BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 13 -- Community Catalyst issued the following news release: * * * Slashing Health Care to Feed Corporate Greed: The Real Cost of the GOP's Health Care Cuts BOSTON, MA -- House Republican leadership has unveiled a proposal to pay for tax breaks that only benefit the wealthy and big corporations by gutting Medicaid and other critical health programs--terminating care for millions, including older adults in long-term care, caregivers, people with disabilities, veteran  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 12 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Coverup of 2023 Quad Cities Accident Confirms Independent Nuclear Power Oversight Needed WASHINGTON--Newly released results of an investigation conducted by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) at the Quad Cities nuclear plant in Illinois reveal a shocking coverup by plant personnel. The investigation confirmed that a "willful failure" by a reactor ope  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 13 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release on May 13, 2025: * * * Healey Releases Energy Affordability Bill New reforms welcome, but more action needed to cut costs for families Governor Maura Healey released her administration's energy affordability bill - the Energy Affordability, Independence, and Innovation Act. The legislation follows a winter where a combination of frigid temperatures and faulty natural gas infrastructure sent ut  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 13 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * House Energy & Commerce, Ways & Means Proposals Threaten to Crush the Booming Clean Energy Economy The bills include provisions that would wipe out policies that are driving investments in clean vehicles, clean electricity, grid infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, and numerous programs intended to help people, communities, and businesses transition to a cl  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Response to Governor Healey's Energy Affordability Bill BOSTON \- Massachusetts will likely see utility rates change under proposed legislation introduced today with the support of Governor Maura Healey. Though advocates on the ground support key parts of what is included in the bill, concerns remain about the extent of the reforms and what it stops short of achieving. In respo  more

FALMOUTH, Massachusetts, May 14 (TNSres) -- Woodwell Climate Research Center, formerly the Woods Hole Research Center, issued the following update: * * * Woodwell Climate Research Center releases country-wide climate risk assessment for Ethiopia The 100-year flood event currently impacts more than 840,000 structures and causes greater than $1.47 billion (2025 USD) in building damages across Ethiopia, according to a country-wide climate change risk assessment from the Woodwell Climate Research  more