HANOVER, New Hampshire, March 1 (TNSres) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news: * * * Dartmouth nominated the lawmaker for her support of federally funded research. * * * Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., has been named a "champion of science" by a nonpartisan group that supports federal funding of fundamental scientific research. The Science Coalition, a nonprofit organization of more than 50 of the nation's leading public and private research universities, said on Wednesday it was best more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, March 1 -- The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry issued the following news: Biologists from the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) are asking for the public's help finding locations of two severely invasive plants: Japanese Stiltgrass (Microstegium vinimeum) (https://www.maine.gov/dacf/mnap/features/invasive_plants/microstegium.html) and Perennial Pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium) (https://www.maine.gov/dacf/mnap/features/in more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, March 1 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Governor Janet Mills today announced $5.4 million in grant awards to 37 communities through the Maine Infrastructure Adaptation Fund to support projects that protect vulnerable infrastructure and improve resiliency to the effects of climate change, such as intense storms, inland and coastal flooding, and rising sea levels. Projects awarded from the Fund, which is administered by the Maine  more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Feb. 29 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following suspension order (No. 2024-00042) on Feb. 28, 2024: * * * CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY, Request for Approval of Terms and Conditions SUSPENSION ORDER NO. 1 On February 26, 2024, Central Maine Power Company (the Company) filed with this Commission, pursuant to 35-A M.R.S. Sec. 307, proposed revisions to its Terms and Conditions. The Company proposed that the revisions become effective on March 1, 2024./1 Bec more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, March 1 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news on Feb. 29, 2024: On Wednesday, members of Democratic Legislative Leadership released a comprehensive suite of legislation designed to reduce gun violence and bolster public health. The suite of legislation includes three measures from Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross of Portland, Sen. Peggy Rotundo of Lewiston and Sen. Anne Carney of Cape Elizabeth that seek to build a safer Maine in response to the recent mass shooting  more PR

ORONO, Maine, March 1 (TNSres) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: Over the last four decades, warming climate and ocean temperatures have rapidly altered the Greenland Ice Sheet, creating concern for marine ecosystems and weather patterns worldwide. The environment has challenged scientists in their attempts to measure how water moves around and melts the ice sheet because equipment can be destroyed by icebergs floating near the glaciers. Collected using a novel appr more PR

ORONO, Maine, March 1 (TNSres) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: On Feb. 8, Emmanuel Boss watched via livestream from Maine as 15 years of work culminated in a satellite launching into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Appearing as if enveloped in a ball of fire, the satellite jetted upward through the dark sky. It was 1:33 a.m. "The vehicle continues to perform phenomenally. All nine engines firing," the launch host said to the crowd gathered at Space Launch  more PR

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, March 1 -- Western Governors University-Utah issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Western Governors University (WGU) announced today the appointment of Dr. K.L. Allen as regional vice president of the northeast region. He will lead university operations across 12 states spanning the Eastern Seaboard from Maine to Virginia, including Washington D.C. In the role, he will guide the strategic direction of the online, nonprofit university and play an instrumen more PR