WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners issued the following news release: Commissioner Michael Caron, of the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, has been appointed to the Executive Committee for the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners by President, Brandon Presley. He will fill a vacancy from outgoing member Commissioner Sarah Hofmann, whose term at the Vermont Public Utility Commission expires in the near future.   more

ORONO, Maine, Aug. 6 -- The University of Maine issued the following news release on Aug. 5: The University of Maine will collaborate with New England Aqua Ventus, LLC (NEAV), a joint venture between Diamond Offshore Wind, a subsidiary of the Mitsubishi Corporation, and RWE Renewables, the second largest company in offshore wind globally, to develop UMaine's floating offshore wind technology demonstration project off the coast of Maine. As the developer, NEAV will own and manage all aspects of  more

WEST SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, Aug. 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: A West Springfield, Mass. industrial laundry company will take steps to significantly reduce air pollution from its operations under a settlement agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). New England Industrial Uniform Rental Service, Inc., will also pay a penalty of $51,700 for its alleged violations of the Clean Air Act. EPA alleged that NE Uniform Service's   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 -- The National Multiple Sclerosis Society issued the following news: In two Phase 3 trials that included 1,882 people with relapsing MS, ofatumumab (Novartis) injected under the skin monthly reduced relapses significantly more than daily oral Aubagio(R) (teriflunomide, Sanofi Genzyme). Top-line results were announced in August 2019, and details have now been published in the peer-reviewed New England Journal of Medicine. Novartis has applied for approval from the U.S. Food and  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following testimony by Joseph McClelland, director of the Office of Energy Infrastructure Security at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, at a hearing to examine efforts to improve cybersecurity for the energy sector on Aug. 5: Thank you for the privilege to appear before you today to discuss potential threats to the bulk power system in the United States. My name is Joe McClelland, and I am the Director of  more

STORRS, Connecticut, Aug. 6 -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: An estimated 130 Americans die every day due to opioid-related overdoses and 10.3 million people misused prescription opioids in 2018, according to the National Center for Health Statistics and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. But what if there were drugs that could help relieve pain without the risk of addiction or abuse? That's what UConn researcher and neuroscientist Steven Kinsey hopes   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 5 -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release: A newly completed phase 3, multicenter clinical trial has found that an immune-modulating drug can silence inflammatory disease activity in a large majority of patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS) - the most common form of the illness, in which symptoms wax and wane. MS is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks and destroys the insulatin  more

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Aug. 6 -- The University of Cincinnati issued the following news: The number of abortion clinics in a state is not the only way to judge access to abortion care, says new research conducted by a consortium of research scholars from across Ohio, the Ohio Policy Evaluation Network (OPEN), which includes scholars from the University of Cincinnati. In the study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers assessed abortion access in Ohio by examining what OPEN   more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Aug. 6 -- The University of Vermont issued the following news on Aug. 5: The City of Asheville, North Carolina, made headlines on July 14, when its city's council unanimously approved a resolution to provide reparations to its Black residents. The resolution apologized for the city's role in slavery, segregation and for "carrying out an urban renewal program that destroyed multiple, successful black communities," and seeks to make amends for those actions. Asheville is only  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 6 -- WGBH Boston issued the following news release on Aug. 5: WGBH News today announced the addition of two experienced journalists to its news team, reinforcing the station's commitment to in-depth local news coverage. Carrie Saldo joins WGBH News as a reporter covering Worcester County. She'll be based in WGBH's recently announced Worcester news bureau. Former Boston Globe reporter Megan Woolhouse will cover education. She'll lead the reporting for the WGBH News K-  more