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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Tuesday November 12, 2024 ( 3 items )  

350.org Urges Newly Reelected PM Ishiba of Japan to Transform Its Climate and Energy Policy as COP29 Starts
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 11 -- 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: Today, on the first day of the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Azerbaijan, Shigeru Ishiba was reelected Prime Minister of Japan and the second Ishiba Cabinet was formed in the Diet. On this occasion, 350.org calls on the Ishiba Cabinet and  more

Conservation Law Foundation: Trump Picks EPA Administrator
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 12 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release: * * * President-elect Donald Trump selected Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) released the following statement from President Brad Campbell, a Regional Administrator at EPA's Mid-Atlantic Region during the Clinton Administration. "CLF has always supported reforms that increase the quality and speed of regulatory decisions without sa  more

Cronk, Jamison, McCauley seek ALA presidency for 2026-2027
CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 11 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association issued the following news release: Lindsay Cronk, Dean of Libraries, Tulane University, New Orleans; Andrea Jamison, Assistant Professor of School Librarianship, Illinois State University; and Maria McCauley, Director of Libraries, Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts, are candidates for the 2026-27 presidency of the American Library Association. Cronk currently serves as a member of Core: Leader  more