Day: June 3, 2014

State Department Briefing by Marie Harf, June 3, 2014

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Secretary Kerry’s Travel Update Syrian Presidential Election Palestinian Interim Technocratic Government EGYPT Elections ISRAEL / PALESTINIANS U.S. Assistance to the Palestinian Authority Formation of the Technocratic Interim Government U.S.-Israeli Relationship DEPARTMENT Secretary Kerry Travel SYRIA / REGION Moderate Opposition Terrorism Chemical[Read More…]

DOD Identifies Army Casualty, June 3, 2014

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 3, 2014. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Capt. Jason B. Jones, 29, of Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, died June 2, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, of wounds received from small-arms. The incident is under investigation. He was assigned 1st Battalion,[Read More…]

City of Chicago Sues Big Pharma for Deceptively Marketing Highly Addictive Prescription Painkillers

Drug Manufacturers Knowingly Downplayed Serious Risks, Promoted Unfounded Benefits Associated With Highly Addictive Painkillers CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—June 3, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced that the City of Chicago has filed a lawsuit in Illinois state court against five pharmaceutical manufacturers for misrepresenting the benefits of opioids, a class of highly addictive[Read More…]

Dealing with Climate Change: A Moral Obligation

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2014. By Sally Jewell, U.S. Secretary of the Interior President Obama understands that we have a moral obligation to future generations to leave our land, water and wildlife better than we found it.   The Administration this week unveiled another historic milestone in the President’s bold Climate[Read More…]

Groups Fight to Protect Endangered Species From Dangerous New Pesticide

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—June 3, 2014. Conservation and food safety groups filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency today for failing to protect endangered species from a new, toxic pesticide called cyantraniliprole. EPA risked far-reaching harm to both aquatic and terrestrial species by approving the widespread use of this new pesticide in[Read More…]

Tonto National Forest Pushes Plan for 3,700 Miles of Off-road Vehicle Routes

Plan Threatens Mexican Spotted Owls, Endangered Flycatchers, Watersheds PHOENIX—(ENEWSPF)—June 3, 2014. The U.S. Forest Service is proposing a new travel-management plan for Arizona’s Tonto National Forest that would allow off-road vehicles on more than 3,700 miles and risk destruction of watersheds and wild areas, including habitat for endangered species like[Read More…]

Lawsuit Launched to Protect Threatened Marbled Murrelets From Clearcutting on Liquidated Oregon State Forests

Logging of Parcels Liquidated from Elliott State Forest Will Harm Marbled Murrelets, Other Wildlife, Water and People EUGENE, Ore.–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2014.  Conservation groups filed a notice of intent to sue Seneca Jones and Scott Timber today to prevent the imminent clearcutting of three large parcels of Elliott State Forest lands[Read More…]

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