BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 9 -- 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 on July 8, 2024: Paris, France. Today, the results of France's national election, which has revived domestic democratic debate with the highest voting turnout in a legislative election since 1997, are in. The results show that the country's left-wing coalition, the New Popular Front (NFP), is now the largest party in th  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 10 (TNSres) -- Oxfam America issued the following news release: * * * New data from Oxfam highlights the crisis of low wages in the U.S., where over 39 million workers--nearly one in four--earn low wages * * * Today, Oxfam, the global organization fighting inequality to end poverty and injustice, released new research on the low wage workforce in the United States, finding that 23 percent of U.S. workers currently earn low wages (less than $17 an hour), with the d  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 10 (TNSres) -- Brigham and Women's Hospital issued the following news release: The team's formulations allow microbial therapeutics, including those used to treat gastrointestinal diseases and improve crop production, to maintain their potency and function over time despite extreme temperatures, harsh manufacturing processes, and radiation exposure Extremophiles, microbes that live in harsh environments such as Yellowstone's hot springs or far beneath the ice of Ant  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, July 10 (TNSres) -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: A new study published today in Current Biology, "Oceanic Seabirds Chase Tropical Cyclones," reveals that the rare Desertas Petrels (Pterodroma deserta), a wide-ranging seabird in the North Atlantic, exhibit unique foraging behaviors during hurricane season. Contrary to other pelagic seabirds, these petrels do not avoid intense tropical cyclones but instead explo  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 10 -- 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 on July 9, 2024: Leaders in Nevada's public and private sectors today convened for the Nevada Sustainability Summit: Upping the Game. The event highlighted efforts and opportunities to grow the state's economy by addressing sustainability challenges like clim  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 9 (TNSres) -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following news release on July 8, 2024: * * * Canceling "Expensive, Dangerous, and Unnecessary" Sentinel Would Save $100 Billion * * * As the Pentagon certified the continuation of the new Sentinel intercontinental ballistic nuclear missile (ICBM) today, 716 scientists, including ten Nobel laureates and 23 members of the National Academies, are calling for the program to be cancelled. In a letter to Pre  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 10 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts posted the following news release on July 9, 2024: The Massachusetts House today introduced a bill intended to protect sensitive location data concerning reproductive and gender-affirming care services. The bill aims to protect reproductive freedom at a time when anti-abortion politicians, prosecutors, and more are using sensitive data to track, harass, and sue people seeking or providing care. Reproductive a  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 10 -- Reproductive Equity Now, an organization that says it advances reproductive justice and eliminates barriers to safe and legal abortion care, posted the following news release on July 9, 2024: The Massachusetts House today introduced a bill intended to protect sensitive location data concerning reproductive and gender-affirming care services. The bill aims to protect reproductive freedom at a time when anti-abortion politicians, prosecutors, and more are using s  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 10 -- The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission issued the following news release: The Atlantic coastal states of Maine though Massachusetts have scheduled hearings to gather public input on the Public Information Document (PID) to Amendment 4 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Northern Shrimp. Some hearings will be conducted in-person, and some hearings will be conducted via webinar. If you are unable to participate in your state's scheduled hearing  more

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, July 9 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation issued the following news release: Today, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Ph. D. student Will Sussman, who is receiving free legal aid from the National Right to Work Foundation in filing federal anti-discrimination charges against union bosses on campus, is testifying before the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Sussman is testifying alongside veteran Foundation staff attorney G  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 9 -- Oxfam America issued the following news release: Three International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGOs) are calling again for the immediate and unconditional release of personnel the majority of whom were detained one month ago by authorities in northern Yemen. CARE, Oxfam, and Save the Children reiterated their concerns about the detention of about 18 members of UN entities and INGOs and many others associated with civil society organizations, national and  more