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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for 2024-12-14 ( 7 items )  
350.Org: Canada's Climate Target is Inconsistent With Preventing Climate Chaos (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- 350.org, an organization that works to end the age of fossil fuels and build a community-led renewable energy, issued the following news release: The Canadian federal government announced its 2035 climate target: a reduction of 45-50% greenhouse gas emissions below 2005 levels. According to Climate Action Network Canada's analysis (https://zenodo.org/records/11062130), Canada's fair share of the global effort to limit temperature rise to 1.5 C would re more PR

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $735 Million for Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles, Including Over $82 Million for Massachusetts (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: BOSTON, MA. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced 70 grant recipients for its Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program to receive funding for over 2,400 zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles. The awards will go to fund projects in 27 states, three Tribal Nations, and one territory. This includes a total of $82M for Massachusetts, including electric school bus funding amounting to $50M for Bo more PR

CAIR-MA Supports ACLU's Call for Worcester to Restore Gaza Ceasefire Resolution (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2024: The Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MA), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today expressed support for the ACLU of Massachusetts in calling on the City of Worcester to restore the Worcester Multifaith Coalition's Gaza Ceasefire Resolution to the City Council agenda. As noted in the ACLU's letter to Worces more PR

CLF Opposes Vermont Effort to Dismiss Climate Change Lawsuit (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 14 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Vermonters deserve honest accounting of climate-damaging emissions * * * (Montpelier, VT) - Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) has opposed the State of Vermont's motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by CLF to hold the Secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) accountable after she failed to ensure the state is on track to reduce climate-damaging emissions. CLF filed a response to t more PR

EBC Renewal Roundup: Welcome Back Members! (10)
BROOKLINE, Massachusetts, Dec. 14 -- The Environmental Business Council of New England issued the following news: EBC is excited to welcome back our renewing member companies and organizations for another exciting year in 2025! The commitment of the member community supports EBC's mission to foster the development of the environmental and energy industries in New England. Thank you to the following renewing members: * Anchor QEA * CDM Smith * Denterlein * EA Engineering, Science, and Tech more PR

Frontline & AP Documentary 2000 Meters to Andriivka to Make World Premiere at 2025 Sundance Film Festival (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 13 -- GBH, a multiplatform creator for public media, posted the following news release: * * * Directed by Oscar(R)-winning Ukrainian filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov, the film will world premiere in Sundance's World Cinema Documentary Competition in January 2025 * * * 2000 METERS TO ANDRIIVKA, a new feature film on the war in Ukraine from FRONTLINE, the award-winning PBS documentary series housed at GBH in Boston, and The Associated Press, will make its world premiere a more PR

Union of Concerned Scientists: On Paris Agreement Anniversary, Science Group Calls on Biden Administration to Announce Bold 2035 Emissions Reduction Goal (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 13 -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following news release on Dec. 12, 2024: Today marks the 9th anniversary of the Paris Agreement's adoption, which set crucial science-informed goals to limit catastrophic climate change. Under the agreement adopted by nearly every country, nations are to submit updated emission reduction pledges, also known as nationally determined contributions (NDCs), next year. The Union of Concerned Scientists is calling on th more PR