BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 14 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Ayotte Announces Landfill Moratorium for New Hampshire Waste disposal should be a last resort February 13, 2025 (Concord, NH) - Governor Kelly Ayotte announced during her budget address a landfill moratorium and "a revamped regulatory process" for approving landfill projects. Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) released the following statement in response. "Governor Ayotte's landfill mor  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 13 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Motion Filed to Defend Louisiana Ratepayers Against Entergy's Attempt to Circumvent Commission Policy BATON ROUGE, La. (February 13, 2025) -- Today, Earthjustice filed a motion on behalf of the Alliance for Affordable Energy and the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) asking Louisiana utility regulators to deny Entergy's request for an exemption from the stat  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 14 -- The Nieman Foundation issued the following news: * * * Nieman Foundation Curator Ann Marie Lipinski to step down Lipinski steered Nieman through a period of historic change for the news industry and deepened collaboration with the Harvard community Ann Marie Lipinski, the curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, will step down on July 1, completing a 14-year tenure framed by dramatic disruption and reinvention in journalism.   more

SAN DIEGO, California, Feb. 13 -- The American Public Health Association issued the following news release: * * * Researchers find that the ROE Act resulted in decreased gestational duration at abortion for minors aged 16-17 years in Massachusetts Individuals below the age of 18 are faced with significant barriers when receiving abortion care due to additional parental consent requirements. To address this, the 2020 ROE Act in Massachusetts removed these requirements for minors aged 16-17 yea  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, Feb. 13 -- The Marine Biological Laboratory, an affiliate of the University of Chicago, issued the following news on Feb. 12, 2025: * * * Symbiotic Bacteria Ride Along with Marine Cells in Ocean's Upper Layer By Wynne Parry Just as the human body serves as a habitat for bacteria and other microbes, diverse, tiny organisms known as protists host their own microbiomes. In new research published this week, a team led by Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) scientists r  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 13 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Unconstitutional Power Grab Puts US in Crisis "We are in crisis. The Trump administration has illegally seized power not granted to it by the U.S. Constitution. It has empowered Elon Musk, an unelected billionaire, to take control of crucial government functions while eliminating public transparency and accountability by placing activities by the newly create  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, Feb. 14 -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: * * * WHOI's Robert Weller named to National Academy of Engineering Class of 2025 Woods Hole, Mass. (Feb. 13, 2025) - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is proud to announce that Robert Weller has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Class of 2025. A senior scientist in WHOI's Physical Oceanography department, Weller was named for his contributions to the  more