FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, June 13 -- Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, issued the following news release: * * * Ameresco Celebrates the Completion Solar Canopy Project with the City of Pendleton, Oregon The solar canopy, part of a multiphase infrastructure improvement project, is expected to offset significant energy costs and generate 325,000 kWh of electricity annually * FRAMINGHAM, MA and PENDLETON, OR - June 11, 2025 - Ameresco, In  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 13 -- The Boston University College of Communication issued the following news: * * * YouTube Is the Latest Media Platform to Loosen Content Moderation. What Does That Mean for Users? BU communications researcher Michelle Amazeen on what we lose when we stop regulating information as closely By Alene Bouranova Earlier this week, the New York Times reported that YouTube has quietly rolled back some of its content moderation policies. The Times noted that the vide  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 12 -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Student Named 2025 Rappaport Public Policy Fellow During the summer fellowship, MPH student Grace Reynolds will use Medicaid data to investigate the effects of extreme heat on the use of emergency health services in Massachusetts. By Megan Jones A School of Public Health student has been named a 2025 Rappaport Public Policy Fellow by the Harvard Kennedy School's Rappaport Institute   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 11 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Decarbonizing steel is as tough as steel * The long-term aspirational goal of the Paris Agreement on climate change is to cap global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, and thereby reduce the frequency and severity of floods, droughts, wildfires, and other extreme weather events. Achieving that goal will require a massive reduction in global carbon dioxide (C  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 12 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Tiny organisms, huge implications for people * Back in 1676, a Dutch cloth merchant with a keen interest in microscopes, Antony van Leeuwenhoek, discovered microbes and began cataloging them. Two hundred years later, a German doctor in current-day Poland, Robert Koch, identified the anthrax bacterium, a crucial step toward modern germ theory. Those two signal advances, with others,  more

BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, June 13 (TNSrep) -- DNV, a provider of classification, technical assurance, software and independent expert advisory services, posted the following news: * * * Turning point for CCS is now, DNV report finds, with global capture and storage capacity expected to quadruple by 2030 - Up to the end of the decade, cumulative investments in CCS are expected to reach USD 80 billion (pound sterling60bn). - Recent turmoil and budgetary pressure in the global economy pose ri  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, June 12 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * An Interview with Bryce Corlett: Senior Coastal Engineer Bryce Corlett's 16 years of diverse experience in the coastal environment ranges from identifying sea level rise acceleration along the East Coast, to guiding local, state, and national organizations through  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, June 12 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * VHB Wins Triple Honors and Grand Award at Vermont ACEC Awards * The American Council of Engineering Companies of Vermont (ACEC/VT) recently honored VHB with three prestigious Excellence in Engineering Awards, with the Royalton New England Central Railroad (NECR)   more