WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Jan. 22 (TNSAcc) -- Assumption College issued the following news: Recognizing several impressive accomplishments of the last decade at Assumption, the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) voted to continue the University in accreditation, a critical designation for degree-granting institutions of higher learning in the region. The University's next evaluation is scheduled for spring 2031. In approving to continue the University's accreditation, the Comm  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following joint statement by Chairman Richard Glick and Commissioner Allison Clements on a decision (Docket No. ER22-391-000) involving ISO New England: * * * We concur in today's order. We agree that ISO New England's Internal Market Monitor correctly mitigated the Westover Energy Storage Center (Westover Project)'s capacity offer to the Offer Reserve Trigger Price (ORTP).[1] While Anbaric   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following joint statement by Commissioner Allison Clements and Chairman Richard Glick on a decision (Docket No. ER22-391-000) involving ISO New England: * * * We concur in today's order. We agree that ISO New England's Internal Market Monitor correctly mitigated the Westover Energy Storage Center (Westover Project)'s capacity offer to the Offer Reserve Trigger Price (ORTP).[1] While Anbaric   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Jan. 22 -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following news release on Jan. 21, 2022: After Republicans defunded Planned Parenthood in September, New Hampshire's Congressional delegation today stepped up and secured more than $500,000 in a Title X Dire Need Grant for Planned Parenthood of Northern New England. After months of Republican attacks on women's reproductive freedom, this much-needed funding will help health care providers in New Hampshire to deliv  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following testimony by Malcolm Woolf, president and CEO of the National Hydropower Association, involving a Jan. 11, 2022, hearing on hydropower: * * * Hydropower is America's first renewable energy resource, providing enough reliable, zero-carbon electricity to power over thirty million Americans homes and playing an essential part of any climate solution. The International Energy Agency recently described hyd  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee issued the following testimony by Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health, involving a Jan. 11, 2022, hearing entitled "Addressing New Variants: A Federal Perspective on the COVID-19 Response": * * * Thank you for the opportunity to discuss the role of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in the resea  more