WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 29, 2014 — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on Tuesday introduced legislation that would restore Americans’ privacy rights by ending the government’s dragnet collection of phone records and requiring greater oversight, transparency, and accountability with respect to domestic surveillance authorities. The updated version of the USA FREEDOM[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Study Helps Compare Risks of Treatments for Early Esophageal Cancer
Northwestern Medicine researchers suggest endoscopic resection not always best for localized, early-stage esophageal cancer CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 29, 29014,. A new study, published in the July, 2014, issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute by Northwestern Medicine® researchers, sheds new light on the risks associated with the growing popularity of[Read More…]
NRDC Report Helps Guide Major Fuel Buyers to Sustainable Biofuels Procurement
Government Consultancy LMI Helps Establish Baseline for Biofuel Industry Stakeholders WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 29, 2014—Amid increasing interest in alternative transportation fuels, a new report shows how federal agencies and other large commercial customers can buy sustainably produced biofuels and avoid those linked to major deforestation, destroyed wildlife habitat and fouled waterways. The[Read More…]
Oregon Marijuana Legalization Campaign Lands Major Endorsements
Three early endorsers: Oregon State Council for Retired Citizens, Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–July 29, 2014. Less than a week after qualifying for the ballot, the New Approach Oregon campaign to regulate marijuana for adults 21 and older has won three major endorsements. The endorsing[Read More…]
NOAA-led Study Shows Alaska Fisheries and Communities at Risk from Ocean Acidification
Individual components of the final ocean acidification risk index for each census area showing the communities with the highest risk are in the Southeast and Southwest of the state. (Credit: NOAA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 29, 2014. Ocean acidification is driving changes in waters vital to Alaska’s valuable commercial fisheries and subsistence[Read More…]
NOAA: ‘Nuisance Flooding’ an Increasing Problem as Coastal Sea Levels Rise
Study looks at more than 60 years of coastal water level and local elevation data changes Annapolis, Maryland, pictured here in 2012, saw the greatest increase in nuisance flooding in a recent NOAA study. (Credit: With permission from Amy McGovern.) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 29, 2014. Eight of the top 10 U.S.[Read More…]
SEIU’s Second Round of Ads Stress Shameful GOP Record & Rhetoric on Immigration
SEIU Launches New Radio Ads Urging Latinos to Register to Vote, Targeting Republican Party and Congressmen Gardner, Coffman, Valadao and Heck WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 29, 2014. At the height of a national debate where Republican members of Congress have veered to extremist tactics and rhetoric to address immigration and the children[Read More…]
Carbon Pollution from the Federal Coal Program is Costing More Than $19 Billion Per Year
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 29, 2014. A new report released today by the Center for American Progress finds that the federal coal-leasing program in the nation’s richest coal region, the Powder River Basin in Wyoming and Montana, is costing more than $19 billion per year in losses and damages resulting from carbon[Read More…]
FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg’s Statement on the Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent Skin Cancer
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 29, 2014. Each year, thousands of Americans are diagnosed with some form of skin cancer. The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to prevent skin cancer is important especially during these hot summer months when many of us spend extra time in the sun. Over the last few[Read More…]
Surgeon General Issues Call to Action to Prevent Skin Cancer
Skin cancer rates rising: most cases are preventable Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 29, 2014. Skin cancer, the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States, is a major public health problem that requires immediate action, according to a new Call to Action released today by the U.S. Surgeon General. Even though most[Read More…]
