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
* Todd Miller, journalist at The Border Chronicle and author of "Build Bridges, Not Walls: A Journey to a World Without Borders"
* Dave Maass, EFF Director of Investigations
* Dr. Matthew Guariglia, EFF Senior Policy Analyst (moderator)
Wednesday, April 9, 6-8 p.m. PDT: "Tracking and Documenting Surveillance at the U.S.-Mexico Border" live in-person discussion at the Internet Archive, 300 Funston Ave., San Francisco, CA 94118 (RSVP at https://www.eff.org/borderevent) featuring:
* Lauren Markham, award-winning author, essayist and journalist
* Daniel Werner, Senior Staff Attorney at Just Futures Law
* Alex Mensing, longtime border activist and Communications Manager at the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice
* Saira Hussain, EFF Senior Staff Attorney
* Hannah Zhao, EFF Senior Staff Attorney (moderator)
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For more on EFF's border surveillance work: https://www.eff.org/issues/border-surveillance-technology
For EFF's 2024 'zine guide to border surveillance technology (in English): https://www.eff.org/files/2024/05/06/borderzine-2024-5-6-en.pdf
For EFF's 2024 'zine guide to border surveillance technology (in Spanish): https://www.eff.org/files/2024/05/06/borderzine-2024-5-6-es.pdf
Contact:
Matthew Guariglia
Original text here: https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-installs-border-technology-exhibit-angel-island-immigration-station
