BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 18 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler is announcing the appointment of thirty-three members to the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Committee (FRRCC), including two new representatives based in New England. Established in 2008, the FRRCC provides independent policy advice, information, and recommendations to on the EPA administrator on a range of environme  more

CAMBRIDGE, England, June 17 -- Cambridge University Press will publish the following book - "Infidels and Empires in a New World Order, Early Modern Spanish Contributions to International Legal Thought" by David M. Lantigua on June 18: The publisher provided this outline of the work: Before international relations in the West, there were Christian-infidel relations. Infidels and Empires in a New World Order decenters the dominant story of international relations beginning with Westphalia in 16  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release: A federal lawsuit filed says President Trump's June 5 executive order allowing commercial fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument was illegal. The lawsuit notes that the Antiquities Act allows presidents to create national monuments to protect objects of historic or scientific interest, but not to revoke protections. The lawsuit was filed in federal district court in Wa  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, June 18 -- Creighton University issued the following news release: The Sustainable Arts Foundation, which supports artists and writers with children, selected Creighton University English professor David Mullins for a $5,000 Sustainable Arts Foundation Award for his novel-in-progress, The Houndsman. Mullins was one of 20 chosen out of more than 1,800 submissions for this prestigious award. In its 10th year, the foundation makes annual unrestricted cash awards to individuals; a  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia issued the following news release: The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia (Commission) filed a Protest to the New England Ratepayers Association's (NERA) Petition for a Declaratory Order urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to reject a Petition that requests FERC to declare that FERC has sole jurisdiction over net energy metering (NEM) to the exclusion of state regulation. The   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Andrew E. Lelling, issued the following news release: Three men were sentenced in federal court in Boston for conspiracy to defraud the United States and mail fraud in connection with a scheme to obtain government contracts. Frank Apicella, 63, of Groveland, Mass.; Michael Sforza, 59, of Alpharetta, Ga.; and James Apicella, 37, of Kingston, N.H., were sentenced by U.S. District Court Senior Judge Douglas P.   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 18 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,365) involving GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER CORPORATION Petition for Authority to Discontinue Service: Order Nisi Granting Petition This order grants Green Mountain Power Corporation authority to discontinue electric transmission service,and remove existing transmission facilities, in Chesterfield. I. BACKGROUND Green Mountain Power Corporation (GMP or the Company) is authoriz  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The National LGBTQ Task Force (formerly the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force) issued the following news release: The National LGBTQ Task Force is proud to join over 350 LGBTQ organizations around the U.S. calling for transformational change. LGBTQ Organizations Unite in Calling for Transformational Change in Policing Black people have been killed, Black people are dying at the hands of police, our country is in crisis, and we all need to take action. We cannot sit on  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 18 -- Northeastern University issued the following news: The Roux Institute at Northeastern University will open in the fall at a facility currently under construction in Portland, Maine. The new building, operated by WEX, one of 10 founding corporate partners of the institute, will offer 26,500 square feet of dedicated space with views of Portland Harbor. Employees of WEX and other partners will be among the first students at the innovation hub, which is designed t  more

PEARL RIVER, New York, June 18 -- Orange and Rockland Utilities issued the following news release: Orange & Rockland (O&R) and Sunrun Inc. (Nasdaq: RUN), the nation's leading home solar, battery storage and energy services company, announced the companies have received approval to deploy rooftop solar and battery systems as part of an innovative virtual power plant project supporting New York's transition to clean, reliable, locally generated electricity. Beginning this year, Sunrun will bundl  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, June 18 -- Gov. Tom Wolf, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: As states across the country begin to reopen and nearly half are seeing COVID-19 cases rise, Governor Tom Wolf announced Friday that Pennsylvania is not one of them. Today at a daily COVID briefing with Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine, he noted another milestone: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention proprietary data for states indicates that we are one of just three states that h  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) led a bipartisan group of 13 House members in a letter urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to dismiss a petition filed by the New England Ratepayers Association (NERA). NERA's petition calls on FERC to assert jurisdiction over 45 individual state net metering programs. "Utilities, farmers, houses of worship, municipalities, small businesses and mor  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee issued the following testimony by Sanjeev Arora, founder and director of Project ECHO and professor at the University of New Mexico Health Science Center, at a hearing entitled "Telehealth: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic" on June 17: My name is Sanjeev Arora. I serve as Director and Founder of Project ECHO at the University of New Mexico, Health Science Center. Thank you for inviting me to testify at today's   more

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine, June 18 -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following news release: Teamsters Local 340 and Catholic Charities USA launched a three-day mission to deliver desperately-needed food to the charitable organization's chapters across New England, starting the trip from the union hall in South Portland. Over the next three days, the Teamsters will deliver more than 40,000 pounds of food to locations in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. T  more