HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 9 -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network issued the following statement on Feb. 8, 2024: * * * This year, in Connecticut, 23,550 people will hear the words, "You have cancer," and 6,440 will lose their lives to cancer. Yesterday, Gov. Ned Lamont gave his annual state budget address, proposing slashing funding to life-saving cancer prevention and control programs, including suspension of tobacco control program funding for 2025. The following statement  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Feb. 5 -- 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 joint statement on Feb. 3, 2024, with seven organizations: * * * The leaders of Save the Children, CARE, Interaction, International Rescue Committee, Mercy Corps, Norwegian Refugee Council, Oxfam, and Refugees International are calling on donors to restore funds for UNRWA. "The U.S. decision to tempor  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 8 (TNScapv) -- Save the Sound issued the following joint news release on Feb. 6, 2024, with 12 organizations: Today, the Connecticut Coalition for Climate Action announced its legislative priorities for the 2024 legislative session. The Coalition, a broad-based group of more than 40 health care providers, scientists, environmental organizations, religious groups, and others representing more than 300,000 members, was formed one year ago to address the climate crisis  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The National Partnership for Women and Families issued the following news release: New analysis from the National Partnership for Women & Families (NPWF) highlights the positive impacts on families and state economies when workers have access to state-implemented paid family and medical leave programs that provide workers the ability to address their own serious health needs, care for a family member with a major illness, injury or disability, or to welcome a new child. So  more

SANTA MONICA, California, Feb. 6 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following commentary on Feb. 5, 2024: * * * Reining in the Risks of Robotaxis By Hye Min Park and Fabian Villalobos New technologies that affect public safety are going to be met by a thicket of regulations--it's inevitable. When the first automobiles began rolling onto public roads in the early 1900s, Connecticut introduced the first statewide speed limits for cars, and waves of additional automobile regulations have followed sinc  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Feb. 6 -- 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 Feb. 5, 2024: A warmer-than-average winter and lack of snow are ominous signs of worsening climatic and drought conditions in Afghanistan, which is already suffering its worst drought in 30 years, five international NGOs warned today. The country has had very little snow so far this wint  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Feb. 9 -- 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: Escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has forced at least 78,000 children to flee their homes in the past week, with thousands now on the road to Goma, Save the Children said. The renewed fighting between the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 8 -- Save the Sound issued the following news release: Save the Sound will appeal the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) decision accepting the Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) on the proposed expansion of Tweed New Haven Airport, the New Haven-based environmental organization announced Tuesday evening. On December 21, 2023, the FAA issued a final decision approving an EA finding that the proposed Runway 02-20 Extensio  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 8 (TNSres) -- The Specialty Equipment Market Association issued the following news release: A new ad being aired by SEMA, the Specialty Equipment Market Association representing more than 7,000 businesses in the auto aftermarket, highlights the innovative steps that industry is taking to improve vehicles and encourage the use of alternative fuels. The ad comes after a potential ban on all new gas- and diesel-powered cars has been floated in the state, going into eff  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 3 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: The Biden Administration's decision to pause all approvals of new liquified gas exports, called LNG, could have serious implications for ongoing gas expansion fights in Connecticut. The Department of Energy announced the halt on LNG project approvals on January 26, signaling a positive policy shift after decades of advocacy to stop the buildout of gas exports. During the halt on approvals, the DOE will examine t  more