CRANSTON, Rhode Island, April 23 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The Cranston Public School District was chosen to receive a grant of $120,000 from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help replace six older school buses, replacing older equipment with newer buses or engines that emit less diesel exhaust. The Cranston Public School bus fleet in Rhode Island, along one community each in Connecticut and Maine, were among the 157 fleets chosen   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 23 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing targeted modifications to the 2016 Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) general permit for Massachusetts communities. The proposed modifications would provide municipalities with more tools and flexibilities for permit implementation while also ensuring that water quality is protected and the goals of the Clean Water A  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 23 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing targeted modifications to the 2017 Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) general permit for New Hampshire communities. The proposed modifications would provide municipalities with more tools and flexibilities for permit implementation while also ensuring that water quality is protected and the goals of the Clean Water A  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 23 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is awarding seven local New England organizations with recognition for their work keeping wasted food out of landfills and incinerators and putting it to better use. EPA gave national recognition to Keene State College, in Keene, N.H.; the Katharine Lee Bates Elementary School, in Wellesley, Mass.; and Signature Bread, in Chelsea, Mass. Further  more

GLASTONBURY, Connecticut, April 23 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The Glastonbury Board of Education was chosen to receive a grant of $40,000 from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help replace two older school buses, replacing older equipment with newer buses or engines that emit less diesel exhaust. The Glastonbury Public School bus fleet in Connecticut, along one community each in Maine and Rhode Island, were among the 157 fleets chos  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, April 27 -- The New England Journal of Medicine, a peer-reviewed medical journal from the the Massachusetts Medical Society that says it delivers research and interactive clinical content to physicians, educators and the global medical community, published research articles on the following topics in its April 23, 2020 edition: * Hospitalizations and Deaths Associated with EVALI * Apixaban for the Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism Associated with Cancer * Management   more