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| Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for 2024-02-24 ( 6 items ) |
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350.org Expresses Concern Over Inclusion of National Oil Company President and Security Service in COP29 Organizing Committee (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 24 -- 350.org, an organization that works to end the age of fossil fuels and build a community-led renewable energy, issued the following statement on Feb. 23, 2024:
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350.org raises serious concerns about today's announcement by the COP29 Presidency on the participation of Rovshan Najaf, President of the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), in the COP29 organizing committee. Furthermore, the involvement of Ilgar Musayev, Head of the country' more PR
As U.S. Continues to Lose Black Farmers, USDA Must Implement New Equity Commission Recommendations With Speed, Science Group Says (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 23 -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following statement on Feb. 22, 2024:
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Statement by Dr. Ricardo Salvador, Union of Concerned Scientists
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Equity Commission today released its final recommendations to address disparities and advance equity within the USDA, its programs and services.
The recommendations follow last week's release of 2022 Census of Agriculture findings that agriculture remains a predominat more PR
Boston Foundation: Next Steps for Boston Dance Announces the Seven Artists Selected as 2024 Grantees (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 23 -- The Boston Foundation issued the following news release:
Next Steps for Boston Dance, a partnership between the Boston Foundation, the Aliad Fund and Movement Arts Creation Studio, is pleased to announce its slate of 2024 grantees. The seven grantees will receive multi-layered support from Next Steps, including $6,000 in 'implementation funds' for new work, along with 250 hours of flexible rehearsal space, five consulting meetings with expert advisors in chosen more PR
DOE, WHOI, and Partners Kick Off Groundbreaking Initiative to Improve Accurate Forecasting and Ensure Sustainability of U.S. Offshore Wind Farms (10)
WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, Feb. 17 -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release on Feb. 16, 2024:
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in partnership with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, launched an 18-month initiative to gather extensive weather, ocean, and wildlife data near the sites of five offshore wind farms and lease areas off the coast of the Northeast United States. This effort, more PR
Oxfam America: Conflict in North Kivu - Over 100,000 People Without Clean Water Live in Disastrous Conditions (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 24 -- Oxfam America issued the following news release:
More than 133,000 people who fled the fighting in North Kivu, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), are living in unimaginable conditions without one single toilet or water, posing serious consequences for their health and safety, warns Oxfam.
Oxfam staff report that people are forced to pay $0.40 to use the host communities' toilets or showers, a fee that many simply cannot afford havin more PR
Sierra Club: Coal Fails to Clear ISO-NE Forward Capacity Auction, Offshore Wind Wins Bids (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 24 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release:
This week, New England's regional grid operator, ISO-NE, filed the results of its eighteenth forward capacity auction with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) The filing outlines commitments by the region's various energy providers - clean energy sources and fossil fuel plants - to supply power for the June 2027 through May 2028 period.
Over 900 energy sources cleared the auction, securing million more PR
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