Saturday - April 19, 2025
Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Thursday April 10, 2025 ( 9 items )  

350.org Condemns Trump's Reckless Executive Orders on Coal: "A Dangerous Fantasy That Endangers Us All"
BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 9 [Category: Energy]-- 350.org, an organization that works to end the age of fossil fuels and build a community-led renewable energy, posted the following news release: * * * 350.org Condemns Trump's Reckless Executive Orders on Coal: "A Dangerous Fantasy That Endangers Us All" Despite coal's decline worldwide, the Trump Administration signed four executive orders on Tuesday, April 8th, aimed at preventing the US from phasing out coal. Anne Jellema, Executive Di  more

Fueling the Crisis: Trump Cuts Transition and Adaptation as Climate Risks Rise
BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 8 [Category: Energy]-- 350.org, an organization that works to end the age of fossil fuels and build a community-led renewable energy, posted the following news release: * * * Fueling the Crisis: Trump Cuts Transition and Adaptation as Climate Risks Rise 8 April, 2025 Washington, D.C. -- While tariffs are dominating the news and impacting people across the globe, including the U.S. renewable energy sector, The Trump Administration has also quietly revealed its pl  more

Marine Biological Laboratory: New Publications - March 2025
WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, April 10 -- The Marine Biological Laboratory, an affiliate of the University of Chicago, issued the following news: * * * New Publications: March 2025 Every month, research from MBL scientists and affiliates is published in academic journals across the globe. In March 2025, 10 new studies were published. MBL-affiliated authors are in bold. Kananen, K., Veseli, I., Quiles Perez, C., Miller, S., Eren, A., & Bradley, P. (2025). Adaptive adjustment of profile HMM signi  more

Marine Biological Laboratory: New Publications - March 2025
WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, April 10 -- The Marine Biological Laboratory, an affiliate of the University of Chicago, issued the following news: * * * New Publications: March 2025 Every month, research from MBL scientists and affiliates is published in academic journals across the globe. In March 2025, 10 new studies were published. MBL-affiliated authors are in bold. Kananen, K., Veseli, I., Quiles Perez, C., Miller, S., Eren, A., & Bradley, P. (2025). Adaptive adjustment of profile HMM signi  more

Public Interest Law Firm Calls on Yarmouth to Lift Ban on Massachusetts Lobsterman Selling Catch from His Home
ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 9 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Institute for Justice posted the following news release: * * * Public Interest Law Firm Calls on Yarmouth to Lift Ban on Massachusetts Lobsterman Selling Catch from His Home ARLINGTON, Va. --Today, the Institute for Justice (IJ) sent a letter to town officials in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, calling on them rescind its illegal ban that's forced local lobsterman and resident, Jon Tolley, to stop selling his freshly-caught lobster and fish f  more

SNMMI Urges Congressional Leaders to Oppose the Cuts to Facilities and Administration Costs for NIH
RESTON, Virginia, April 9 [Category: Medical] -- The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging issued the following news release: * * * SNMMI Urges Congressional Leaders to Oppose the Cuts to Facilities and Administration Costs for NIH Update to the Original Story On April 4, a federal judge in Massachusetts issued a final judgment and permanent injunction that blocks the Trump Administration's limits on NIH funding of universities' indirect research costs. Reportedly, the federal g  more

Trump Administration Sparks Fear USGCRP, Congressionally Mandated NCA in Peril
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 9 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Sparks Fear USGCRP, Congressionally Mandated NCA in Peril WASHINGTON--It is being reported that the Trump administration is canceling funding for the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), the 15 federal agency body established by Congress in 1990 to coordinate federal research on climate change and its impacts. Among several key s  more

Trump Executive Order Panders to Fossil Fuel Industry, Attacks States' Rights to Act on Climate
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 9 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Trump Executive Order Panders to Fossil Fuel Industry, Attacks States' Rights to Act on Climate CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (April 9, 2025)--Just weeks after meeting with CEOs of ExxonMobil, Chevron, and other oil and gas corporations at the White House, President Trump has signed a new executive order targeting states' rights, including laws and lawsuits related to env  more

Trump Targets State Climate Laws
BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 10 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Trump Targets State Climate Laws Executive order seeks to block enforcement of climate action in states, including Vermont's Climate Superfund President Donald Trump signed an executive order (https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-declares-war-on-state-climate-laws/) that directs the Attorney General to "stop the enforcement of State laws" on climate change. The executive order calls o  more