CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 14 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * California Governor, Legislature Must Swiftly Reauthorize Cap-and-Trade Program as Proposed in Budget Revision SACRAMENTO, Calif. (May 14, 2025)--Governor Gavin Newsom released his revised 2025-26 state budget proposal today, highlighting the urgent need for the reauthorization of California's Cap-and-Trade Program. The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) was   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 15 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release on May 14, 2025: * * * EPA Weakens Drinking Water Protections Against 'Forever Chemicals' Rollback of protections puts public health at risk The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced it will weaken standards that protect our drinking water from toxic chemicals that threaten our health. The EPA said it will rescind and weaken drinking water standards for four PFAS chemicals that ha  more

BEVERLY, Massachusetts, May 14 -- Trustees of Reservations issued the following news release: * * * Fruitlands Opens for 2025 with New Shaker Exhibition, Refreshed Native American Exhibition HARVARD, Mass. - Fruitlands Museum in Harvard has reopened for the 2025 with a new exhibition focusing on the 250th anniversary of the arrival of the Shakers in America, drawing from one of the oldest and largest repositories of Shaker archival material which is maintained by The Trustees of Reservations.  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, May 15 -- The Marine Biological Laboratory, an affiliate of the University of Chicago, issued the following news: * * * MBL Celebrates Fourth Annual Research Day A highlight of the MBL spring calendar is Research Day, when resident scientists and staff gather to learn from each other and celebrate the hard work and accomplishments of the prior year. On May 8, MBL Director of Research Anne Sylvester announced the theme of the fourth annual Research Day: "Looking to   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 14 [Category: Environment] (TNSrpt) -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * New UCS Report Details Fossil Fuel Industry's Decades of Deceit, Implications for Climate Accountability Lawsuits CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (May 14, 2025)--Major fossil fuel companies such as BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Shell had highly accurate scientific knowledge of the dangers their products pose to the global climate and people for decades, and yet worke  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, May 14 -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: * * * Research almost two decades in the making: What can cicadas tell us about the Earth's metals? In the coming weeks, billions of cicadas will be emerging on Cape Cod and other parts of the country, eliciting responses ranging from "so what?" to total disgust. But to scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) these noisy insects offer an opportunity to research th  more