WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: BOSTON (Oct. 31, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has been selected to receive $250,000 in grants to provide technical assistance to businesses to develop and adopt pollution prevention (P2) practices in local communities. * The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has been selecte  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Nov. 1 (TNSres) -- Clark University issued the following news: * * * Ribbon cut on $750K grant-funded life sciences facility * * * Clark's Gustaf H. Carlson School of Chemistry and Biochemistry celebrated the launch on Oct. 30 of a new research laboratory filled with equipment that will greatly expand the capacity of students to prepare for jobs in Massachusetts' ever-growing, multi-billion-dollar biotechnology industry. Professor Donald Spratt was awarded a $750,0  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: BOSTON (OCT 31, 2024) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the issuance of a draft permit for stormwater discharges to the Mystic, Charles, and Neponset River watersheds. The draft permit, issued under the Clean Water Act's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program, addresses stormwater runoff from properties in the watersheds that are contributing to wat  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: BOSTON (October 30, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that the University of Connecticut's (UConn) Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center (TCTAC) is open and accepting requests from communities and organizations across New England for technical assistance to help address local environmental justice challenges. UConn will partner with the University of South  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: BOSTON (October 30, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that the University of Connecticut's (UConn) Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center (TCTAC) is open and accepting requests from communities and organizations across New England for technical assistance to help address local environmental justice challenges. In Massachusetts, UConn will partner with the U  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: BOSTON (October 30, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that the University of Connecticut's (UConn) Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center (TCTAC) is open and accepting requests from communities and organizations across New England for technical assistance to help address local environmental justice challenges. In Rhode Island, UConn will partner with Ground  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: BOSTON (October 30, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that the University of Connecticut's (UConn) Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center (TCTAC) is open and accepting requests from communities and organizations across New England for technical assistance to help address local environmental justice challenges. UConn will partner with the New England Rural H  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: BOSTON (October 30, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that the University of Connecticut's (UConn) Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center (TCTAC) is open and accepting requests from communities and organizations across New England for technical assistance to help address local environmental justice challenges. EPA selected UConn to establish one of 18 TCTAC  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: BOSTON (Oct. 31, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services has been selected to receive $265,000 in grants to provide technical assistance to businesses to develop and adopt pollution prevention (P2) practices in local communities. * The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services has been selected to receive $265,000.  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: BOSTON (Oct. 31, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management has been selected to receive $306,441 in grants to provide technical assistance to businesses to develop and adopt pollution prevention (P2) practices in local communities. * The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management has been selected to receive $306,44  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: BOSTON (Oct. 31, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the University of Southern Maine has been selected to receive $350,000 in grants to provide technical assistance to businesses to develop and adopt pollution prevention (P2) practices in local communities. * The New England Environmental Finance Center (NEEFC) has been selected to receive $350,000 to provide technical ass  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-549) on Oct. 31, 2024: * * * Re: Network Change Certification Received Verizon New England Inc. (Verizon), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required by section 51.329(a)(2) of the rules of the Federal Communicati  more

MIAMI, Florida, Nov. 1 (TNSres) -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release on Oct. 31, 2024: UNCASVILLE, Conn. - Oct. 31, 2024 - Greenberg Traurig, LLP Tax Practice Shareholders G. Michelle Ferreira and Barbara T. Kaplan will speak at the 2024 New England IRS Representation Conference Nov. 8. Ferreira will moderate the "Enforcement Trends: What's Hot and What's Not" panel, discussing the ever-changing landscape of tax enforcement and how it relates to collection, crimi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: East Hartford, CT Members of the Connecticut Congressional delegation and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has been selected to receive $250,000 in grants to provide technical assistance to businesses to develop and adopt pollution prevention (P2) practices in local communities. The Connecticut Department of Ene  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 1 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on Oct. 30, 2024: * * * National Science Foundation grant expected to help New England researchers translate discoveries to commercial technology. * * * By Becky Ham, Office of the Provost The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected MIT to lead a new Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Hub to support a partnership of eight New England universities committed to expanding scien  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Richard E. Neal joined Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) West-East Rail Director Andy Koziol to highlight the substantial federal and state investments made in Compass Rail, including West-East Rail, following the latest $36.8 million CRISI grant awarded by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). This announcement comes one year after Congressman Neal joined  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 1 -- The Nieman Foundation issued the following news: * * * Jailed on false charges in the former Soviet Union, his case attracted widespread attention and led to a high-profile prisoner exchange * * * Journalist Nicholas Daniloff, a 1974 Nieman Fellow who worked as a foreign correspondent and reported from Moscow for both United Press International and U.S. News & World Report, died on Oct. 17, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. He was 89. Daniloff was unwittingly cau  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release: Media Advisory Adolescents see a greater remission of type 2 diabetes compared to adults. Young people with severe obesity who underwent weight-loss surgery at age 19 or younger continued to see sustained weight loss and resolution of common obesity-related comorbidities 10 years later, according to results from a large clinical study funded by the National  more

ORONO, Maine, Nov. 1 -- The University of Maine System issued the following news release: * * * A formal count of students confirmed that the affordability of Maine's public universities, relevant new academic programs and direct admissions offers that are 'impossible to pass up' driving undergraduate, transfer, graduate and law enrollment increases * * * The University of Maine System (UMS) remains the state's leading driver of degree attainment and economic mobility, with official data rel  more