PARIS, France, April 7 -- The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases issued the following news release: The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) is deeply concerned about COVID-19's impact on the world's 1.3 billion smokers and the low- and middle-income countries whose health systems are plagued by tobacco-related disease. Smoking is one of the leading causes of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and tobacco usage is particularly dangerous r  more

HOLYOKE, Massachusetts, April 7 -- ISO New England issued the following news release: Average wholesale power prices in February 2020 were down 45% in the Real-Time Energy Market when compared to the previous year, falling to $20.32 per megawatt-hour (MWh)/*, the lowest February price since the launch of the current market structure in March 2003 and the third-lowest month overall in that time frame. Prices were down by 35.3% in the Day-Ahead Energy Market when compared to February 2019, averag  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, April 7 -- The New Hampshire Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * - Schools will be able to feed students without interruption * * * The New Hampshire Department of Education announced that it has secured a waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to allow schools to provide meals to students through April vacation. While some schools are working though the scheduled April break, others are giving students and faculty the week off.   more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, April 7 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following story: * * * - The Northeast U.S. Shelf is one of the most productive marine ecosystems in the world. According to new reports, climate change, coastal and ocean processes, and human uses affect ecosystem productivity but also fishing communities and regional economies. * * * Two newly issued reports provide a snapshot of the Northeast U.S. Shelf Ecosystem. They look at everything fro  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, April 7 -- The Maine Secretary of State issued the following news release: An amended decision on the citizens' initiative effort "To Reject the New England Clean Energy Connect Transmission Project" is complete and Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap has confirmed that the effort retains enough valid signatures to move forward. The new decision, issued April 1, finds 66,117 valid signatures, with a total of 16,332 not valid. The amendment disqualifies 2,052 signatures previously  more