NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—August 27, 2015. Hillary Clinton released the following statement on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in remembrance of the lives lost and families affected by the devastating storm ten years ago. “This is a somber anniversary for New Orleans, the Gulf Coast, and the United States. Ten years ago,[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
America’s Schools Make Positive Changes to Create Healthier School Meals
More fruits and vegetables offered — less sodium used Between 2000 and 2014 there was a significant increase in the percentage of U.S. schools: offering 2 or more fruits every day for lunch; using low-sodium canned vegetables; offering 2 or more vegetables every day for lunch; using other seasonings instead[Read More…]
Bimbo Bakeries Voluntary Recalls Certain Limited Breads Produced Under Sara Lee, Great Value, Kroger, Bimbo, Nature’s Harvest and L’Oven Fresh Brands
HORSHAM, PA —(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015. Bimbo Bakeries USA has initiated a voluntary regional recall of certain bread products under the Sara Lee®, Kroger®, Bimbo®, Nature’s Harvest®, Great Value and L’Oven Fresh® brands due to the possible presence of fragments of glass caused by a broken light bulb at one of[Read More…]
Overwhelming Majority of California Latino Voters Want Climate Action Now
81 percent support state measures to combat climate change Southern California Edison solar technicians install photovoltaic panels on rooftops in Fontana, California. Source: Michael Melford / National Geographic Creative San Francisco, CA —(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015. According to a new poll conducted by Latino Decisions for Earthjustice, a national environmental nonprofit[Read More…]
New Policies Can Spark Big Increases in Renewable Energy Production From America’s Public Lands and Oceans
A power generation engineer walks beside solar panels, May 13, 2015. Source: AP/John Raoux Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015. Renewable energy production has increased dramatically under the Obama administration, with solar generation increasing twentyfold and wind generation increasing threefold since 2009 alone. But a new report from the Center for[Read More…]
Medical Journal Article Identifies Hazards of Pesticides in GE Crops
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015. Last week, Philip J. Landrigan, M.D., and Charles Benbrook, Ph.D., released a perspective article, GMOs, Herbicides, and Public Health, in the New England Journal of Medicine that outlines the hazards associated with food residues of elevated pesticide use in the production of genetically engineered (GE) crops. While mainstream media continuously[Read More…]
DoD Identifies Air Force Casualties, Aug. 27, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015. The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two airmen who were supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. They died of wounds suffered Aug. 26 when the vehicle they were traveling in was attacked near Camp Antonik, Afghanistan. Killed were: Capt. Matthew D. Roland, 27, of Lexington,[Read More…]
FDA Takes Action Against Three Tobacco Manufacturers for Making ‘Additive-free’ and/or ‘Natural’ Claims on Cigarette Labeling
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015. Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued warning letters to three tobacco manufacturers — ITG Brands LLC, Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company Inc., and Sherman’s 1400 Broadway N.Y.C. Ltd. — who describe their cigarettes on product labeling as “additive-free” and/or “natural.” The warning letters[Read More…]
Prison Industrial Complex 101 Workshop on October 10 at Beverly Unitarian Church
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—August 27, 2015. We’ve all been shocked and saddened by the number of young black men killed by the police in recent months. Another aspect of racial injustice is the mass incarceration of African-Americans. There will be a workshop on the prison industrial complex, of which mass incarceration is an[Read More…]
General Mills Voluntarily Recalls a Limited Quantity of Frozen Cascadian Farm Cut Green Beans
Minneapolis –(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015. General Mills today announced a voluntary Class I recall of a limited quantity of frozen Cascadian Farm Cut Green Beans produced over two days in March 2014. The recall is being issued as a precaution after one package of finished product tested positive for the presence[Read More…]
