BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 24 -- 350.org, an organization that works to end the age of fossil fuels and build a community-led renewable energy, issued the following news release: President Biden marked Earth Day by announcing a $7 billion investment in solar energy projects nationwide, through the Environmental Protection Agency's "solar for all" program. Biden said that the program will create 200,000 new jobs. Monday also marked the launch of the American Climate Corps program, with job app  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 24 (TNSres) -- Brigham and Women's Hospital issued the following news release: * * * * A Brigham and Women's Hospital study of 30 people found that, in patients with MS, advanced brain imaging could identify hidden inflammation not picked up on traditional MRIs * The new technique could lead to more advanced treatments for multiple sclerosis * * * A new study from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, sugg  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 24 -- Fight for the Future, an advocacy group for digital rights, issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: Today, the Senate will begin the process to vote on legislation to ban TikTok in the U.S. if the China-based platform is not sold within a year. The bill was passed in the House on Saturday and has been attached to a foreign aid package, making it almost certain to pass the Senate. Fight for the Future has been sounding the alarm on a TikTok ban sin  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 24 -- Reproductive Equity Now, an organization that says it advances reproductive justice and eliminates barriers to safe and legal abortion care, issued the following statement on April 23, 2024: * * * Tomorrow, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the cases of Idaho v. United States & Moyle v. United States, two consolidated cases challenging provisions in the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), a nearly 40-year-old f  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 24 (TNSres) -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following statement on April 23, 2024, by Climate Resilience Analyst Shana Udvardy: * * * The U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD) has released a final rule requiring projects that receive HUD funding to meet the standards of resilience required by the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS). Under the rule, the climate-informed science approach (https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-conte  more