MARTHA'S VINEYARD, Massachusetts, June 28 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: After learning that The Steamship Authority is under pressure from lobster fishers and other fishing interests to change its ad policy to allow only government-sponsored advertisements following its posting of a pro-vegan ad placed by PETA on the Woods Hole ferry, the group dispatched a letter to the agency's Board of Governors today urging it to reject su more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 28 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts issued the following statement on June 27, 2024: * * * The Supreme Court issued a ruling today in Moyle v. United States, dismissing the case from the Supreme Court docket without a ruling on the merits, and sending it back down to continue in the lower courts. While the opinion temporarily restores the ability of doctors in Idaho to provide emergency abortions required under the Emergency Medical Treatment a more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 28 -- OASIS Open, an international open source and standards consortium, issued the following news release: OASIS Open, the international open source and standards consortium, announced the approval of Universal Business Language (UBL) V2.4 as an OASIS Standard, a status that signifies the highest level of ratification. Developed by the UBL Technical Committee (TC), UBL V2.4 is the leading interchange format for business documents, revolutionizing global business tra more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 26 (TNSres) -- Oxfam America issued the following statement on June 25, 2024: * * * Published today, economist Gabriel Zucman's report -due to be formally presented at the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' Meeting in July- sets out a proposal for a global standard on taxing the ultra-rich. In response, Oxfam International's interim Executive Director Amitabh Behar said: "This is a sensible and serious proposal that is in every government's strategic more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 28 -- Reproductive Equity Now, an organization that says it advances reproductive justice and eliminates barriers to safe and legal abortion care, issued the following statement on June 27, 2024: * * * Supreme Court allows for proceedings on the case to continue in lower courts In the meantime, emergency abortion care can commence in Idaho, though Texas ban remains * * * The United States Supreme Court today issued a decision in the consolidated cases of Moyle &  more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 28 -- Fight for the Future, an advocacy group for digital rights, issued the following statement on June 27, 2024: * * * Ahead of the Internet Archive's oral arguments in its appeal of Hachette v. Internet Archive this Friday June 27, the authors of Flaming Hydra and the activists at Fight for the Future are taking direct action in Manhattan and at the American Library Association Conference in San Diego today and tomorrow. The following statement can be attributed more PR

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The National Wildlife Federation issued the following news release: Zahra Saifee, policy and advocacy coordinator for the Environmental League of Massachusetts (ELM), has received the National Wildlife Federation's annual Young Leader Award in recognition of her critical advocacy work over the first two years of her career. Saifee has played a particularly integral role with the New England for Offshore Wind (NE4OSW) coalition, helping coordinate between 100 partner orga more PR