Improved model, new surge forecast products and research projects debuted NOAA satellite image of Hurricane Arthur, July 3, 2014. (Credit: NOAA.) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2014. The Atlantic hurricane season will officially end November 30, and will be remembered as a relatively quiet season as was predicted. Still, the season afforded[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
FSIS Officials Supported Immigration Reform for Chinese Poultry in 2006
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2014. Statement of Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter: “Documents inadvertently released by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) last week reveal that there is conclusive evidence that USDA was very close to approving the importation of Chinese poultry raised and slaughtered in that[Read More…]
Former Owner Of Defunct Chicago Rush Arena Football Team Arrested On Federal Bankruptcy And Wire Fraud Charges
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2014. The former owner of the defunct Chicago Rush Arena Football League team was arrested today on federal fraud charges for allegedly concealing certain business interests and assets from creditors and overstating his net worth in connection with his purchase and operation of the indoor football team[Read More…]
Dept. of Interior to Auction More Than 742,000 Acres Offshore Massachusetts for Wind Energy Development
WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2014. As part of President Obama’s comprehensive Climate Action Plan to create American jobs, develop domestic clean energy resources and cut carbon pollution, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Acting Director Walter Cruickshank today announced[Read More…]
New Study Outlines Ways to Better Help Youths in Juvenile Justice System
Photo above is by photographer Richard Ross, whose Juvenile in Justice documentary collection was exhibited at a Roosevelt University Gage Gallery show co-sponsored by the Mansfield Institute in 2012. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2014. The Cook County Juvenile Justice system needs to get smarter about the way it handles adjudication of young people, a[Read More…]
Create Your Family Health Portrait on Thanksgiving: National Family Health History Day 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2014. Acting Surgeon General Boris D. Lushniak, M.D., M.P.H. today declared this Thanksgiving day, November 27, as the eleventh annual Family Health History Day. Over the holiday or at other times when families gather, Americans are encouraged to talk about and keep a record of the health[Read More…]
Brain Abnormality Found in Group of SIDS Cases
NIH-supported researchers find abnormality in brain area influencing breathing, heart functions Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2014. More than 40 percent of infants in a group who died of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) were found to have an abnormality in a key part of the brain, researchers report. The abnormality affects[Read More…]
Brain Abnormality Found in Group of SIDS Cases
NIH-supported researchers find abnormality in brain area influencing breathing, heart functions Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2014. More than 40 percent of infants in a group who died of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) were found to have an abnormality in a key part of the brain, researchers report. The abnormality affects[Read More…]
Coalition Steps in to Defend Maui Residents from Pesticides and GE Contamination
Files to protect citizen-approved GE crop moratorium and impact study ordinance Pgiam / iStockphoto Honolulu, HI —(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2014. A coalition of Maui and Molokaʻi residents, farmers, and public interest groups, represented by Center for Food Safety (CFS) and Earthjustice, has filed papers in Honolulu federal district court to defend[Read More…]
Overwhelming Majority of Americans Say Supreme Court Should Side with Employee Who Was Denied Reasonable Accommodations During Pregnancy
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2014. Ahead of the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in the pregnancy discrimination case Young v. United Parcel Service, a new poll released today finds that an overwhelming majority of Americans—79 percent—believe that the Supreme Court should side with Peggy Young. Young, a former United Parcel Service, or UPS, driver,[Read More…]
