NEW YORK, March 5 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., posted the following news release: * * * ACLU and NEA Sue U.S. Department of Education Over Unlawful Attack on Educational Equity CONCORD, N.H. - Today, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of New Hampshire, the ACLU of Massachusetts, the National Education Association (  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 5 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Motion Filed to Bring Transparency to Meta's Fossil Fuel Powered Data Center Plans in Louisiana BATON ROUGE, La. (March 5, 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 require Meta and its data center developer, Laidley LLC, to sha  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Proposed Mass Save Cuts Will Increase Customer Bills and Carbon Pollution BOSTON - Massachusetts' Department of Public Utilities (DPU) has announced a $500 million cut to the proposed budget for the Mass Save energy efficiency program--a program that is key to saving utility customers money. This is $500 million dollars that could have been used to reduce the amount of gas and electricity c  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 6 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release: * * * SCOTUS Ruling Weakens Clean Water Protections Decision will slow down water protection efforts A ruling by the Supreme Court on Tuesday has weakened the ability of federal and state regulators to protect and restore our nation's waters. In San Francisco v. EPA, the Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) exceeded its authority under the Clean Water Act by requiring pe  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, March 5 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists posted the following news: * * * UMass digital hub provides peek into future of remote patient management When the University of Massachusetts Memorial Health in Worcester opened its digital hub last fall, it provided a glimpse of what the future of remote care management could look like. The 20,000-square-foot space, referred to as a "digital hospital," merged many of the health system's remote pati  more