NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 9 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release on Sept. 8, 2023: Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and First Transit have settled a lawsuit regarding violations of anti-idling laws and the Clean Air Act. CLF sued the company after its buses were observed idling excessively in New Haven and Wethersfield, spreading dangerous air pollution into neighborhoods. "Idling vehicles spread toxic tailpipe pollution into many communities already overbu  more

WINDSOR, Connecticut, Sept. 7 -- LIMRA issued the following news release: CNBC anchor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera and Ron Insana will provide their expert analysis on the economy at the 2023 LIMRA Annual Conference. LIMRA will hold the event at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. on Oct. 22 - 24. In a panel moderated by Rob Arena, co-president and head of Individual Markets, Global Atlantic Financial Group, Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, CNBC contributor and the netwo  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 1 -- Consumer Reports issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2023: Consumer Reports sent a letter to Connecticut's Department of Energy & Environmental Protection to express strong support for the adoption of the Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) regulation, a set of rules first implemented in California aimed at reducing air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from passenger vehicles. This comes as the state begins the rulemaking process for implementation   more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Sept. 9 -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following news release on Sept. 8, 2023: Today, the global Education Above All (EAA) Foundation and UN Sustainable Development Goals Advocate announced a partnership aimed at providing quality primary education to every remaining out-of-school child (OOSC) in Rwanda. A framework agreement was signed between EAA   more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Sept. 7 -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2023: About 8,000 people are in urgent need of food support in remote areas of Central Papua in eastern Indonesia after large swathes of crops were destroyed by a combination of hailstorms, severe frost and drought linked to the global El Nino phenomenon, said Save the Children.  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Sept. 4 (TNSres) -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following news release: The total number of children in sub-Saharan Africa displaced within their home countries by climate-induced disasters nearly doubled last year, said Save the Children, as policymakers meet today in Nairobi to discuss solutions to the climate crisis. Based on analysis of data from  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Sept. 9 -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following news release: An uptick in violence in the Sahel region - Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali has led to the closure of nearly 7,800 primary schools, said Save the Children, with the number of closures rising 20% in the past year. As a result, as of June 2023, around 1.4 million children are missing out on ed  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Sept. 7 -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following statement on Sept. 6, 2023: * * * The United Nations' World Food Program has announced it will drop another two million people from food assistance in Afghanistan due to dwindling aid funds as the country faces its third consecutive year of a devastating drought that is putting food and water out of re  more