BRUNSWICK, Maine, Sept. 23 (TNSRes) -- Bowdoin College issued the following news: Employing a drone in a novel way, University of New Brunswick PhD student Gina Lonati '12 is attempting to better assess the health of right whales, which are in danger of extinction. Throughout the month of September, each day when the weather allows it, Lonati heads out into the Bay of Fundy on a chartered fishing boat. She brings along a drone outfitted with two cameras: one captures thermal images and the oth  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Sept. 23: Today, during Pollution Prevention (P2) Week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing that five organizations in New England are among 42 organizations across 39 states to receive grant funding totaling $9.3 million, supporting pollution prevention across the country. In New England, almost $900,000 will fund projects in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rh  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Federal Housing Finance Agency issued the following news release: House prices rose nationwide in July, up 1.0 percent from the previous month, according to the latest Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (FHFA HPI). House prices rose 6.5 percent from July 2019 to July 2020. FHFA also revised its previously reported 0.9 percent price change for June 2020 to 1.0 percent. For the nine census divisions, seasonally adjusted monthly house price changes from June   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Commerce issued the following testimony by Benjamin Sommers, Huntley Quelch professor of health care economics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, as part of a virtual hearing entitled "Health Care Lifeline: The Affordable Care Act and the COVID-19 Pandemic" on Sept. 23: My name is Benjamin Sommers, and I am the Huntley Quelch Professor of Health Ca  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources issued the following testimony by Anne Reynolds, executive director of the Alliance for Clean Energy New York, as part of a virtual hearing entitled "Trump Administration Broken Promises on Renewable Energy" on Sept. 22: I work for the Alliance for Clean Energy New York. We are a member-based organization with member companies involved in developing and operating wind power projects, both on land an  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 24 -- PBS issued the following news release on Sept. 23: After completing the first FY 2021 meeting of the PBS Board of Directors, PBS President and Chief Executive Officer Paula Kerger announced the results of the recent Board elections. Molly Phillips, Executive Director and General Manager of Iowa PBS, was elected to a second term as a Professional Director. President of GBH Jon Abbott, President of KQED Michael Isip and President & CEO of WTTW Sandra Cordova Mice  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Sept. 22: Today, Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) voted in favor of H.R. 8337, the Continuing Appropriations Act (CR) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, which would fund the federal government through December 11, 2020, avoiding an impending October 1st government shutdown. The bipartisan agreement contains several key priorities for eastern Connecticut that Rep. Courtney has worked to advance, including crit  more

PROVINCETOWN, Massachusetts, Sept. 24 (TNSRes) -- The Center for Coastal Studies issued the following news release: In response to the pandemic, the Center for Coastal Studies Provincetown has transformed its much-celebrated annual Homeport Gala, traditionally held in the spring, into a series of fall events. Aptly titled Sea Change 2020, the event line-up consists of CCS's first-ever virtual film festival and a 2-week online auction. "We had always intended on making this year's annual fundra  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee issued the following joint testimony by Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, Adm. Brett P. Giroir, assistant secretary for health at the Health and Human Services Department, CDC Director Robert Redfield, and FDA Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn, at a hearing entitled "COVID-19: An Update on the Federal Response" on Sept. 23: It   more

PLATTSBURGH, New York, Sept. 23 (TNSAwa) -- The State University of New York's Plattsburgh Campus issued the following news: A SUNY Plattsburgh Center for Earth and Environmental Science professor was recognized by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency for work that helped mitigate poisonous drinking water. Dr. Ed Romanowicz, director and chair of the CEES, and a team of geologists, geochemists and hydrologists from state and federal government, universities and the private sector, teamed u  more

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, Sept. 24 (TNSEvA) -- Western New England University issued the following news release: The Center for Social Justice is excited to host a celebration and discussion of University Professor of Law, Jennifer Taub's, latest book "Big Dirty Money: The Shocking Injustice and Unseen Cost of White Collar Crime." This virtual event will take place on Wednesday, September 30 from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. and is free and open to the public with registration at bit.ly/BigDirtyMoney.   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 24 (TNSGra) -- Yale Law School issued the following news release: The Media Freedom and Information Access (MFIA) Clinic has received a $230,000 grant from the Legal Clinics Fund that will help fund a new MFIA fellow to lead the Clinic's recently-launched initiative for local journalists. Through the Local News Initiative, the Clinic will be providing nonprofit news organizations and journalists in New England with pro bono legal services to support their newsgath  more