DES MOINES, Iowa, May 7 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Adding Iowa native plants to landscaping benefits native bees and butterflies Gardening fever has broken out across the state with homeowners digging, planting, weeding and mulching to avoid missing out on spring rains. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is encouraging homeowners to include pollinator friendly native plants as part of the landscape. Native Iowa plants are  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 7 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has granted Nexamp, Inc.'s request to revoke the renewable resource certifications for its 4.95 MW MSD Guimond Facility solar project. The order, issued on May 6, 2025, reverses a prior certification granted on August 9, 2023. The earlier certification had designated the solar facility, located in Fairfield, Maine, as a Class I and Class IA renewable resource, making it eligible under Maine's Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS)  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 7 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Healey Welcomes Consul General of the People's Republic of China Chen Li to Massachusetts Boston -- Governor Maura Healey today welcomed Ambassador H.E. Chen Li, Consul General of the Peoples Republic of China in New York, to the Massachusetts State House. "Today we welcomed Ambassador H.E. Chen Li to Massachusetts. We discussed our shared economic and cultural ties, and our  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 7 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has granted Nexamp, Inc.'s request to revoke the renewable resource certifications for its 4.95 MW Jay Solar Facility. The order, issued on May 6, 2025, reverses a prior certification granted on August 9, 2023. The earlier certification had designated the solar facility, located in Jay, Maine, as a Class I and Class IA renewable resource, making it eligible under Maine's Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS). In a petition submi  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 7 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has issued an order, dated May 6, 2025, revoking the renewable resource certifications for Nexamp, Inc.'s 4.95 MW TPE ME NB11, LLC solar facility located in North Berwick. This decision comes in response to a petition filed by Nexamp on March 12, 2025, seeking the rescission of the original certification order issued on November 14, 2022. The 2022 order had certified the North Berwick solar facility as a Class I and Class IA r  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 7 -- Following a similar decision regarding its Samoset facility, the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has issued an order revoking the new renewable resource certifications for Nexamp, Inc.'s Madison CSG Facility. The order, dated May 6, 2025, comes after Nexamp requested the rescission of the original certification granted on October 17, 2023. The Madison CSG Facility, a 4.0 MW solar installation located in Madison, Maine, had been designated as a Class I and Class   more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 7 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has issued an order revoking the new renewable resource certifications previously granted to Nexamp, Inc.'s 4.5 MW Milo Solar Facility. The decision, dated May 6, 2025, follows a petition filed by Nexamp on March 12, 2025, requesting the rescission of the original certification order issued on May 5, 2022. The 2022 order had classified the Milo facility, located in Milo, Maine, as a Class I and Class IA renewable resource, mak  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 7 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has issued an order revoking the new renewable resource certifications previously granted to Nexamp, Inc.'s Samoset Solar Facility in Rockport. The decision, dated May 6, 2025, follows a request from Nexamp to rescind the original certification order issued on October 17, 2023. The 2.125 MW solar facility had been classified as a Class I and Class IA renewable resource, making it eligible to satisfy Maine's renewable portfolio  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 7 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has revoked the Class I and Class IA renewable resource certifications previously granted to Nexamp, Inc.'s 4.95 MW solar facility located in Hollis, Maine. The decision, outlined in an order dated May 6, 2025, comes at the request of Nexamp itself. The PUC had initially granted the certifications for the MEVS Hanson Facility on November 8, 2023, making it eligible to satisfy Maine's Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS). However  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 7 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has issued an order revoking the renewable energy certifications previously granted to Nexamp, Inc.'s Surry Solar 1 Facility, a 4.99 MW solar project located in Surry, Maine. The decision, dated May 6, 2025, follows a petition filed by Nexamp on March 12, 2025, requesting the rescission of the original certification order issued on November 8, 2023. The 2023 order had classified the Surry Solar 1 Facility as a Class I and Clas  more

SYRACUSE, New York, May 7 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * Major League Soccer's Meteoric Rise: From Underdog to Global Contender Rick Burton With the 30th anniversary of Major League Soccer (MLS) fast approaching, it's obvious MLS has come a long way from its modest beginning in 1996. Once considered an underdog in the American sports landscape, the league has grown into a global player. MLS now draws international stars, record-breaking crowds and major media deals.  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 7 -- Following a petition from Nexamp, Inc., the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has revoked the renewable resource certifications for the company's 3.25 MW Livermore Falls CSG, LLC solar facility. The order, issued on May 6, 2025, reverses a previous certification granted on July 26, 2022. The earlier order had designated the solar facility, located in Livermore Falls, Maine, as a Class I and Class IA renewable resource, qualifying it under Maine's Renewable Portfol  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * Office for Civil Rights Initiates Title VI Investigations into Institutions of Higher Education WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) opened investigations into 45 universities under Title VI following OCR's February 14 Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) that reiterated schools' civil rights obligations to end the use of racial preferences and stereotypes in e  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 7 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has granted Nexamp, Inc.'s request to revoke the renewable resource certifications for its 4.29 MW Oxford Solar 1, LLC facility. The order, issued on May 6, 2025, reverses a previous certification granted on January 27, 2023. The earlier certification had designated the solar facility, located in Oxford, Maine, as a Class I and Class IA renewable resource, making it eligible under the state's Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS)  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 7 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has granted Nexamp, Inc.'s request to revoke the renewable resource certifications for its 4.99 MW Searsport Solar 1 Facility. The order, issued on May 6, 2025, reverses a prior certification granted on August 9, 2023. The earlier certification had designated the solar facility, located in Searsport, Maine, as a Class I and Class IA renewable resource, making it eligible under Maine's Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS). In a   more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, May 8 -- The University of New England issued the following news: * * * UNE Summer Sustainability Fellowship returns for 2025, expanding opportunities for student learning and local impact Sixteen fellows will engage in full-time, paid work addressing Maine's sustainability challenges this summer Building on the success of its inaugural year, the University of New England has announced its latest cohort of Summer Sustainability Fellows who, in the coming months, will comple  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 8 -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Enhanced CAR T cell therapy offers new strategy for lymphoma Next-generation CAR T cell therapy works where other CAR T cell therapies have failed A next-generation "armored" CAR T cell therapy showed promising results in a small study of patients whose B-cell lymphomas continued to resist multiple rounds of other cancer treatments, including commercially  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 7 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has granted Nexamp, Inc.'s petition to revoke the renewable resource certifications for its 2.50 MW West Paris CSG, LLC solar facility. The decision, formalized in an order dated May 6, 2025, reverses a previous certification issued on March 30, 2023. The earlier order had designated the solar facility, situated in West Paris, Maine, as a Class I and Class IA renewable resource, thereby qualifying it under Maine's Renewable Po  more