NASW-OR believes the “new approach” is better than the current approach on the use of marijuana Portland, Oregon—(ENEWSPF)—October 9, 2014. The NASW Oregon Chapter’s Social Workers Political Action Committee has met with both sides of the Measure 91 ballot measure campaign to weigh the issues carefully. As social workers, our mission is to[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Lutetia’s Dark Side Hosts Hidden Crater
Tracing Lutetia’s grooves EU–(ENEWSPF)–8 October 2014. Grooves found on Lutetia, an asteroid encountered by ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft, point to the existence of a large impact crater on the unseen side of the rocky world. Rosetta flew past Lutetia at a distance of 3168 km in July 2010, en route to[Read More…]
Satellite Data Shows U.S. Methane ‘Hot Spot’ Bigger than Expected
The Four Corners area (red) is the major U.S. hot spot for methane emissions in this map showing how much emissions varied from average background concentrations from 2003-2009 (dark colors are lower than average; lighter colors are higher). Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Michigan Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2014. One small “hot[Read More…]
NOAA Sea Grant Awards $15.9 Million for Projects to Build Resilient Coastal Communities
Federal grants leverage $7.9 million nonfederal match, for total of $23.8 million Sea Grant is supporting research at the Oregon State University’s Molluscan Broodstock Laboratory pictured here to develop oysters that are more resilient to ocean acidification. (Photo: Pat Kight/Oregon Sea Grant) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2014. NOAA Sea Grant announced today[Read More…]
FTC Settlement Bars WordSmart from Deceiving Parents With Unsupported Claims About its Education Products
Defendants Claimed Learning Program Would Improve Students’ Grades, Test Scores Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2014. Educational services company WordSmart Corporation and its president have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceptively marketed the company’s programs to the parents of school-age children in advertising that included a television infomercial[Read More…]
Increased Health Risks Linked to First-episode Psychosis
Researchers call for coordinated care to address risks – NIH-funded Study Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2014. Many patients with psychosis develop health risks associated with premature death early in the course of their mental illness, researchers have found. Patients with schizophrenia are already known to have higher rates of premature death[Read More…]
New Report Gives World Bank an ‘F’ on Clean Energy Access
Report Finds Less Than 10 Percent Of Bank’s Energy Investment Targets Poor Populations WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2014. Today, the Sierra Club and Oil Change International released a new report highlighting the failure of the world’s top multilateral development banks (MDBs) to align their energy lending with the International Energy[Read More…]
Seafood Fraud Is an Environmental, Economic, and Public Health Risk, and Strong Executive Action Is Needed
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2014. With last month’s designation of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, President Barack Obama has made ocean conservation a major component of his environmental legacy. He now has an opportunity to build on this momentum by focusing leadership and action on the other major[Read More…]
Supreme Court Again Upholds Voting Restrictions
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2014. For the second time in two weeks the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a law making it harder to vote. Yesterday, the Court reversed a lower court ruling that had blocked restrictions on same-day registration and out-of-precinct balloting in North Carolina. A week earlier the court delayed[Read More…]
Toxic Wood Preservative Added to Government List of Carcinogens
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2014. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) released its 13th Report on Carcinogens, a science-based document that identifies chemical, biological, and physical agents that are considered cancer hazards for people living in the United States. While four substances were added, bringing the total list[Read More…]
