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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for 2024-04-18 ( 4 items )  
DELETE Act Endorsement Letter From 20+ Human Rights & Consumer Protection Organizations (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 18 -- Fight for the Future, an advocacy group for digital rights, issued the following letter with 19 organizations: To Members of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce, We, the undersigned organizations, call on you to defend hundreds of millions of Americans from the abusive business practices of data brokers by passing H.R.4311, the DELETE Act, or including it in a privacy package. The vast majority of people do not want se more PR

Marine Biological Laboratory: Will Climate Warming Trigger Carbon Release From Tundra? Massive Study Provides Long-Awaited Answers (10)
WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, April 18 (TNSres) -- The Marine Biological Laboratory issued the following news: The cold, treeless tundra landscape that encircles the Earth just below the Arctic ice caps - including much of Alaska and Canada - is known to contain huge stores of carbon in its frozen soils. But a big unknown in global change biology has been whether a warming climate will cause this carbon to be released as carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, creating a positive feedback loop into clim more PR

MBL Awards Whitman Center Fellowships to 29 Outstanding Investigators (10)
WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, April 18 (TNSres) -- The Marine Biological Laboratory issued the following news: A diverse group of 29 scientists from 27 universities and research institutes worldwide have been named 2024 Whitman Center Fellows by the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL). These fellowships enable exceptional scientists, including Early Career Fellows, to conduct independent research at the MBL and take advantage of its unique resources and highly collaborative scientific community. W more PR

NFPA Announces New Resources and Guidelines to Better Educate Consumers About Safe Electrical Vehicle Charging at Home (10)
QUINCY, Massachusetts, April 18 (TNSres) -- The National Fire Protection Association issued the following news release: As electric vehicles (EV) enter our roadways, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has introduced a series of free resources, guidelines, and information (https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/electrical/electric-vehicles) to help raise awareness about EV fires and safe EV charging practices at home. According to the International Energy Agency, global sales  more PR