BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 18 -- Ceres, a non-profit organization that is mobilizing many of the world's largest companies and investors to take stronger action on climate change, water scarcity and other global sustainability challenges, issued the following news release: Influential companies from across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic are praising governors for advancing plans to modernize the region's transportation system while reducing pollution from cars and trucks. Twelve states (Conne  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Dec. 19 -- NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association issued the following statement by CEO Shirley Bloomfield regarding the letter led by Reps. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, and Tim Walberg, R-Michigan, with broad bipartisan support from many of their House colleagues to the Federal Communications Commission regarding the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund proceeding: "As the FCC moves forward in the RDOF proceeding, NTCA applauds Reps. Welch and Walberg and their many House colleagues fo  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Public Interest Research Group issued the following statement: Twelve states plus Washington, D.C. released new details about a program to reduce global warming emissions from transportation. The Transportation and Climate Initiative will create an enforceable and mandatory limit on transportation pollution, and will generate funding that could be invested in cleaner alternatives. Participating states are Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massa  more

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vermont, Dec. 17 -- The Population Media Center issued the following news release: In 2018, 32.7 million girls and women in Mexico were mothers. Six out of every ten of them were around 14 years old when they had their first child. When Population Media Center (PMC), an NGO creating entertainment driven by social impact, researched the issue, they saw multiple factors at play. High abortion rates indicated an increased likelihood of unintended pregnancies among Mexico's younge  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 17 -- The Natural Resources Defense Council issued the following news release: Twelve eastern states and the District of Columbia announced a major advance in creating a regional clean transportation policy that will improve public transportation, reduce pollution and improve the quality of life of tens of millions of Americans. The states of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Virgin  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Dec. 18 -- Vermont Conservation Voters issued the following news: * * * - Transportation & Climate Initiative Proposed Framework Would Result in Meaningful, Though Partial, Progress in Tackling Transportation-Related Climate Pollution * * * Vermont joined other New England and mid-Atlantic states, along with Washington, DC, in issuing a draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the Transportation & Climate Initiative (TCI). Modeled on the successful Regional Greenhous  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Dec. 20 -- Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a campaign of Everytown for Gun Safety, issued the following news: The Vermont chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Students Demand Action, both a part of Everytown for Gun Safety, applauded Senate leadership for making gun violence prevention a top priority for the 2020 legislation session. In a press conference, Speaker of the House Mitzi Johnson and Senate President Pro Tempore Tim Ashe stated   more