WYOMING—(ENEWSPF)—April 5, 2018 By: Erik Schlenker-Goodrich, Western Environmental Law Center and Darin Schroeder, Clean Air Task Force Conservation groups today appealed a federal District Court judge in Wyoming’s stay of 2016 methane waste rule implementation. The 2016 rule compels oil and gas companies operating on public lands to take reasonable[Read More…]
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Studies: Marijuana Legalization Laws Correlated With Reduced Opioid Prescribing Trends
Lexington, KY—(ENEWSPF)—April 5, 2018 By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director The enactment of statewide marijuana legalization laws is associated with a reduction in the number of opioids prescribed and filled, according to a pair of studies published online Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine. In the first study, investigators[Read More…]
NASA Awards Contract to Build Quieter Supersonic Aircraft (Video)
Washington—(ENEWSPF)—April 5, 2018 By: J.D. Harrington NASA has taken another step toward re-introducing supersonic flight with the award Tuesday of a contract for the design, building and testing of a supersonic aircraft that reduces a sonic boom to a gentle thump. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company of Palmdale, California, was selected[Read More…]
National Institutes of Health Completes In-depth Genomic Analysis of 33 Cancer Types
Bethesda, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—April 5, 2018 Contact: Sheena Faherty, Ph.D., NHGRI Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have completed a detailed genomic analysis, known as the PanCancer Atlas, on a data set of molecular and clinical information from over 10,000 tumors representing 33 types of cancer. “This project is the[Read More…]
New Report: Gaps in College Spending Shortchange Students of Color
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—April 5, 2018 By: Sara Garcia Black and Latinx students are more likely to attend public institutions of higher education that spend less to educate them, according to a new analysis released today from the Center for American Progress. If these spending gaps were erased, $5 billion more[Read More…]
New Jersey Muslims Reach Landmark Settlement Requiring NYPD to End Unlawful Spying Activities
New York, NY –(ENEWSPF)—April 5, 2018 Contact: [email protected] Today, a group of Muslim owned businesses, mosques, individuals, and student groups have finalized a settlement agreement with the New York Police Department (NYPD) in Hassan v. City of New York, a federal lawsuit challenging the suspicionless, discriminatory surveillance of American Muslims[Read More…]
Congresswoman Robin Kelly Condemns Trump’s Trade War
MATTESON—(ENEWSPF)—April 5, 2018 By: James Lewis Congresswoman Robin Kelly released this statement regarding newly announced Chinese tariffs against U.S. agricultural products and President Trump’s escalating trade war: “President Trump’s misguided and ill-conceived trade war with China and other nations will have a massive and negative impact on Illinois farmers and[Read More…]
Crete Public Library to Offer Genealogy Resources on April 14
Crete, IL –(ENEWSPF)—April 3, 2018 By: Melody Reed Did you receive a DNA testing kit for Christmas? Have your DNA results piqued your interest in your heritage? Maybe you have been plugging along through the various ancestry sites and have hit a dead end? If the answer to any of[Read More…]
Rare Color Photographs of King, Jr. in Chicago on Display at Park Forest Village Hall through April 30
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 3, 2018 When Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. moved to Chicago in 1966 to further the Civic Rights Movement, a priest from Wheaton – also an amateur photographer – captured rare color images of King in the Windy City which now are on display at Park Forest’s[Read More…]
Digital Billboard Demanding Pruitt’s Firing Circles EPA, Congress, and Condo Rental
Friends of the Earth hires digital truck carrying the message “Stop the Corruption. #FirePruitt” WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—April 3, 2018 Contact: Lukas Ross As EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt huddles at a private event with auto industry lobbyists this morning, Friends of the Earth will increase the pressure for his firing. A[Read More…]
