BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 23 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release on July 22, 2024: * * * CLF renews lawsuit amid ongoing pollution of bays and ponds * * * Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) on Monday refiled its Clean Water Act lawsuit against the Town of Barnstable. The town's sewage treatment plant, located in Hyannis, is polluting waters with nitrogen, leading to toxic algae outbreaks that destroy habitats and sicken people and pets. "Cape Cod's sparklin  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 24 -- The Broad Institute issued the following Q&A on July 23, 2024, by Lindsey Erion-Barner, scientist and microscope builder in the spatial technology platform: * * * Lindsey Erion-Barner describes her efforts to develop and share innovative tools in the Spatial Technology Platform * * * By Leah Eisenstadt At some point during her education, self-described "space nerd" Lindsey Erion-Barner traded gazing through telescopes for peering into microscopes. "There  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 24 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Inadequate review by Agency of Natural Resources violates Global Warming Solutions Act * * * (Montpelier, VT) - In its latest effort to ensure state leaders are held accountable and follow their own climate laws, Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) has sent a notice of alleged violation to Vermont's Secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources for failing to meet her legal responsibilitie  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 24 -- Oxfam America issued the following statement on July 23, 2024: * * * Ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned address to Congress this week, Oxfam America President and CEO, Abby Maxman, released the following statement: "It is wildly inappropriate for Congress to have extended an invitation for Prime Minister Netanyahu to speak. The invitation lends legitimacy to his deadly siege and bombardment - at a time when his governing coalition co  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 24 -- Fight for the Future, an advocacy group for digital rights, issued the following statement on July 23, 2024: * * * Reports indicate that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer intends to file cloture and move the dangerous and misguided Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) to a floor vote in the Senate, despite widespread opposition from dozens of LGBTQ, civil liberties, and human rights groups. Hundreds of parents of trangender youth have begged lawmakers to consider   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 24 -- Teach Plus, an organization that empowers teachers to take leadership over key policy and practice issues that affect their students' success, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C., July 22, 2024--Teach Plus teacher leaders from regions across the country spent three days on Capitol Hill, advocating on behalf of their students and colleagues, sharing education innovations, and meeting with 45 lawmakers and staff. The members of Teach Plus Nationa  more

BEVERLY, Massachusetts, July 24 -- Trustees of Reservations issued the following news release on July 22, 2024: FALL RIVER, Mass. - The Trustees held a ribbon cutting to celebrate the opening of an accessible Discovery Trail at Copicut Woods in Fall River today. The event featured brief remarks by Katie Theoharides, president and CEO of The Trustees. She was joined by several locally elected officials, including Fall River Mayor Paul Coogan, Maureen Flanagan from State Senator Michael Rodrigues  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, July 24 (TNSres) -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: * * * Updated plan builds on major accomplishments, findings * * * Harmful and toxic algal blooms (HABs) are a well-established and severe threat to human health, economies, and marine and freshwater ecosystems on all coasts of the United States and its inland waters. Their impacts, intensity, and geographic range have increased over past decades, due to both human-induced a  more