BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 9 -- Action for Boston Community Development issued the following news release: * * * More workers in the pipeline will help fill over 200,000 vacant positions in Massachusetts * * * ABCD is excited to announce that it has been awarded nearly $700,000 from the Healey-Driscoll Administration's Emergenging Adult Reentry Initiative to expand and support its BRIDGES Returning Citizens Center (BRCC) -- a specialized career center which offers employment and training se  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 9 -- 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: A dozen major businesses are calling for policymakers across the Southeast U.S. to take action to strengthen the electricity grid to ensure it has the capacity to reliably power the growing regional demand for electricity with affordable, home-grown clean pow  more

YARMOUTH, Massachusetts, Aug. 9 -- The International Fund for Animal Welfare posted the following news release: (Hamburg/Athens - 8 August 2024) - The first Greek-owned shipping company, ARCADIA SHIPMANAGEMENT, has informed us that they have changed internal procedures to redirect its ships to contribute to the survival of the east Mediterranean sperm whale population. As part of a coalition with OceanCare, Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute and WWF Greece, IFAW (International Fund for Animal  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 9 -- GBH, a multiplatform creator for public media, issued the following news release: Boston public media producer GBH was honored with five Salute to Excellence Awards by The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), more than any other local newsroom. Presented at the 2024 NABJ conference in Chicago, Illinois, the Salute to Excellence Awards recognize outstanding work in journalism and communications covering the Black experience and addressing issues affe  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 9 -- 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: * * * This slate marks Repro Equity Now's first endorsements in Connecticut since the organization expanded into the Nutmeg State in September * * * HARTFORD (August 8, 2024) - Two years since the Dobbs decision decimated the national right to abortion access, and on the precipice of on  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 9 -- The Broad Institute issued the following news: As leaders in their fields, the new core members have also all demonstrated deep commitment to the community and intellectual life at Broad. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has named six new core institute members: Gad Getz, Anna Greka, Nir Hacohen, Evan Macosko, Benjamin Neale, and Pardis Sabeti. "We are thrilled to recognize these distinguished scientists for their track record of leadership at the Broad,"  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, Aug. 9 (TNSres) -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: * * * International team of scientists begin investigations on record-breaking bounty * * * Scientists have recovered the first long section of rocks that originated in the Earth's mantle, the layer below the crust and the planet's largest component. The rocks will help unravel the mantle's role in the origins of life on Earth, the volcanic activity generated when it melts,   more