CHICAGO, Illinois, May 16 [Category: Business] -- The National Marine Manufacturers Association posted the following news release: * * * ABYC Recognizes Leading Schools Preparing the Next Generation of Marine Technicians The American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC) has announced that Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School in Massachusetts has earned accreditation through the Marine Trades Accreditation Program (MTAP), becoming the first high school in the nation to receiv  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 16 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * House Budget Committee Wrangles with Reconciliation Bill Disconnected from Reality Five Republican members of the House Budget Committee voted against the House Reconciliation bill today on the grounds that the budget cuts it imposed were not severe enough. The move means House leadership will need to cobble together a new version of a bill that already cut cr  more

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: * * * New Data Confirms That Americans Want Health Protections Against Climate Change New Haven, CT -- Newly released data from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication shows that a majority of U.S. voters want federal agencies to increase their efforts to protect people from the health harm  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 16 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * New Federal Transit Bill Could Secure Public Transportation's Recovery and Lead to a More Sustainable Future "People across the country deserve to be able to choose how they get around, whether they live in rural communities or major cities. But years of underinvestment, inflation, workforce shortages and the expiration of federal relief have left transit syst  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 17 (TNSrep) -- Oxfam America issued the following news release: * * * Oxfam Reaction to 2025 Global Report on Food Crises: Oxfam warns of "a world veering off course, starving by design" Today's "2025 Global Report on Food Crises" (https://www.fsinplatform.org/report/global-report-food-crises-2025/) (GRFC), led by the Food Security Information Network (FSIN), says that 295 million people around the world are now experiencing acute hunger - twice as many as in 2020 a  more