Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2016. In response to Donald Trump’s selection of white nationalist Steve Bannon as chief strategist and senior counselor in the White House, Ilyse Hogue and Destiny Lopez issued the following statements: Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America said: “If anyone had any question about whether Donald Trump’s racist and[Read More…]
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Marrakech: UN Secretary General Ban Hails ‘New Dawn of Cooperation on Climate Change,’ Urges Action on Paris Accord
Country Flags outside the UN COP22 venue in Marrakech, Morocco. Photo: UNFCCC Marrakech, Morocco–(ENEWSPF)–15 November 2016 – As senior government officials gather in Marrakech, Morocco, to chart the implementation course for the landmark Paris Agreement, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today hailed the opening of a “new dawn for global cooperation on[Read More…]
Science From the Sky: NASA Renews Search for Antarctic Meteorites
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2016. Three federal entities, including NASA, are reaffirming their commitment to search for Antarctic meteorites, to help learn more about the primitive building blocks of the solar system and answer questions about Earth’s neighbors like the moon and Mars. Members of the Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET)[Read More…]
Pacific Coast Marshes More Resistant to Rising Seas Than Atlantic: NOAA Study
Baseline established to track effects of climate change Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2016. November 15, 2016 A NOAA-sponsored study shows that Pacific coast tidal marshes are more resistant to rising sea levels from climate change than marshes in the Atlantic. Pacific marshes are generally at higher elevations than Atlantic marshes, and[Read More…]
Use of Physical Punishment Declines Across All Socioeconomic Groups
Elk Grove Village, IL–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2016. A study in the December 2016 issue of Pediatrics, “Socioeconomic Gaps in Parents ’Discipline Strategies from 1988-2011,” (published online Nov. 14) investigated changes over time in parents’ discipline strategies. Discipline strategies are a main component of socioemotional interactions and include physical punishments such as spanking, and[Read More…]
Study Finds Depression On Rise In Adolescents But Particularly Among Teen Girls
Elk Grove Village, IL–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2016. Major depression is one of the deadliest diseases among adolescents and is associated with the rise in self-injury among teenagers. A study, “National Trends in the Prevalence and Treatment of Depression in Adolescents and Young Adults,” published in the December 2016 Pediatrics (published online[Read More…]
Report: Kemper Disaster Could Get Billions From Taxpayers in Lame Duck Deal
WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2016. A new report from Friends of the Earth and Taxpayers for Common Sense sounds the alarm on a lame duck tax deal that could send billions in subsidies to Southern Company’s long-troubled Kemper coal plant in De Kalb, Mississippi. “This disaster is billions of dollars[Read More…]
Center for Biological Diversity: Public Lands Bills Would Strip Federal Regulation of Fossil Fuels, Give Away 7 Million Acres in Nevada
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2016. The Center for Biological Diversity today condemned three bills being considered in the lame-duck session of Congress that would strip federal regulation from all forms of energy production on America’s public lands and give away 7.2 million acres of federal land in Nevada. “These bills, sponsored by[Read More…]
Lawsuit Launched to Prompt ‘Endangered’ Status for African Elephants
Savannah elephant courtesy Flickr/Bernard Dupont. WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2016. The Center for Biological Diversity filed a notice of intent today to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to protect Africa’s two gravely imperiled elephant species as “endangered.” Unprecedented poaching for ivory and accelerating habitat loss has decimated both[Read More…]
Army Corps of Engineers Statement Regarding the Dakota Access Pipeline
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2016. Yesterday, the Army informed the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Energy Transfer Partners, and Dakota Access, LLC, that it has completed the review that it launched on September 9, 2016. The Army has determined that additional discussion and analysis are warranted in light of the history[Read More…]
