Former Senior Bush Advisor: “He is the Single Most Influential Policy Entrepreneur on Any Domestic Issue” Rolling Stone Special Edition on Marijuana Includes Article by Bill Maher, Feature on Colorado and More NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2013. The war on people who use marijuana, the momentum to end prohibition, the people[Read More…]
Month: June 2013
DePaul Earns Top Honors for Workplace and Board Diversity Efforts
Staff and faculty from DePaul University participated in the Chase Corporate Challenge in Chicago’s Loop on May 23, 2013. Diversity MBA Magazine recently gave DePaul high marks for its diversity representation. (Photo by Jeff Carrion) CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2013. Diversity MBA Magazine named DePaul University as one of its “50 Out[Read More…]
2nd Circuit Partially Denies Federal Government’s Request to Delay Bringing Emergency Contraception Over the Counter
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 5, 2013. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has to immediately comply with U.S. District Court Judge Edward Korman’s court order to make two-pill versions of levonorgestrel-based emergency contraception available without a prescription and without point-of-sale or age restrictions, according to an order from the 2nd Circuit Court[Read More…]
Living Fossils? Actually, Sturgeon Are Evolutionary Speedsters
A lake sturgeon from the Great Lakes. Photo courtesy of Michigan Sea Grant. ANN ARBOR—Efforts to restore sturgeon in the Great Lakes region have received a lot of attention in recent years, and many of the news stories note that the prehistoric-looking fish are “living fossils” virtually unchanged for millions[Read More…]
Targeting an Aspect of Down Syndrome
The protrusion of a neuron without Dscam protein (green) and that of a neuron with an abnormally high level of Dscam protein (red). The protrusions are overlaid on the fruitfly’s equivalent of the human spinal cord (blue). Image credit: Xin Wang ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2013. University of Michigan researchers have[Read More…]
House Subcommittee Votes Increase Coal Ash Exposure, Threaten Public Health
Series of anti-environmental bills advance in subcommittee today, await full committee consideration Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2013. The House Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy voted today to pass three anti-environmental bills that will increase exposure to toxic coal ash, weaken the nation’s Superfund law and limit citizens’ access to sue[Read More…]
The Floodwaters of Mars
Kasei Valles EU–(ENEWSPF)–6 June 2013. Dramatic flood events carved this impressive channel system on Mars covering 1.55 million square kilometres, shown here in a stunning new mosaic from ESA’s Mars Express. The mosaic, which features the spectacular Kasei Valles, comprises 67 images taken with the spacecraft’s high-resolution stereo camera and[Read More…]
Europe’s Heaviest Cargo Ship Launched Into Space
Liftoff replay — Access the video EU–(ENEWSPF)–6 June 2013. ESA’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle, Albert Einstein, was launched into orbit last evening from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Europe’s autonomous supply ship will perform a series of manoeuvres to dock with the International Space Station on 15 June. The[Read More…]
Enough Project Applauds President Obama’s Promotions of Susan Rice and Samantha Power
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2013. The Enough Project applauds President Obama’s appointment of Ambassador Susan Rice to lead the National Security Staff and his nomination of Samantha Power to replace Rice as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. John Prendergast, Co-founder of the Enough Project, states: “Two extremely committed public servants[Read More…]
Sierra Club & AEP Reach Deal on Future of Kentucky’s Big Sandy Coal Plant
Deal would bring renewable energy, energy efficiency and new jobs to eastern Kentucky Frankfort, KY–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2013. Late last week Sierra Club and American Electric Power (AEP) reached an agreement in principle that would resolve the future of power generation in eastern Kentucky after the retirement of the coal[Read More…]
