WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2014. As the 2014 wildfire season approaches, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, and Council on Environmental Quality Acting Chair Mike Boots yesterday released the Administration’s National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy. This strategy, developed by federal, state, tribal and local community partners, and[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Report Reveals Major Potential Sources of Climate Pollution
Highlights Need to Keep Dirty Fuels in the Ground WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2014. Dirty Fuels, Clean Futures, a new report released today by the Sierra Club reveals four major potential sources of carbon pollution that, if developed, could dramatically alter the world’s climate. Data shows that the oil, gas and[Read More…]
Rep. Gutierrez on Congressional Hispanic Caucus Meeting with DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson
“We opened a new front today in the fight to protect American families,” – Rep. Gutiérrez Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2014. On Wednesday, Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) participated in a meeting hosted by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in the U.S. Capitol with Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson. At the[Read More…]
Oyster Aquaculture Could Significantly Improve Potomac River Estuary Water Quality
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2014. Oyster aquaculture in the Potomac River estuary could result in significant improvements to water quality, according to a new NOAA and U.S. Geological Survey study published in the journal Aquatic Geochemistry. All of the nitrogen currently polluting the Potomac River estuary could be removed if 40[Read More…]
Construction to Begin on NASA Spacecraft Set to Visit Asteroid in 2018
This is an artist’s concept of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft preparing to take a sample from asteroid Bennu. Image Credit: NASA/Goddard Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2014. NASA’s team that will conduct the first U.S. mission to collect samples from an asteroid has been given the go-ahead to begin building the spacecraft, flight[Read More…]
HHS Secretary Sebelius Testimony Before Senate Finance Committee, April 10, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 10, 2014. Statement by HHS Secretary Kathleen SebeliusBefore United States Senate Committee on Finance on FY 2015 Budget [Remarks as Delivered] Thank you so much Chairman Wyden and Ranking Member Hatch, Members of the Committee: I appreciate the opportunity to join you here today. I want to start[Read More…]
NASA Signs Agreement with German, Canadian Partners to Test Alternative Fuels
A heavily instrumented NASA HU-25 Falcon measures chemical components from the larger DC-8’s exhaust generated by a 50/50 mix of conventional jet fuel and a plant-derived biofuel, demonstrating the type of work that will be done during ACCESS II flights. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2014. NASA has signed separate agreements with[Read More…]
Tamiflu & Relenza: How Effective are They?
UK–(ENEWSPF)–10 April 2014. Tamiflu (the antiviral drug oseltamivir) shortens symptoms of influenza by half a day, but there is no good evidence to support claims that it reduces admissions to hospital or complications of influenza. This is according to the updated Cochrane evidence review, published today by The Cochrane Collaboration,[Read More…]
FTC Warns Small Businesses: Don’t Open Email Falsely Claiming to be From FTC
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2014. The Federal Trade Commission is warning small businesses that an email with a subject line “Pending consumer complaint” is not from the FTC. The email falsely states that a complaint has been filed with the agency against their company. The FTC advises recipients not to click[Read More…]
New Report Finds Every Dollar Invested by Taxpayers in Coastal Restoration Projects Returns $15 in Economic Benefits
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2014. The Center for American Progress and Oxfam America released a report yesterday on the long-term economic benefits of restoring coastal ecosystems. The report finds that each dollar invested by taxpayers returns more than $15 in net economic benefits for three restoration projects funded in 2009 by[Read More…]
