13 museums named recipients of art conservation grants

13 museums named recipients of art conservation grants

NEW YORK (AP) — Thirteen museums in seven countries have been named recipients of Bank of America grants for the conservation of artworks ranging from an Edouard Manet painting to a colossal ancient Chinese Buddha.

The 2015 Art Conservation Project grants totaling more than $1 million were announced Friday. The recipients include the Salomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, the British Museum, the OCA Museum in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar.

Pilgrim nuclear power plant should close now, activists say
Massachusetts

Pilgrim nuclear power plant should close now, activists say

State House News Service

BOSTON  – Cape Cod activists and students, environmentalists, and state legislators gathered at the State House and called for the immediate shutdown of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station.

Entergy announced on Oct. 13 that Pilgrim will close by June 2019, due to low energy prices and declining revenue. But as the activists gathered advertised with their highlighter-yellow t-shirts, they want to shut down Pilgrim now.

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