BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 19 -- Ceres, a non-profit organization that is mobilizing companies and investors to take stronger action on climate change, water scarcity and global sustainability challenges, issued the following news release on March 18, 2025: * * * Ceres Submits Comment Letter to California Air Resources Board Urging Alignment with Global Climate Disclosure Standards BOSTON, March 18, 2025 - Ceres today submitted a public comment letter to the California Air Resources Board (  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 18 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Eliminating EPA Office of Research and Development Would Harm Public Health and the Environment The potential elimination of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Research and Development, reported by news outlets, would take a huge toll on public health and be a massive giveaway to polluting industries, according to the Union of Concerned Sc  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 18 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association posted the following news release: * * * Massachusetts School Library Association receives AASL Chapter of the Year Award CHICAGO - The Massachusetts School Library Association (MSLA) is the recipient of the 2025 American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Chapter of the Year Award. The $1,000 award recognizes the AASL Chapter most active and dynamic in achieving the goals of AASL at the state and local  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 18 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * New Study Shows Past Emissions from 122 Major Polluters Driving Current Global Warming and Future Sea Level Rise WASHINGTON (March 18, 2025) -- A new peer-reviewed study published today by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and partnering researchers in Environmental Research Letters quantifies how historical heat-trapping emissions from the world's 122  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 19 -- Oxfam America issued the following news release on March 18, 2025: * * * Ruling in USAID lawsuit 'underscores that the administration's actions to dismantle USAID are illegal' - Oxfam America In reaction to Judge Chuang issuing a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration's attempts to close down USAID, Oxfam America President and CEO Abby Maxman said: "Today's preliminary injunction, prohibiting the Trump administration from taking any action   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 19 -- Oxfam America issued the following news release on March 18, 2025: * * * Trapped, Pushed Back and Tortured: Poland's Crackdown on Refugees at Europe's Border * New report from Oxfam and its Polish partner, Egala, details violence and torture facing people on the move at the Poland-Belarus border. * The report exposes Poland's illegal pushback policy, bankrolled by the EU. * Oxfam and Egala is urging the EU to investigate human rights abuses and pushbacks a  more