Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Friday June 07, 2024 ( 3 items ) |
International Fund for Animal Welfare: Thousands of Koala Trees Planted on Historic Grazing Property
YARMOUTH, Massachusetts, June 7 -- The International Fund for Animal Welfare issued the following news release:
For the first time in decades, koalas have been spotted on a historic sheep-grazing property in Australia which had thousands of trees planted on it to bring the species back.
IFAW is teaming up with Koala Clancy Foundation on June 15 and 16 to plant more than 8,100 trees on the property which sits along the Moorabool River in Victoria. This is in addition to 3,618 trees planted in
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Reproductive Equity Now Statement After Senate Republicans Block Passage of Right to Contraception Act
BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 7 -- Reproductive Equity Now, an organization that says it advances reproductive justice and eliminates barriers to safe and legal abortion care, issued the following news release on June 6, 2024:
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Today, the United States Senate held a vote on S.1999, the Right to Contraception Act, legislation introduced by Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Senator Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) to guarantee people the right to obtain and use
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Union of Concerned Scientists: Analysis Published in Science Finds High Assay Low-Enriched Uranium Fuel to Be Produced for Small Nuclear Power Reactors Poses a Greater Proliferation Threat Than Previously Acknowledged
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 7 (TNSres) -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following news release on June 6, 2024:
An analysis published today in the journal Science found that, contrary to a widely held assumption, the high assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) now being produced with federal subsidies to fuel the next generation of small nuclear power reactors can be used directly to make nuclear weapons, and thus presents greater terrorism and nuclear proliferation threats than p
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