SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, June 11 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following statement on June 10, 2024: * * * The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of U.S. Litigation David Cortman regarding a decision Sunday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit in L.M. v. Town of Middleborough that affirms a Massachusetts school's decision to forbid a middle school student from wearing two T-shirts to school that say, "There a  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 11 (TNSres) -- The Broad Institute issued the following news on June 10, 2024: * * * The gene-editing approach uses prime editors and evolved enzymes called recombinases, and could pave the way to effective one-size-fits-all gene therapies for diseases such as cystic fibrosis. * * * Scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have improved a gene-editing technology that is now capable of inserting or substituting entire genes in the genome in human cel  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 11 (TNSres) -- Ceres, a non-profit organization that is mobilizing companies and investors to take stronger action on climate change, water scarcity and global sustainability challenges, issued the following news release: Ceres has released new corporate guidance on transition planning to help companies address the financial risks of climate change and maximize the opportunities for them to thrive in a low-carbon future. Ceres' Blueprint for Implementing a Leading C  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 11 (TNSres) -- 350.org, an organization that works to end the age of fossil fuels and build a community-led renewable energy, posted the following news release: Global - On Monday, 10 June, a coalition of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) from South Africa, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Senegal presented the "Principles for a Fair Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP)" during a virtual press conference launch ahead of the G7 Summit proceedings starting on June 13th. T  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 11 -- Oxfam America issued the following statement on June 10, 2024: * * * The New York Senate passed Senator Liz Krueger's "champerty" bill S5623 last week. The Assembly failed to put its companion A5290, sponsored by Assemblymember Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas up for a vote. In response Ben Grossman-Cohen, Director of Campaigns for Oxfam America, said: "There is no excuse for the Assembly's inaction in addressing New York's contribution to the global debt crisis that i  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 11 (TNSres) -- Oxfam America issued the following news release: Following a worrying escalation in violence and harassment targeting activists protesting the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) in Uganda, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and Oxfam have issued an urgent appeal to developers to address the serious threats facing human rights defenders and frontline communities in the country's oil frontier. In response to arrests in May and Jun  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, June 11 (TNSres) -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: What species live in this coral reef, and are they healthy? Chemical clues emitted by marine organisms might hold that information. But in underwater environments, invisible compounds create a complex "soup" that is hard for scientists to decipher. Now, WHOI coral researchers have demonstrated a way to extract and identify these indicator compounds in seawater, according to stu  more