UK–(ENEWSPF)–27 October 2013. The mood changes of a ‘Jekyll-and-Hyde’ protein, which sometimes boosts tumour cell growth and at other times suppresses it, have been explained in a new study led by Oxford University researchers.The researchers in Britain, with collaborators in Singapore and the USA, carried out a comprehensive biological study[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Beyond Pesticides Launches The Fund for Independent Science
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2013. In an effort to ensure that the essential independent scientific research on pesticides is not thwarted by the chemical industry, Beyond Pesticides has launched The Fund for Independent Science. This fund, catalyzed by the recent announcement that Tyrone Hayes, Ph.D. has lost university funding for his[Read More…]
Texas Health Care Providers File Lawsuit to Protect Abortion Access in Texas
ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and Center for Reproductive Rights Seek to Immediately Block Restrictions that Jeopardize Women’s Health AUSTIN, Texas–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2013. More than a dozen women’s health care providers across Texas jointly filed a lawsuit today in federal court on behalf of their patients to block two harmful and unconstitutional[Read More…]
Justice Department Inspector General Releases Report on Domestic Drones
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2013. The Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released an interim report today on the department’s use of surveillance drones. The report said that FBI has been using drones with the same privacy rules it uses for manned aircraft. The OIG recommended that the department consider[Read More…]
Remarks by Secretary of State Kery After the P-5+1 Ministerial on Iran
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2013. SECRETARY KERRY: First of all, I think you’ve heard some of the other ministers. We had a constructive meeting, and I think all of us were pleased that Foreign Minister Zarif came and made a presentation to us, which was very different in tone and very[Read More…]
Statement by Secretary of State Kerry on Release of the Fifth Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2013. This is yet another wakeup call: Those who deny the science or choose excuses over action are playing with fire. Once again, the science grows clearer, the case grows more compelling, and the costs of inaction grow beyond anything that anyone with conscience or common sense[Read More…]
Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Plaza Home Mortgage Inc. to Resolve Allegations of Mortgage Lending Discrimination
Settlement Provides $3 Million in Compensation to African-American and Hispanic Borrowers Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2013. The Justice Department announced today that Plaza Home Mortgage Inc. (Plaza) of San Diego will pay $3 million to aggrieved borrowers as part of a settlement to resolve allegations that it engaged in a pattern[Read More…]
Attorney General Eric Holder, Justice Department and Other Officials, Cities Work to Break Cycle of Violence, Sept. 27, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2013. Justice Department officials along with other senior officials from the Administration yesterday convened the third annual National Summit on Preventing Youth Violence to share strategies on how to prevent and reduce violence and gang activity and improve opportunities for young people. The summit brings together teams[Read More…]
DOD Identifies Army Casualty, September 27, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2013. The Department of Defense announced today the death a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Staff Sgt. Thomas A. Baysore, Jr., 31, of Milton, Pa., died Sept. 26, in Paktya Province, Afghanistan, from wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire[Read More…]
Human Influence on Climate Clear, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report Says
STOCKHOLM—(ENEWSPF)–27 September – Human influence on the climate system is clear. This is evident in most regions of the globe, a new assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes. It is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the[Read More…]
