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April 25, 2024 Photo credit: Thomas Hynes The Environmental Protection Agency released four groundbreaking rules to address pollution from power plants and protect local communities and waterways across the country. Today, the…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researcher and technologist Matt Beane, an assistant professor in the Technology Management Department…

The S.C. State Ports Authority is looking for ways to protect BMWs stored at its waterfront Columbus Street Terminal in Charleston from the kind of water damage that hundreds of cars sustained in December at the agency’s cruise terminal…

Drug overdoses are a leading cause of unintentional death in the United States. The major force behind this epidemic is prescription and non-prescription opioid drugs. All ages and communities everywhere are affected by opioid…

March 29, 2024 WASHINGTON – Today, March 29, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced final national greenhouse gas pollution standards for heavy-duty…

The cerebellum of a person affected by kuruLiberski PP (2013) A genetic study in an extraordinarily remote community in Papua New Guinea has uncovered new insights into a brain disease spread by people eating their…

March 28, 2024 SEATTLE – Today, at an event at the West Point Treatment Plant, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Acting Assistant Administrator for Water Bruno…

The cargo ship collision that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on March 26, 2024, is raising questions about just how much engineers can do to prevent such catastrophes from occurring in the future. Here, Michael…

March 27, 2024 PHILADELPHIA (March 27, 2024) – Today, in Arlington, Virginia, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the National Fish and Wildlife…

Representatives of the European Union, Ministry of Labour and United Nations with participants at the PROTECT project launch. © ILO Bangkok, 26 March 2024 - The European Union (EU) announces a financial support of € 13 million to the…

The beautiful, gnarled, nooked-and-crannied reefs that surround tropical islands serve as a marine refuge and natural buffer against stormy seas. But as the effects of climate change bleach and break down coral…

During a visit to North Carolina, the President and Vice President will lay out their plan to make health care more affordable For years, Republican elected officials—including the previous Administration—have tried to…

March 25, 2024 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to list nine additional PFAS compounds as hazardous. EPA must use its authority to protect communities and waterways from the well-documented risks associated…

LONDON, March 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wembley Stadium -- The Brazilian Football Confederation (Confederação Brasileira de Futebol, CBF) and the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) signed today a landmark Cooperation…

The cerebellum of a person affected by kuruLiberski PP (2013) A genetic study in an extraordinarily remote community in Papua New Guinea has uncovered new insights into a brain disease spread by people eating their…

There has been an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital. The viral disease, also called avian influenza, killed 441 chickens out of a flock of 641 on a farm. There have been several outbreaks bird flu…

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Julie M. Schirmer is a licensed clinical social…

In 1976, Greg Weir was banned from teaching by the Queensland government because he was gay – and was then denied employment in New South Wales and Victoria for the same reason. Two years earlier, in 1974, New South Wales trainee…

Bill Introduced to Protect Entities Serving the Legal Marijuana Industry -…

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Final standards will expand consumer choice in clean vehicles and build on historic progress in U.S. auto manufacturing under President Biden’s Investing in America agenda March 20,…

The AI boom, including the advent of large language models (LLMs) and their associated chatbots, poses new challenges for privacy. Is our personal information part of a model’s training data? Are our prompts being shared with law…

2023 investigations recovered more than $2M in wages, assessed $3.8M in penaltiesLea esto en español.ATLANTA – After recovering more than $2 million in back wages for nearly 3,000 workers in the Southeast agricultural industry in 2023…

Engineering S2973 for in-feed delivery of dsRNA. a Integration of dsRNA expression cassettes into the S2973 genome. Cassettes produce target dsRNA with an inverted…

Lyme disease, a bacterial infection transmitted by ticks, affects nearly half a million people in the United States every year. In most cases, antibiotics effectively clear the infection, but for some patients,…

The European Commission has today published a Communication on managing climate risks in Europe. It sets out how the EU and its Member States can better anticipate, understand, and address growing climate risks. It further presents how…

EPA’s ban is the first rule to be finalized under new Toxic Substance Control Act process, marking historic milestone for nation’s chemical safety efforts March 18, 2024…

For Immediate Release October 13, 2004 (WEST TRENTON, N.J.)  --  The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) will hold meetings on October 14 in Stockton, N.J. and October 20 in Easton, Pa. to inform the public about proposed rulemaking…

For Immediate Release October 1, 2007 (WEST TRENTON, N.J.) -- Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) Executive Director Carol R. Collier today announced proposed regulatory changes to permanently designate the Lower Delaware and its…

For Immediate Release October 16, 2007 (WEST TRENTON, N.J.) -- The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) will hold an informational meeting on Thursday, October 25 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on proposed regulatory changes to permanently…

For Immediate Release October 22, 2007 (WEST TRENTON, N.J.) -- The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) will hold an informational meeting on Thursday, November 1 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on proposed regulatory changes to permanently…

Financial abuse occurs when one person takes control over another person’s ability to acquire, use and maintain financial resources. An example is being denied access to your own funds or being forced to deposit your salary into a…

For Immediate Release July 17, 2008 (WEST TRENTON, N.J.) -- Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) Executive Director Carol R. Collier announced that the commissioners on July 16 permanently designated the Lower Delaware as Significant…

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor and Dominican Republic government representatives today renewed a partnership to strengthen collaboration with the Caribbean nation’s U.S. embassy and consulates to provide its citizens with…

EPA will also open a new San Francisco Bay program office later this year March 12, 2024 SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today…

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EPA proposal would strengthen rules for open burning and open detonation to treat waste explosives, reducing environmental and public health impacts March 12, 2024…

As extreme fire weather becomes more common across ever larger areas of Australia, we need new options for living with the risk of bushfire. Underground or earth-sheltered housing is one possibility. While still unusual, these homes are…

Nine years ago South Africa put in place an innovative information management system designed to monitor and protect its seas. The country is surrounded by the Atlantic and Indian oceans on its southern, eastern and western borders.…

For Immediate Release September 14, 2009 (WEST TRENTON, N.J.) -- The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) will hold meetings on October 1 in Norristown, Pa. and October 6 in Bordentown, N.J. to inform the public about proposed…

Dr. Kanad Basu (left) and his colleagues developed a way to counteract the impact of attacks designed to disrupt artificial intelligence’s ability to make decisions…

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: The California Highway Patrol (CHP) swore in 105 new law enforcement officers this week, making continued progress in fulfilling the administration’s campaign to recruit 1,000 new CHP officers. This class of…

In today’s screen-filled world, many children and teens have nearly continuous access to media. Estimates from the United States suggest that school-age children spend four to six hours per day watching or using screens. Adolescents…

Posted on March 7th, 2024 by Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli The protein Sox9 switches on…

In the past, wetlands were often seen as undesirable landscapes – waterlogged areas that were difficult to navigate, impossible to build on or farm, and a source of pests such as mosquitoes. But the view on wetlands has shifted as…

March 01, 2024 The Department of Defense has a responsibility to protect service…

1 Introduction When social media initially emerged, it was seen to be a blessing. They connected individuals from all over the world and made communication more reliable and rapid. Cyberbullying is among the most alarming problems that…

March 04, 2024 Bill comes in wake of Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that frozen…

March 05, 2024 Warren, Brown, Senators Urge HHS and CMS to Protect Seniors, Hold Insurance Companies Accountable for Abuses in Medicare Advantage “We support building on progress by ending delays and denials of…

Homeowners associations’ foreclosure filings on thousands of Coloradans’ houses over unpaid fines and fees have spurred fresh attempts by lawmakers to better regulate HOAs and metropolitan districts with the hope of preventing more…