WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 [Category: Science] -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release: * * * Advocates Oppose Incentives for New Nuclear And Methane Gas Facilities In Maryland Groups warn that proposals pose massive financial risk for ratepayers and taxpayers, and distracts from cheaper, safer, cleaner options. Leaders of environmental, social justice, consumer, and public health organizations expressed disappointment today over plans to incentivize expensive, dangerous new n  more

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, Feb. 3 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * ASAM Calls for HALT Fentanyl Act Amendments to Encourage Demand-Side Action On February 3, ASAM wrote to leadership of the Senate Judiciary Committee and House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health urging for the inclusion of key amendments to the Halt Lethal Trafficking (HALT) Fentanyl Act. These amendments would mitigate unintended negative conseq  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 4 -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Computer Model Helps ID Cancer-Fighting Immune Cells Key to Immunotherapy Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy have developed a computer model to help scientists identify tumor-fighting immune cells in patients with lung cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors. In their study published Feb. 3 in Nature Communications  more

UPPER MARLBORO, Maryland, Feb. 4 -- The AFL-CIO International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers issued the following news release: * * * IAM Union: While Tariffs Pause, U.S. and Canadian Workers Should Have Seat at Table WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2025 - Brian Bryant, International President of the 600,000-member IAM Union, and David Chartrand, IAM Canadian General Vice President, issued the following statement following a pause of proposed U.S.-Canadian tariffs. "As the largest aeros  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 [Category: Business] -- NetChoice, a coalition of trade associations that says it makes the internet safe for free enterprise and expression, posted the following news release: * * * NetChoice Sues to Stop the Maryland Speech Code BALTIMORE--Today, NetChoice filed a lawsuit challenging Maryland's Speech Code--Orwellian restrictions on free speech that would force digital platforms either to act as government censors or to implement privacy-invasive age verification requirem  more

MCLEAN, Virginia, Feb. 4 -- Chamber of Progress, a center-left tech industry policy coalition promoting a progressive future, issued the following news: * * * New Polling Underscores Broad Opposition to Maryland's Delivery Tax Proposal 61% of voters oppose regressive 75cents tax on online deliveries As Maryland lawmakers consider imposing a 75cents tax on most online retail deliveries, The Washington Post and the University of Maryland released new polling demonstrating widespread voter oppo  more

LAUREL, Maryland, Feb. 3 [Category: Science] -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory posted the following news release: * * * New Study Suggests Trench-Like Features on Uranus' Moon Ariel May Be Windows to Its Interior An image taken by Voyager 2 of Ariel's surface displays a medial groove (marked by an arrow), which new research suggests is a spreading center where new surface material has been deposited. The image has been cropped and modified for emphasis. Credit: NASA  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Feb. 2 -- The Chesapeake Bay Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Virginia Proposed Budget Features Environmental Gains Virginia lawmakers recognized the strong connection between thriving, healthy Virginians, a cleaner environment, and robust living resources with their proposed budget amendments released Sunday. The Virginia House and Senate money committees unveiled their separate proposed spending plans Sunday. These plans make amendments to the budge  more