Rolling back fuel efficiency standards undermines one of the most effective federal policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions in the U.S. Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 3, 2018 By National Audubon Society “Who wants to spend more on gas? No one. Rolling back fuel efficiency standards makes no sense. It’s short-sighted and bad[Read More…]
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What Makes Us Truly Happy and Healthy?
Multi-year Harvard research collaboration with Aetna will assess well-being across numerous dimensions of health and wholeness Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)—April 3, 2018 Contacts: Caroline Perry and Todd Datz What does it mean to be well? Not just “not ill,” but really thriving? Researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and at[Read More…]
Donors Pledge $2 billion to Aid Delivery in Yemen; UN Urges to Make Sure it Reaches People in Need
GENEVA–ENEWSPF)—3 April 2018. An appeal that raised some $2 billion to help millions of people in Yemen was a “remarkable success of international solidarity” for the country’s war-weary people, but aid alone will not provide a solution to the conflict, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday. Speaking to[Read More…]
Hubble Uncovers the Farthest Star Ever Seen
Baltimore, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—April 3, 2018 By: Ann Jenkins, Ray Villard, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, and Patrick Kelly, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities More than halfway across the universe, an enormous blue star nicknamed Icarus is the farthest individual star ever seen. Normally, it would be much too faint to view,[Read More…]
Prairie State College to Unveil New ProvenIT Conference Room on April 12
CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—April 3, 2018 Contact: Deborah Havighorst Prairie State College (PSC) is unveiling the ProvenIT Conference Room during a special ribbon cutting ceremony at 5 p.m., Thursday, April 12, in the Conference Center at the college, located at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. Thanks to a generous donation[Read More…]
Germs with Unusual Antibiotic Resistance Widespread in U.S.
Ramped-up CDC strategy helps providers stop spread of new germs, prevents large outbreaks Atlanta, GA—(ENEWSPF)—April 3, 2018 Contact: CDC Media Relations Health departments working with CDC’s Antibiotic Resistance (AR) Lab Network found more than 220 instances of germs with “unusual” antibiotic resistance genes in the United States last year, according[Read More…]
Court Declares that EPA Failed To Protect Civil Rights
Leaders Applaud Decision and Vow To Keep Fighting for Justice San Francisco, CA—(ENEWSPF)—April 3, 2018 Contact: Jonathan Smith, Earthjustice Yesterday, a federal court ruled that EPA violated the law by waiting a decade or more to investigate civil rights complaints filed by community groups across the country. The lawsuit challenged[Read More…]
New Report: Trump Administration’s Religious Liberty Guidance Would Allow Discrimination in Dozens of Federal Programs
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—April 3, 2018 By: Sharita Gruberg, Frank J. Bewkes, Elizabeth Platt, Katherine Franke, and Claire Markham Obama-era rules prohibiting discrimination in dozens of federal programs could be undermined by the Trump administration’s controversial guidance on religious liberty, according to a new report from the Center for American Progress and[Read More…]
Court Rejects Flawed Mexican Wolf Management Rule
Capping Population, Killing More Wolves, Cutting Off Habitat Undermines Recovery TUCSON—(ENEWSPF)—April 3, 2018 Contact: Matthew Bishop, Western Environmental Law Center Today, a judge ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) to go back to the drawing board on its deeply flawed 2015 Mexican wolf management rule. The court rejected[Read More…]
Court Finds Fracking Approvals in Greater Chaco Violate Cultural Protections
Santa Fe, NM –(ENEWSPF)—April 2, 2018 Contact: Kyle Tisdel, Western Environmental Law Center Over the weekend, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico issued a “preview” order indicating it will soon rule in favor of advocate groups challenging hundreds of federal fracking approvals in the Greater Chaco[Read More…]
