BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 23 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts issued the following statement on April 22, 2024: * * * Carol Rose, Executive Director of the ACLU of Massachusetts, released the following in response to student demonstrations on Boston-area college campuses: "In a democracy, it's essential that universities remain a marketplace of ideas and expression - where viewpoints are explored and debate is encouraged. Indeed, the experience of our country's unive more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 23 (TNSres) -- The Museum of Science, Boston, issued the following news release: While kids across the country express sadness and uneasiness about climate change, they believe their generation will find solutions to address the problem and are inspired by the promise of innovation. These and other findings come from a new poll sponsored by the Museum of Science in Boston and conducted by the MassINC Polling Group that asked middle and high school students nationwid more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 23 -- Oxfam America issued the following statement on April 22, 2024: * * * Responding to the Colonna independent review into UNRWA neutrality, Scott Paul, Oxfam America's Associate Manager of Peace and Security said: "It is vital that the United States immediately and fully resume its funding to UNRWA. The United States has been UNRWA's largest donor and its swift suspension of funding led many other donors to follow suit. "While some funding has been resumed, C more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 23 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Massachusetts' Department of Energy Resources (DOER) was awarded $156 million in funding through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund's Solar For All program. The competition, created by President Biden's landmark Inflation Reduction Act, seeks to enable low-income and disadvantaged households across America to access the benef more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, April 23 -- The Society of Professional Journalists issued the following news: The Society of Professional Journalists recognizes the best collegiate journalism in Region 1 with 2023 Mark of Excellence Awards winners. SPJ's Region 1 comprises Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Central and Eastern Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont. First-place winners will compete at the national level among other MOE winners from the 12 SPJ regio more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 23 (TNSres) -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the list of grantees for the Solar for All (SFA) program today, a part of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The $7 billion grant competition--implemented by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)--is designed to drive investments in clean distributed solar ene more PR