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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Monday November 11, 2024 ( 4 items )  

350.org Responds to Brazil's Initial Climate Target
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 9 -- 350.org, an organization that works to end the age of fossil fuels and build a community-led renewable energy, issued the following statement: * * * Andreas Sieber, 350.org Associate Director for Global Policy and Campaigns says: "Brazil's initial climate target for 2035 is minimally sufficient but falls short of true ambition. By proposing a wide range for potential emissions reductions, with even the upper threshold--50% compared to 2005 levels--barely at th  more

EBC Municipal Coastal Resiliency Program: Insights Featured in Climate Change Business Journal
BROOKLINE, Massachusetts, Nov. 9 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Business Council of New England issued the following news: Boston, MA - In July of 2024, EBC hosted a highly informative "Lunch & Learn" webinar titled Municipal Coastal Resiliency - Two Perspectives, One Goal. The webinar brought together representatives from Boston, MA, and Groton, CT, to discuss their approaches to coastal resiliency. Speakers Ksenia Acquaviva, Senior Climate and Coastal Resilience Infrastructure Planner, for th  more

In Midst of Uncertain National Abortion Landscape, AG Tong and the Reproductive Equity Now Foundation Launch New Connecticut Abortion Legal Hotline
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 9 -- Reproductive Equity Now, an organization that says it advances reproductive justice and eliminates barriers to safe and legal abortion care, issued the following news release: * * * New resource for patients and providers offers free and confidential legal advice about rights to obtain or provide abortion * * * HARTFORD (November 8, 2024) - After Donald Trump's victory in Tuesday's 2024 Presidential Election, posing uncertainty for the national abortion acces  more

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: Deep Ocean Clues to a Million-Year-Old Ice Age Puzzle Revealed in New Study
WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, Nov. 9 (TNSres) -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: A recently published study in Science challenges theories regarding the origins of a significant transition through the Earth's ice ages. Led by an international team of researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Cardiff University, this research provides fresh insights into  more