MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, July 18 -- Connecticut Wesleyan University issued the following news: On July 6, when the U.S. government made a federal ruling that international students would be deported should their studies be held exclusively online, Bryan Chong '21 took immediate action to fight back. The Hong Kong native and visa holder had already spent six years in Connecticut, attending high school in Kent before enrolling at Wesleyan. If the COVID-19 pandemic moved Wesleyan to return to an   more

ALBANY, New York, July 18 -- The New York State Public Service Commission issued the following declaratory ruling (Case No. 20-E-0204) involving Canandaigua Power Partners and Canandaigua Power Partners II: Petition of Canandaigua Power Partners, LLC and Canandaigua Power Partners II, LLC for a Declaratory Ruling Regarding Corporate Restructuring and Transfer of Stock, or, in the Alternative, an Approval Pursuant to Section 70 of the Public Service Law. DECLARATORY RULING ON REVIEW OF TRANSFER   more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 18 -- The National Association of State Energy Officials issued the following news: On July 16, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) dismissed the New England Ratepayers Association's (NERA) request for a declaratory order that FERC has exclusive jurisdiction over electricity sales from consumer-sited generation (Docket Number EL20-42-000). NASEO, and many of the states, filed a protest and comments in the case opposing the request to FERC. In FERC's  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, July 19 -- The New England Journal of Medicine, a peer-reviewed medical journal from the the Massachusetts Medical Society that says it delivers research and interactive clinical content to physicians, educators and the global medical community, published research articles, including the following topics, in its July 2, 2020 edition: Perspective: * A Half-Century of Progress in Health: The National Academy of Medicine at 50: Four Decades of HIV/AIDS -- Much Accomplished  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, July 20 -- The New England Journal of Medicine, a peer-reviewed medical journal from the the Massachusetts Medical Society that says it delivers research and interactive clinical content to physicians, educators and the global medical community, published research articles, including the following topics, in its July 9, 2020 edition: Perspective: * Social Prescribing -- Transforming the Relationship between Physicians and Their Patients * Ensuring Choice for People wit  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, July 18 -- The New England Journal of Medicine, a peer-reviewed medical journal from the the Massachusetts Medical Society that says it delivers research and interactive clinical content to physicians, educators and the global medical community, published research articles on the following topics in its June 25, 2020 edition: Perspective: * How Medical Education Is Missing the Bull's-eye * Covid-19 and the Need for Health Care Reform Original Articles: * Serum Urat  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 18 -- The Ohio Environmental Council issued the following statement by Miranda Leppla, vice president of energy policy: On Thursday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) unanimously dismissed a petition to end net metering, a key policy that enables smaller renewable energy projects like rooftop solar. Earlier this spring, a secretive group, calling itself the New England Ratepayers Association (NERA), asked FERC to end state and local jurisdiction over net meter  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Following calls from U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and 21 of their colleagues, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) voted unanimously to reject a petition by the New England Ratepayers Association (NERA) that would have upended states' net metering programs - including New Mexico. Net metering allows consumers and businesses who  more