WORCESTER, Massachusetts, April 27 (TNSjou) -- Clark University issued the following news: * * * Clark-led study explores New Englanders' attitudes toward water quality * * * The economic benefit of water quality improvements depends on where those improvements occur. But which water quality changes do New England residents value the most, and where would they prefer these changes to occur across large river and stream networks? Robert J. Johnston, director of the George Perkins Marsh Instit  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 26 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release on April 25, 2023: The Federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has advanced the Gulf of Maine offshore wind process with the announcement of a public comment period. The overall process will determine where offshore wind facilities are located off the coasts of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) released the following statement in response to toda  more

PADUCAH, Kentucky, April 27 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, Michael A. Bennett, issued the following news release on April 26, 2023: A Christian County man was sentenced yesterday to 5 years and 6 months in federal prison followed by a 4-year term of supervised release for distributing more than 50 grams of a methamphetamine mixture and for possessing more than a dozen firearms after having previously been convicted of a felony offense. There is no parole in the feder  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 (TNStalk) -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following joint statement on April 26, 2023, with three organizations: * * * The League of Conservation Voters, together with Climate Action NH, Environmental League of Massachusetts, and Maine Conservation Voters, applauded the publication today of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's Call for Information and Nominations for offshore wind power commercial leasing in the Gulf of Maine. The organizations issued   more

WASHINGTON, April 27 (TNSjou) -- The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy issued the following news release: * * * "Xylazine poses a threat to public health... Our goal is for the designation of xylazine as an emerging threat and subsequent actions to begin to address this threat before it worsens and undermines efforts to reduce illicit fentanyl use in the United States." * * * The New England Journal of Medicine published an opinion piece by Dr. Rahul Gupta, the White House D  more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 26, 2023: Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Chair of the Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight Subcommittee, and Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT), the Subcommittee's Ranking Member, today led a U.S. Senate hearing focused on the Boston Marathon bombing and its impacts on emergency preparedness and homeland security. "The Boston Marathon bombing was a senseless act of violence that claimed the lives   more

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release on April 26, 2023: U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-VT) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), both members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, introduced the bicameral Child Labor Exploitation Accountability Act, legislation aimed at holding corporations accountable for the exploitation of children and workers in the food industry. The bill prohibits the Department of Agriculture (USDA) from contracting with companies that ha  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 26, 2023: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in partnership with the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), have announced the 2023 recipients of the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators (PIAEE). Two of the nine national awards were presented to Rhode Island educators. This year's recipients are Margaret Brennan from Portsmouth Middle   more