Economic impact of severe weather projected to grow dramatically in future years WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2014. Following the release of the U.S National Climate Assessment, which highlighted the Midwest region’s “agricultural lands, forests, Great Lakes, industrial activities, and cities” as especially vulnerable to climate change, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL)[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Federal Government To Increase Its Supply Of Marijuana For Clinical Research
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2014. By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Federal agencies are moving forward with plans to increase the US government’s production of research-grade cannabis. Last week, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) publicly announced in the Federal Register that it is increasing its marijuana production quota from 21[Read More…]
U.S. Teen Pregnancy Rate at Historic Lows
Planned Parenthood Celebrates by Citing Contributions of Sex Education and Birth Control NEW YORK, NY–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2014. A new study published yesterday by the Guttmacher Institute found that rates of teen pregnancy, birth, and abortion have declined dramatically in the U.S. at both state and national levels. The study, “U.S.[Read More…]
California: Landmark Ruling for Youth Offenders
Judges Must Consider the Attributes of Youth in Deciding Sentence CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2014. A landmark ruling by the California Supreme Court overturns a two-decades-old presumption in favor of life without parole sentences for juveniles convicted of certain murders, Human Rights Watch said today. The decision brings the United States closer[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces Expansion Of The Large Lot Program To The East Garfield Park Community
Expansion Allows East Garfield Park Residents to Purchase Vacant Lots for $1; Follows Success of the Englewood Large Lot Pilot CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2014. Following the successful launch of the Large Lot Pilot Program in the Greater Englewood community, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Department of Planning & Development (DPD) today[Read More…]
Chicago Family Business Council to Present Patrick O’Rahilly with Leadership Award
Patrick J. O’Rahilly, managing director at Aspen Marketing Services, a division of Epsilon, is the recipient of Chicago Family Business Council’s 2013-2014 leadership award. CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—May 6, 2014. The Chicago Family Business Council announced that Patrick J. O’Rahilly, managing director at Aspen Marketing Services, a division of Epsilon, is the recipient[Read More…]
Sham Air Permit for Clatskanie Oil Terminal Opposed
Oil Train Facility on Columbia River Tries to Skirt Clean Air Requirements PORTLAND, Oregon–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2014. A coalition of regional and national conservation organizations representing tens of thousands of Oregonians is asking the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to reject an air-permit application for a Columbia River facility that[Read More…]
National Climate Report Finds Huge Flood Threat to Major U.S. Coastal Cities
Scientists Also Warn of Food Supply Threat, More Destructive Hurricanes, Up to 10 Degrees of Warming This Century SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2014. Climate change has dangerously increased flood risk in many of America’s largest coastal cities and will drive up sea levels as much as 4 feet by 2100, according[Read More…]
Agency Balks at Protecting Colorado and Utah Wildflowers Threatened by Oil Shale Development
SALT LAKE CITY–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2014. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a draft conservation agreement today that delays and potentially undermines federal protection for two imperiled wildflowers in Utah and Colorado that were proposed for Endangered Species Act protection last August. The draft agreement does not provide strong enough[Read More…]
Former Burnham Village Clerk Charged With Stealing At Least $650,000 From Revenue Payments and Filing False Tax Return
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2014. The former longtime elected clerk for the Village of Burnham was charged today with stealing more than $650,862 from her office at the south suburb’s village hall and using most of the cash to gamble at casinos. The defendant, NANCY DOBROWSKI, was charged with one count each[Read More…]
