CONCORD, New Hampshire, Feb. 14 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following statement by Vice President and Director Tom Irwin after Casella Waste withdrew its application for a state permit to expand a landfill in Bethlehem: "The last thing New Hampshire needs is another landfill." "The Department of Environmental Services came to the right conclusion: Casella's proposed expansion would violate important state policy and is not in the public interest. Instead of expanding a pollu  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund issued the following statement by President and CEO Mayor Annise Parker: * * * - Broad Coalition Shows America Is Ready for a Gay President * * * Tonight Pete Buttigieg claimed a second-place finish in the New Hampshire primary - further accelerating his momentum and solidifying his status as a frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination. The strong showing was an unprecedented moment in the 2020 presidential race, with vote  more

BOULDER, Colorado, Feb. 10 -- Geosphere, a journal on geosciences from the Geological Society of America, published research articles, including the following topics, in its February 2020 edition: * Controls on the structural and stratigraphic evolution of the megaflap-bearing Sinbad Valley salt wall, NE Paradox Basin, SW Colorado * Gas hydrate occurrences along the Haida Gwaii margin--Constraints on the geothermal regime and implications for fluid flow * Geochronology of the Oliverian Pluton  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Protect Our Care issued the following statement on Feb. 10: President Trump's rally in Manchester, New Hampshire comes after years of his relentless war on health care and his own polling that shows his health care record is deeply unpopular. Ahead of Trump's rally, Protect Our Care Chairman Leslie Dach released the following statement: "Granite Staters won't hear the truth about President Trump's disastrous and unpopular health care record at his rally tonight. "Presid  more

HAMDEN, Connecticut, Feb. 11 -- The Quinnipiac University Polling Institute issued the following news release on Feb. 10: * * * - Bloomberg Rises in Primary, Runs Strong Against Trump * * * In the wake of the Iowa caucuses and heading into the New Hampshire primary, there is a dramatic shift in the Democratic primary race for president as Senator Bernie Sanders claims frontrunner status for the first time, overtaking former Vice President Joe Biden, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The National Association of County and City Health Officials issued the following news release: * * * - Funding awarded in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Caroli  more