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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Saturday October 26, 2024 ( 7 items )  

350.org Responds to UNEP's Call to 'Close Emissions Gap in New Climate Pledges and Deliver Immediate Action'
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 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 Oct. 24, 2024: Today, the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) published its yearly Emissions Gap Report. It finds that a failure to increase ambition and fast action in nations' new Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) would put the world on course for a temperature increase of 2.6-3.1 C over the cour  more

Kenta Suzuki to Receive 2025 AMS-MAA-SIAM Morgan Prize
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 25 -- The American Mathematical Society issued the following news release: Kenta Suzuki of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is awarded the 2025 American Mathematical Society (AMS)-Mathematical Association of America (MAA)-Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize for his extraordinary research in the representation theory of p-adic groups. His papers, including two solo works, represent significant progress  more

Security Industry Association and International Association of Chiefs of Police Recognize Dubai Police Force With Michael Shanahan Leadership in Public-Private Cooperation Award
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 25 -- The Security Industry Association issued the following news release: * * * The Dubai Police department was honored with the SIA-sponsored award at the 2024 IACP Annual Banquet. * * * The United Arab Emirates' Dubai Police Force was recognized as the 2024 Michael Shanahan Leadership in Public-Private Cooperation Award, a program presented by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) in partnership with the Security Industry Association (SIA). Th  more

Two-Thirds of Americans Oppose National Abortion and IVF Bans, According to New UMass Amherst/League of Women Voters Poll
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release: * * * The national survey finds strong public support for policies that would codify reproductive rights, as well as for other policies, including paid family leave, increasing the child tax credit and various protections associated with the Affordable Care Act Topline results and crosstabs for the poll can be found at www.umass.edu/poll. * * * AMHERST, MA -- With reproductive issues central to cam  more

Union of Concerned Scientists Experts Attending COP29 in Azerbaijan, Available for Interviews on U.N. Climate Talks
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following news release: WASHINGTON--Experts from the U.S.-based Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) will be attending this year's annual United Nations climate change talks (also referred to as COP29), which are being held in Baku, Azerbaijan from November 11-22. They will join officials from more than 190 nations--as well as representatives of subnational governments, businesses and other nongovernmental  more

Union of Concerned Scientists: New Scientific Report Confirms World Leaders Failing to Meet Climate Goals, With Rich Nations Causing Greatest Harms
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2024: * * * Statement by Rachel Cleetus at the Union of Concerned Scientists * * * The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released its annual emissions gap report today. According to this latest analysis, global heat-trapping emissions have yet to peak, and the world is on track to endure global average temperatures that rise between 2.6 and 3.1 degrees Celsi  more

Union of Concerned Scientists: Utah Organizations Call on Their Representatives to Support Reauthorization of Radiation Exposure Compensation
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 25 (TNScapv) -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following news release on Oct. 24, 2024: In a new letter released today, organizations representing victims of radiation exposure from nuclear testing fallout and production are calling on Utah's congressional delegation to support the reauthorization and expansion of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA). Signed by groups representing physicians, members of the Church of Latter-day Saints, env  more