BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 15 [Category: Energy]-- 350.org, an organization that works to end the age of fossil fuels and build a community-led renewable energy, posted the following news release: * * * 350.org backs launch of UK bill to make super-rich and polluters pay for warm homes and flood defense London, 15 May. Today's launch of a bold new UK Bill strengthens the growing call to make the super-rich pay to tackle the climate crisis. The legislation aims to stop government handouts to f  more

FALMOUTH, Massachusetts, May 15 (TNSres) -- Woodwell Climate Research Center, formerly the Woods Hole Research Center, issued the following update: * * * Briefing drives home impacts of climate change on the insurance industry Insurance policy needs to change with the climate to better protect people With stronger storms, higher seas, and hotter days, climate change is disrupting the assumptions on which most of our modern systems were established. The insurance industry is feeling the acute  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 16 -- The Health and Fitness Association (formerly the International Health Racquet and Sportsclub Association) issued the following news release: * * * Industry Leaders Join HFA for the 2025 Fly-In and Advocacy Summit The event, which focused on pushing sponsorship of the PHIT Act, led to meetings with White House staff and 130 Congressional offices. WASHINGTON, DC- More than 125 fitness industry leaders participated in 130 meetings with policymakers, and one gro  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 16 (TNSrpt) -- The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review issued the following news release: * * * Institute for Clinical and Economic Review Publishes Final Evidence Report on Treatment for Retinitis Pigmentosa - Independent appraisal committee voted that current evidence is adequate to demonstrate a net health benefit of sonpiretigene isteparvovec compared to usual care -- BOSTON, May 15, 2025 - The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) today rele  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 16 -- Oxfam America issued the following news release: * * * Trump administration's reported decision to suspend G20 activities would be 'shortsighted desertion' of interests of people in US and internationally - Oxfam In response to reports that the White House National Security Council has ordered U.S. agencies to suspend all work on the G20, for which South Africa holds the presidency this year, Rebecca Riddell, Oxfam America's Senior Policy Lead for Economic and  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 15 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Union of Concerned Scientists Earns Highest Rankings for Transparency, Governance, Fiscal Responsibility from Multiple Charity Watchdogs CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (May 15, 2025)--The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has again received top ratings from major independent charity watchdog groups, including the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance, Candid (former  more