HALLOWELL, Maine, Nov. 17 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following news release on Nov. 16, 2022: The Maine Public Utilities Commission (Commission) accepted bids and set new Standard Offer electricity supply rates today for residential and business customers of Central Maine Power Company (CMP) and Versant Power-Maine Public District (MPD). For residential and small non-residential customers of CMP, the Standard Offer price will be 17.63 cents per kWh effective January 1,  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (TNSjou) -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2022: More studies and data are needed to shape the regulatory standards for farming seafood offshore in United States federal waters, according to a new report published in the scientific journal Marine Policy. The report, Toward an environmentally responsible offshore aquaculture industry in the United States: Ecological risks, remedies, and knowledge gaps, comes as interest in offsho  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 17 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2022: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached a settlement with Excelitas Technologies Corp. of Salem, Mass., resolving an allegation the company violated the chemical accident prevention requirements of the federal Clean Air Act. A chemical accident at this facility could impact nearby densely populated communities, including areas with disproportionate environ  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Nov. 18 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Katie Dykes, and Consumer Counsel Claire Coleman released the following statements in response to new service supply rates from Eversource and United Illuminating (UI) effective January 1, 2023, that were submitted today to the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA): Governor L  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Nov. 17 -- The Institute for Justice issued the following news release and letter: The Institute for Justice (IJ), a national public interest law firm, sent a letter to town officials in Conway, New Hampshire, requesting they stop their effort to force a local bakery to paint over a mural made by local school students. The letter explains that Conway's treatment of Leavitt's mural as a "sign" is discriminatory and contrary to the First Amendment. In June, students from Ken  more

WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts, Nov. 17 -- The New England First Amendment Coalition issued the following news release: The New England First Amendment Coalition recently joined more than 40 media organizations to argue that a subpoena requiring a Boston Globe reporter to testify in a federal criminal case would have a chilling effect on newsgathering. "Compelling reporters to testify about their communications with sources -- even on-the-record, nonconfidential conversations -- harms the newsgath  more

LONDON, England, Nov. 18 (TNSjou) -- Queen Mary University of London issued the following news: An international collaboration of clinicians, established and led by Professor Chloe Orkin at Queen Mary University of London, has published the first case study series of monkeypox infection during the 2022 outbreak in cisgender (cis) and transgender (trans) women and non-binary individuals assigned as female at birth. The case series, published today (17 November 2022) in The Lancet, provides much  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (TNStalk) -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following remarks on Nov. 16, 2022, by Secretary Miguel Cardona on the Career Pathways and Success program: * * * Isn't it great to hear the First Lady of the United States? Thank you, Dr. Biden, and thank you to Aon, and Greg Case, for welcoming us here today. During Dr. Biden's remarks, you heard what we in Washington hear from her and President Biden all the time: an unwavering belief in the importance of educatio  more

CALLAGHAN, Australia, Nov. 18 (TNSjou) -- The University of Newcastle issued the following news: * * * Researchers from the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) and the University of Newcastle have identified immune killer cells that are responsible for exacerbating viral infections in people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). * * * Dr Jemma Mayall from HMRI's Immune Health Research Program led the study which found that a type of immune cell called a Natural Killer cell   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 17 -- The New England Council issued the following news release: New England Council member Unum Group was presented with the American Heart Association's Regional Corporate Leadership award for its efforts to support the Association's work across the state of Maine. Among the honorees was Mike Simonds, President and CEO of Unum, Nicole Nappi, Unum's quality auditor for group underwriting, and Elizabeth DiSotto, Unum's AVP partner management. Unum has been very acti  more