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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Friday April 11, 2025 ( 5 items )  

350.org Response to Norway's New Climate Target: A Masked Commitment to Fossil Fuel Expansion
BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 10 [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 Response to Norway's New Climate Target: A Masked Commitment to Fossil Fuel Expansion Norway today unveiled its Climate White Paper alongside a draft of new, yet deeply insufficient, climate targets. The White Paper outlines key proposals for Norway's Nationally Determined Contributi  more

Budget Resolution 'Rubber Stamps the Trump-Musk Administration's Inequality Agenda' - Oxfam
BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 11 -- Oxfam America issued the following news release on April 10, 2025: * * * Budget resolution 'rubber stamps the Trump-Musk administration's inequality agenda' - Oxfam In response to today's vote in the House adopting a budget resolution for Congress, Rebecca Riddell, Oxfam America's Senior Policy Lead for Economic and Racial Justice said: "By using deep cuts to Medicaid and SNAP to pay for tax handouts for the ultra-rich, this budget resolution rubber stamps   more

Sink or Swim: Fate of Sinking Tectonic Plates Depends on Their Ancient Tectonic Histories
WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, April 10 -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: * * * Sink or Swim: the fate of sinking tectonic plates depends on their ancient tectonic histories Newly published research has revealed that compositional rock anomalies within oceanic plates caused by ancient tectonics influence the trajectory and speed of the plates as they plunge deep into Earth's mantle. Between depths of 410 and 660 kilometers lies the mantle transition zone   more

Trump Makes Unconstitutional Power Grab at States' Rights in Executive Order
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: * * * Trump Makes Unconstitutional Power Grab at States' Rights in Executive Order Washington, D.C. -- Trump has signed an Executive Order that seeks to block states from enacting climate change policies. The order directs the U.S. Attorney General to identity state laws that are designed to curb e  more

UK wildfires a warning for government to course correct
BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 10 [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: * * * UK wildfires a warning for government to course correct London, UK. As wildfires tear through parts of Scotland and Wales, UK climate justice group 350.org warns the UK government not to fuel the climate crisis with bad policy decisions. Over the past week, Scotland has faced multiple wild  more