Time is Running Out to Keep Hundreds of Millions of Pounds of Toxic Herbicide off American Fields and Out of our Environment Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a proposal to approve the direct spraying of the toxic herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) on genetically engineered[Read More…]
Day: May 1, 2014
Citizens’ Review Backs Ballot Initiative to Ban GE Crops from Jackson County, Oregon
Center for Food Safety Testifies Before Panel OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014. A twenty-person Citizens’ Initiative Review (CIR) has concluded its review of Jackson County’s ballot initiative to ban genetically engineered (GE) crops from the county. The state-sanctioned review’s “Key Findings” concluded that farms in Jackson County are at “serious” risk of[Read More…]
Meet Jessica Nixon, Rich East Stellar Student
Jessica Nixon, Rich East Stellar Student. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- This is another in a series of stellar students from "The Class of 2014" at Rich East High School in Park Forest, Ill. All students were given a series of the same questions. All responses are in their exact[Read More…]
Department of Defense Press Briefing on Sexual Assault in the Military, May 1, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014. Presenters: Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel; Major General Jeffrey Snow, director, Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office; Nate Galbreath, senior executive advisor, Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CHUCK HAGEL: Good afternoon. Happy May Day. Last week,[Read More…]
Roosevelt University Intern Plugs Healthy Eating in Bid to Reduce Street Violence
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014. As a new wave of gang and gun violence hits Chicago, a Roosevelt University intern at an impacted elementary school in Chicago is promoting a wellness agenda that includes a ‘Peace Diet’ that is meant to reduce youth aggression and violence. Troy Withers, a 2013 graduate of[Read More…]
Black Diaspora is Focus of Scholarly Forum at DePaul University
Sandra Jackson, director of the Center for Black Diaspora, will look at ways to grow the field of African and black diaspora studies during an international colloquium on May 9 at DePaul University. (Photo by Jon Cecero) CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014. New directions in the study of the African and black[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel and Choose Chicago Announce Automechanika Chicago Trade Show Will Launch In 2015
20,000 Visitors Expected to Attend Leading International Automotive Trade Show in Chicago CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined Don Welsh, President and CEO of Choose Chicago, representatives from Messe Frankfurt and Advanstar Communications and members of organized labor to announce the launch of Automechanika Chicago, a new U.S.-based trade[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois Announce Partnership to Support Divvy Bike Share System
Five-Year, $12.5 Million Agreement to Become the Exclusive System Sponsor CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced today that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) has committed to a $12.5 million, five-year sponsorship investment to support, strengthen and expand the popular Divvy bike share program. “Our partnership with[Read More…]
Survey: Fibromyalgia Patients Report Subjective Relief From Cannabis
Golden, CO–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014. Fibromyalgia patients who have tried cannabis say that it is more likely to relieve their symptoms than are conventional alternatives, according to the findings of an online survey of over 1,300 subjects conducted by The National Pain Foundation and NationalPainReport.com. Of those surveyed, 379 respondents reported[Read More…]
Senator Durbin To Amtrak: Don’t Let Old Post Office Developer Keep Blowing Hot Air
Durbin calls on Amtrak to fight local property owner’s efforts to turn off exhaust fans critical to maintaining air quality at nearby Union Station WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today called on Joe Boardman, President and CEO of Amtrak, to fight any efforts to roll back[Read More…]