BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 25 -- 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 24, 2024: At the UN climate talks in Dubai last year, COP28 President and Oil CEO Sultan Al Jaber proudly announced Alterra, a fund that he advertized to become the "world's largest" private climate investment vehicle. At the time the COP28 Director-General and Alterra CEO said the fund would "play a critical r  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The Electronic Frontier Foundation issued the following news release on July 24, 2024: * * * Posting Video Clips of Government Meetings Is Fair Use That Doesn't Violate the DMCA, EFF's Clients Argue * * * BOSTON -- A citizen journalists' group represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a federal lawsuit today against a Massachusetts community-access television company for falsely convincing YouTube to take down video clips of city government meetings  more

WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts, July 25 -- The New England First Amendment Coalition issued the following news release: The New England First Amendment Coalition and several Massachusetts open government groups again called on state lawmakers to make hybrid meeting requirements a priority during this legislative session. In a July 23 letter to Representatives Ron Mariano, Aaron Michlewitz and Tony Cabral, the advocates explained that "hybrid access remains a critical way to ensure that all people   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 25 -- Oxfam America issued the following statement on July 24, 2024: * * * In reaction to the UN's 2024 edition of "The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World" (SOFI) report, which showed that one out of 11 people in the world, and one out of every five in Africa, may have faced hunger in 2023, Eric Munoz, Oxfam's food policy expert, said: "Global hunger remains stuck at shamefully high levels, driven by many reasons that together become convenient excus  more