KEENE, New Hampshire, Oct. 30 -- The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment issued the following news: The ASLE subvention and translation grant committee has announced the five ASLE member projects that have been awarded grants for 2024. Subvention Grants fund innovative projects in ecocriticism and environmental humanities such as art installations, documentary film projects, digital humanities web projects, and book or article publication, and Translation Grants fund a tran  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 [Category: Energy] -- The American Clean Power Association issued the following news release: Lease sale generated $21.9 million for the U.S. Treasury ATLANTIC CITY, NJ, October 29, 2024 The American Clean Power Association (ACP) released the following statement from Anne Reynolds, ACP Vice President for Offshore Wind after the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) concluded a successful lease sale for the development of floating offshore wind farms in the Gulf of Maine  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 [Category: Computer Technology] -- The Computer and Communications Industry Association issued the following news release: The Computer & Communications Industry Association released its wrap up of state legislative activity around online privacy this past session with its State Privacy Landscape report. The legislative year ended with 136 privacy bills in over 30 states still under consideration and six more comprehensive state privacy laws added. Kentucky, Maryland, Minne  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 30 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: * * * Wind energy project could power more than 2.3 million homes * * * The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on Tuesday held the first offshore wind lease sale for the Gulf of Maine. The four leased areas off the coast of Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, when fully developed, could provide enough clean energy to power 2.3 million homes. Conservation Law Founda  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, Nov. 1 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news: * * * An affiliate of The Scion Group has acquired the Lebanon, N.H., apartment complex. * * * A new company on Oct. 31 will begin operating the Summit on Juniper student apartment complex on Mount Support Road in Lebanon, N.H. An affiliate of The Scion Group has acquired Summit from an affiliate of Michaels Student Living, which built and has operated the apartments since they opened in 2022. Summit has four b  more

RINDGE, New Hampshire, Oct. 29 (TNSres) -- Franklin Pierce University issued the following news: Under the guidance of Associate Professor Verna DeLauer, Ph.D., a group of Franklin Pierce University students and faculty recently returned from presenting their research at the 14th International Conference of the Health, Wellness, and Society Network in Malmo, Sweden. Their NH-INBRE funded study, titled "Am I Healthy? Am I Safe? Perceptions of Student Wellness on a Residential College Campus," ex  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: MAINE. Today, the Department of Interior (DOI) announced the results of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's first-ever Gulf of Maine wind energy auction for eight lease areas off the shore of Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. In total, two bids on four of the lease areas were accepted adding up to $21.9 million. With the potential to power 2.3 million homes, the winning bids further bols  more

DURHAM, New Hampshire, Oct. 31 -- The University of New Hampshire issued the following news release: * * * Sensors will monitor space weather that has potential to impact Earth's infrastructure in minutes. * * * The University of New Hampshire was awarded $24.3 million by NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to build sensors for a high-priority alert system that will monitor the effects of space weather and the solar wind -- caused by explosions on t  more