Continued widespread agricultural use of chlorpyrifos harms children’s health A crop duster sprays pesticides over a farmfield. Denton Rumsey / Shutterstock San Francisco, CA —(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) received a strong message from labor, community, and environmental health groups as well as more than 160,000 people,[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Friends of the Earth: House Approves $279 Million Renewable Energy Cut
WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—May 1, 2015. The House of Representatives passed H.R. 2028, “The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2016,” by a vote of 240-177. The bill sets funding levels for important programs within the U.S. Departments of Energy, Interior, and the Army Corps of Engineers.[Read More…]
Emergency Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Two Grand Canyon Species Threatened by Tusayan Development
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.—(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2015. The Center for Biological Diversity filed an emergency petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today seeking Endangered Species Act protection for a tiger beetle and a flower found in wet seeps in the Grand Canyon and nowhere else on Earth. The Arizona wetsalts tiger[Read More…]
The Toxic Truth About A New Generation of Nonstick and Waterproof Chemicals
Ten Years After Teflon Scandal, Your Family’s Health Remains at Risk WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)—May 1, 2015. Ten years ago, DuPont was forced to phase out a key chemical in making Teflon, after revelations that for nearly 45 years the company covered up evidence of its health hazards, including cancer and birth[Read More…]
U.S. State Dept. Updates Central African Republic Travel Warning, May 1, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2015. The Department of State warns U.S. citizens against all travel to the Central African Republic (CAR). The Government of Chad closed its border with CAR May 12, 2014. Only citizens of Chad returning home will be able to cross the Chad-CAR border. U.S. citizens who have[Read More…]
Justice Department Announces $20 Million in Funding to Support Body-Worn Camera Pilot Program
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–Mary 1, 2015. The Department of Justice today announced a $20 million Body-Worn Camera (BWC) Pilot Partnership Program to respond to the immediate needs of local and tribal law enforcement organizations. The investment includes $17 million in competitive grants for the purchase of body-worn cameras, $2 million for training and[Read More…]
Mississippi Man Sentenced for His Role in a Conspiracy to Commit Racially Motivated Assaults, Culminating in the Killing of an African-American Man Run Over by Truck
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015. The Justice Department announced today that John Louis Blalack, 21, of Brandon, Mississippi, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court of the Southern District of Mississippi in Jackson for his role in a federal hate crime conspiracy involving racially motivated assaults, culminating in the death of[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, April 30, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015 – 1:22 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. Nice to see you all. Let me do one quick thing at the top, Jim, and then we’ll go to your questions. As you may have seen in the statement from the President, earlier today he had[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan, IL Poison Center Issue Alert to Dangerous Form of Synthetic Drugs
Attorney General, Illinois Poison Center Warn Illinoisans to Spike in ER visits & Death Due to Synthetic Drugs Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—April 30, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the Illinois Poison Center issued an alert today to reports of new, deadly forms of synthetic drugs turning up across the country leading[Read More…]
Leader of an Illegal International Gambling Enterprise Convicted of Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015. A federal jury in Oklahoma City convicted a Texas man today of running an illegal international gambling enterprise and conspiring to commit money laundering, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Sanford C. Coats of the Western District of Oklahoma.[Read More…]
