BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 15 (TNSres) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: The ACLU of Massachusetts today called on Somerville City Council to vote to withdraw authorization for unreliable gunshot detection technology in the city. In a letter sent to the City Council today, the ACLU warns that such technology is ineffective and threatens basic civil rights. "Public safety shouldn't rely on unproven, faulty technologies more PR

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The Association for Women in Science issued the following news release: The Association for Women in Science (AWIS) has designated ten 'Shooting Star' Chapters for their outstanding initiatives throughout 2023 which align with AWIS' mission of advancing women in science. These chapters include Chicago, Houston, Massachusetts (Boston), New York Women in Natural Sciences, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Philadelphia, Sacramento Valley, Seattle, and Washington DC. The winning  more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 14 -- 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 on March 13, 2024: Ceres and major companies doing business in Pennsylvania welcome two newly proposed policies from the administration of Gov. Josh Shapiro that would grow the share of clean electricity in the state's power more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 15 (TNScapv) -- Fight for the Future, an advocacy group for digital rights, issued the following news release: From the RESTRICT Act to this most recent legislative attempt (Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act) to ban TikTok, Fight for the Future has continued to call it like it is: the rhetoric fueling a TikTok ban is a xenophobic, moral panic about the content on TikTok, disregarding the 150 million users in the US that use the  more PR

NEW YORK, March 14 -- JDRF, a non-profit dedicated to funding type 1 diabetes research, issued the following news release: In celebration of Women's History Month, JDRF, the leading global type 1 diabetes (T1D) research and advocacy organization, proudly announces the appointment of Lisa Fishbone Wallack as the new chair of the nonprofit's International Board of Directors. Lisa, of Weston, Massachusetts, is an attorney by training and has volunteered with JDRF since childhood. Her brother was d more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 15 -- Massachusetts Association of Health Plans issued the following statement on March 13, 2024, by President and CEO Lora Pellegrini: * * * Today's report serves as a reminder of the long-standing drivers of health care costs in our state and provides insight into the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health care spending. Persistent increases in the prices that doctors, hospitals, and other providers charge, amplified by the impact of inflation and cou more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 15 -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following statement on March 14, 2024: * * * Statement by Darya Minovi, Senior Analyst, Union of Concerned Scientists Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its final rule to limit emissions of the invisible and carcinogenic gas ethylene oxide (EtO) from facilities that sterilize medical equipment and some dried food products. Nearly 14 million people live within five miles of an EtO-emitt more PR

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, March 15 (TNSres) -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: * * * New study confirms that larvae on degraded reefs can respond to healthy reef sounds * * * A healthy coral reef is noisy, full of the croaks, purrs, and grunts of various fishes and the crackling of snapping shrimp. Research suggests that larval animals use this symphony of sounds to help them determine where they should live and grow. Researchers at the Woods Hole Oc more PR