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MIT professors Gene-Wei Li and Michael Birnbaum are among the 12 researchers named 2023 Innovation Fund investigators by The Pew Charitable Trusts.

WASHINGTON (November 13, 2023) – World Resources Institute (WRI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Tom Pickerell as the new Global Ocean Program Director. Starting in late November 2023, Pickerell will work with WRI’s global staff and partners to oversee and manage WRI’s Ocean Program and the Secretariat for the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy. He will be based at WRI’s office in London, United Kingdom.

The Internal Revenue Service recently awarded a lucrative contract to help modernize its computer databases to the same Washington firm, Booz Allen Hamilton, that employed the man who pleaded guilty last month to stealing and leaking thousands of private tax returns of wealthy Americans, including former President Trump, according to records reviewed by RealClearInvestigations. 

Alaska tribes are urging the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to keep protections in place for more than 28 million acres they say are critical to their way of life. The BLM is expected to release a draft environmental impact statement next month on the effects of opening the acreage up to mining and extraction. ...

Two studies revealed new information about sharks that surprised scientists and raised concerns about the effects of human activities in the ocean.

Households in rural areas that earn less than $60,000 for a family of four can receive up to $75 per month for a broadband subsidy, but if those funds run out, many homes will be unable to afford continued Internet connection.

The Labor Department proposed a rule to raise protections around investment advice for retirement savers. Rollovers to IRAs will be most impacted, experts said.

The Labor Department proposed a rule to raise protections around investment advice for retirement savers. Rollovers to IRAs will be most impacted, experts said.

Fiedler visits Older Adult Center State Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler joined the South Philadelphia Older Adult Center at 1430 E. Passyunk Ave. on Oct. 20 for a com

Susan Polan, associate executive director for public affairs and advocacy with the American Public Health Association, talks about the decline in trust and the politicization in public health in America.