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Reports from Public Policy Newsletter for 2025-05-22 ( 13 items )  
"Treat Online Abuse Like Spam": New Report Urges Social Media Platforms to Fight Online Abuse With Tools Users Can Control (10)
YONKERS, New York, May 22 (TNSrpt) -- Consumer Reports posted the following news release: * * * "Treat Online Abuse Like Spam": New Report Urges Social Media Platforms to Fight Online Abuse with Tools Users Can Control Washington, DC --A groundbreaking new report released by PEN America and Consumer Reports, titled Treating Online Abuse Like Spam: How Platforms Can Reduce Exposure to Abuse While Protecting Free Expression, calls on social media platforms to fundamentally rethink how they addr more PR

2025 Long Island Sound Beach Report Released by Save the Sound (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 22 (TNSrep) -- Save the Sound issued the following news release: * * * 2025 Long Island Sound Beach Report released by Save the Sound Just as beachgoers turn their thoughts to swimming over Memorial Day Weekend and summer days ahead, the regional nonprofit organization Save the Sound has released results of its 2025 Long Island Sound Beach Report (https://www.savethesound.org/beach-report). The report grades over 200 beaches along the Long Island Sound shoreline in more PR

ASPPH Economic Impact Report Warns of Setbacks to Public Health Progress Amid Federal Budget Cuts (10)
WASHINGTON, May 21 (TNSrpt) -- Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health issued the following news release: * * * New ASPPH Economic Impact Report Warns of Setbacks to Public Health Progress Amid Federal Budget Cuts The Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) released a new report today, Broken Lifelines: The Economic Consequences of Defunding Academic Public Health, detailing the far-reaching impacts of 2025 federal funding cuts on public health infrastructure more PR

Economic Impact of Proposed Clean Energy Tax Credit Restrictions (10)
ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 22 (TNSrpt) -- The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions issued the following news release: * * * Economic Impact of Proposed Clean Energy Tax Credit Restrictions FEOC Restriction -> $237 Billion in Lost GDP & Over 1.4 Million Jobs at Stake WASHINGTON--Proposed restrictions on technology-neutral clean electricity tax credits currently under consideration in Congress would create unnecessary barriers to deployment, undermine economic growth, and drive up costs for A more PR

Explosive Violence Hits Civilians in Over a Third of the World's Nations (10)
SILVER SPRING, Maryland (TNSrpt), May 22 -- Humanity and Inclusion issued the following news release: * * * Explosive Violence Hits Civilians in Over a Third of the World's Nations The Explosive Weapons Monitor publishes its annual report on May 21. It explains that bombing and shelling are affecting civilians in 74 countries--more than a third of the nations worldwide. Civilian casualties and the destruction of civilian infrastructure are increasing as armed conflicts and geopolitical tensio more PR

How to Save California's Oil and Gas Industry (10)
TUSTIN, California, May 22 (TNSrpt) -- The California Policy Center, an organization that says it focuses on education reform, workplace freedom, government transparency and governance, issued the following commentary on May 21, 2025: * * * How to Save California's Oil and Gas Industry By Edward Ring, Director, Water and Energy Policy For anyone unconcerned about the state's ongoing war against the oil and gas industry, or the impact it is going to have on California's economic health and ov more PR

NASFAA Survey Highlights Impact of Layoffs, Potential Closure of Department of Education (10)
WASHINGTON, May 21 (TNSrpt) -- The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators issued the following news release: * * * NASFAA Survey Highlights Impact of Layoffs, Potential Closure of Department of Education Financial aid offices at colleges and universities across the country are reporting operational delays, breakdowns in federal support systems, and an erosion of communication channels with the U.S. Department of Education (ED) following massive layoffs in March and amid  more PR

New ERIC White Paper Challenges Cost-Shifting Assumptions, Highlights Provider Consolidation and Market Power as Key Driver of Hospital Prices (10)
WASHINGTON, May 21 (TNSrpt) -- The ERISA Industry Committee issued the following news release on May 20, 2025: * * * New ERIC White Paper Challenges Cost-Shifting Assumptions, Highlights Provider Consolidation and Market Power as Key Driver of Hospital Prices Washington, D.C., May 20, 2025 - The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) today released a new white paper, "Beyond Cost Shifting: Market Power as the Key Driver of Hospital Prices" examining the validity of the cost shifting theory and evalu more PR

Proposed Carbon Tariff Could Boost US Manufacturing and Emissions (10)
WASHINGTON, May 22 (TNSrpt) -- Resources for the Future issued the following news release: * * * Proposed Carbon Tariff Could Boost US Manufacturing and Emissions New modeling shows that the Foreign Pollution Fee Act of 2025 would increase domestic manufacturing of covered goods, shift imports toward countries with cleaner manufacturing processes, and raise government revenue. In early April, Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) introduced the Foreign Pollution Fee Act of 2 more PR

Report: Americans Support Military Right to Repair by Nearly a 7-to-1 Margin (10)
WASHINGTON, May 21 (TNSrpt) -- The U.S. Public Interest Research Group issued the following news release: * * * Report: Americans support military Right to Repair by nearly a 7-to-1 margin WASHINGTON -- A new report, Military Right to Repair, which outlines the impacts of repair restrictions on the U.S. armed forces was released by U.S. PIRG on Tuesday. The report also features the results of a new poll asking Americans whether Congress should pass a law to ensure the military can fix its equ more PR

Six Years Without Trial: Germany Must Act on Its ISIS-Affiliated Male Detainees in Syria (10)
NEW YORK, May 22 (TNSrpt) -- The Counter Extremism Project issued the following news release: * * * Six Years Without Trial: Germany Must Act on its ISIS-Affiliated Male Detainees in Syria The longer the German government delays repatriation, the greater the risk: overcrowded prisons and indefinite detention are driving fresh radicalization, empowering ISIS propaganda, and threatening long-term regional and international security. The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) today released a landmark more PR

Study Finds Alarming Rates of Anxiety and Depression in Children With Long COVID (10)
BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 22 (TNSrep) -- Kennedy Krieger Institute issued the following news release: * * * Study Finds Alarming Rates of Anxiety and Depression in Children With Long COVID A new study from Kennedy Krieger Institute is calling attention to an emerging mental health crisis among children with long COVID. Researchers found that nearly 40% of pediatric patients with long COVID reported feeling significant symptoms of anxiety or depression. The study included 139 patients evaluat more PR

Who Really Calls the Shots at Sea? New Research Sheds Light on Hidden Ownership of the World's Industrial Fishing Fleets (10)
WASHINGTON, May 22 (TNSrpt) -- Oceana, an international advocacy organization dedicated solely to ocean conservation, issued the following news release: * * * Who Really Calls the Shots at Sea? New Research Sheds Light on Hidden Ownership of the World's Industrial Fishing Fleets Companies in just 10 countries control more than half of all large-scale fishing vessels A new report by EqualSea Lab of the University of Santiago de Compostela and commissioned by Oceana exposes ownership informati more PR