PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 14 -- Brown University issued the following news release: A new study reveals how climate change has enabled a voracious crab species to dramatically alter salt marsh ecosystems across the southeastern U.S. The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that soils beneath salt marshes from South Carolina to Florida have been softened by higher sea levels and increased tidal inundation. That softening has allowed the burrowing crab  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- The Center for Science in the Public Interest issued the following news release: A diverse coalition of civil rights, child welfare, and health organizations is calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to protect children from junk-food marketing on online learning platforms increasingly used by school children during the COVID-19 pandemic. At least three major food advertisers, McDonald's, Kraft Heinz, and Kellogg have committed to cease advertising on such platform  more

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, July 14 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on July 13: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced an agreement with the City of Manchester that will result in significant reductions of sewage from the city's wastewater treatment systems into the Merrimack River and its tributaries. The State of New Hampshire joined the U.S. government as a co-plaintiff on this agreement, which  more

SOUTHBORO, Massachusetts, July 14 -- Gov. Charlie Baker, R-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on July 13: The Baker-Polito Administration announced $16.1 million in relief for 32 special education residential school providers to support costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Governor Baker, Lt. Governor Polito and HHS Secretary Marylou Sudders made the announcement at a visit to the New England Center for Children, a special education school in Southboro. Throughout the pandemic  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 14 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following letter (No. DM 20-108): To: Tad Dziemian, Neighborhood Energy of New England, LLC, 44 Pentucket Drive, East Hampstead, NH 03826 Re: Neighborhood Energy of New England, LLC Application to Renew Registration as a Provider of Electric Aggregation Service Dear Mr. Dziemian: On July 2, 2020, Neighborhood Energy of New England, LLC (Neighborhood) submitted an application with the Commission to ren  more

HENNIKER, New Hampshire, July 14 -- New England College issued the following news release: Amid a national health emergency, the federal government just reversed its own policy to now require that all international students attend college in person, under threat of deportation. This move imposes an unjust hardship on international students already residing legally in the United States and upsets plans by colleges and universities to use online and remote learning to support students during this  more

RHINEBECK, New York, July 14 -- Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-New York, issued the following news release on July 13: U.S. Representatives Antonio Delgado (NY-19) and Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) led more than a dozen members of New York's Congressional Delegation in a stern letter to Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), demanding answers and public transparency over the agency's mishandling of the USDA Food Box program. "Both our family farmers in upstate and most vulnerab  more

AMSTERDAM, New York, July 14 -- Rep. Paul D. Tonko, D-New York, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) and Antonio Delgado (NY-19) led more than a dozen members of New York's Congressional Delegation in a stern letter to Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), demanding answers and public transparency over the agency's mishandling of the USDA Food Box program. "Following several efforts by Congress and others to raise concern  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Patent and Trademark Office issued the following news release: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross has reappointed Commissioner for Patents Drew Hirshfeld for a second five-year term. Commissioner Hirshfeld's original term was set to expire this July. "I am pleased to reappoint Drew Hirshfeld as the Commissioner for Patents at the United States Patent and Trademark Office  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, July 14 -- The University of Virginia's Health System issued the following news release: A single dose of the flu drug baloxavir marboxil can reduce the spread of the illness within households, new research concludes. A study examining 752 household contacts of 545 patients with the flu found that flu infections were much less common in household members who received the drug than among those who received a placebo. Only 1.9% of uninfected household contacts who took  more