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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Connecticut Newsletter for Sunday July 16, 2023 ( 6 items )  

Environmental Groups Reach Court-Ordered Settlement Addressing Water Pollution on Long Island
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 15 (TNSgov) -- Save the Sound issued the following news release: After nearly a decade in federal court, Peconic Baykeeper and Save the Sound finalized a settlement with the State of New York on the last phase of measures to reduce pollution into Long Island Sound and the Great South Bay from sanitary systems at five waterfront state parks on Long Island. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York approved the Settlement Agreement and Consent Judgm  more

Financial Accounting Foundation Issues 2022 Annual Report - FASB 50th Anniversary Edition
NORWALK, Connecticut, July 13 (TNSrpt) -- The Financial Accounting Foundation issued the following news release: The Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) today posted its 2022 Annual Report to its website. The report is available as a printable PDF file and as an enhanced digital version. The annual report theme is "Standards That Work from Main Street to Wall Street," and it commemorates the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). The report provi  more

Financial Accounting Foundation Issues 2022 Annual Report - FASB 50th Anniversary Edition
NORWALK, Connecticut, July 13 (TNSres) -- The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued the following news on July 12, 2023: The Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) today posted its 2022 Annual Report to its website. The report is available as a printable file and as an enhanced digital version. The annual report theme is "Standards That Work from Main Street to Wall Street," and it commemorates the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). The re  more

Save the Children: Darfur - Aid Workers Witness Hundreds of Murdered Bodies, Including Children Abandoned in Streets
FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, July 14 (TNStalk) -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following statement on July 13, 2023: * * * Children and adults are reportedly being attacked in vast numbers in worsening violence in the Darfur region of Sudan, as Save the Children urgently calls on parties to agree to an immediate cessation of hostilities after nearly three months of conflict. Re  more

Save the Children: UN Security Council Fails to Authorize UN Aid Access Into Northwest Syria, Risking the Lives of Hundreds
WESTPORT, Connecticut, July 12 -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following news release on July 11, 2023: At a time when the needs of children across Syria have never been greater, the UN Security Council today failed to agree to extend the UN's authorization for the border crossing at Bab al-Hawa, which lapsed on July 10 - the vital access point for UN aid to get into Northwes  more

Save the Sound: Environmental Groups Reach Court-Ordered Settlement Addressing Water Pollution on Long Island
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 14 (TNSgov) -- Save the Sound issued the following news release: After nearly a decade in federal court, Peconic Baykeeper and Save the Sound finalized a settlement with the State of New York on the last phase of measures to reduce pollution into Long Island Sound and the Great South Bay from sanitary systems at five waterfront state parks on Long Island. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York approved the Settlement Agreement and Consent Judgm  more