BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 2 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release: * * * CLF Settles Clean Air, Water Lawsuit Against Quincy Chemical Company Funds will lead to tree planting, salt marsh restoration Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and Twin Rivers Technologies have settled a lawsuit (https://www.clf.org/newsroom/clf-sues-quincy-chemical-company/) over violations of the Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act that resulted in the pollution of the Weymouth-Fore River  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 1 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Over 3,300 Scientists Sound Alarm on Attacks Against NOAA in Open Letter Sent to Congress, Trump Administration WASHINGTON--The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) today delivered an open letter --now updated with more than 3,300 signatory scientists and experts--to congressional leaders and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick urging them to halt the ongoing  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Massachusetts Celebrates Changes to Costly Gas System Enhancement Plan BOSTON - The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) has released an updated order (see, for example, Eversource Gas of Massachusetts and National Grid ) for the state's Gas System Enhancement Plan (GSEP). In the order, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities cited Sierra Club, one of only t  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 2 -- Teach Plus, an organization that empowers teachers to take leadership over key policy and practice issues that affect their students' success, issued the following news release on May 1, 2025: * * * Teach Plus Massachusetts Congratulates Newly Named State Education Commissioner Pedro Martinez Teach Plus Massachusetts today issued the following statement about the selection of Pedro Martinez as the commonwealth's next commissioner of the Department of Elementary  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 2 -- GBH, a multiplatform creator for public media, issued the following news release on May 1, 2025: * * * TWO-PART NOVA SPECIAL "ULTIMATE CRASH TEST" PREMIERES IN MAY, INVESTIGATES MULTI-CAR PILEUPS IN THRILLING, FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND EXPERIMENT ULTIMATE CRASH TEST: COUNTDOWN premieres May 7, 2025, at 9 p.m.ET/8 p.m. CT on PBS ULTIMATE CRASH TEST: IMPACT premieres May 14, 2025, at 9 p.m.ET/8 p.m. CT on PBS New two-part special will also be available for streaming at  more