GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–29 August 2017 – The United Nations aid chief released today $45 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to four countries “struggling in crises away from the headlines” – Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Chad and Sudan – where more than 21 million people need urgent humanitarian assistance.[Read More…]
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Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Agbeni Infections Linked to Pet Turtles
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2017. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) and multiple states are investigating a multistate outbreak of human Salmonella infections linked to contact with pet turtles. Thirty-seven people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Agbeni have been reported from 13 states. Illnesses started on dates ranging from[Read More…]
NASA Watching Harvey from Satellites and the International Space Station, August 29, 2017
MARYLAND–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2017. NASA has a lot of resources providing information on Tropical Storm Harvey as it continues to drop tremendous, flooding rainfall on Texas and Louisiana. Satellites like NASA’s Aqua satellite and platforms like aircraft and the International Space Station continue to provide various kinds of data on the[Read More…]
Trump Administration Seeks to Allow Harley Davidson to Avoid Punishment for Clean Air Act Violations
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—August 29, 2017. Today, the Sierra Club submitted comments on Donald Trump’s Department of Justice revision of Harley Davidson’s punishment for Clean Air Act violations. Last year, the Obama Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice reached the consent decree to settle claims that the Harley Davidson installed[Read More…]
DACA Recipients’ Economic and Educational Gains Continue to Grow, According to Largest Study to Date
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 28, 2017. According to the largest and latest study of its kind to date, the economic and educational gains made by beneficiaries of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) continue to grow. The national survey, published today by Tom K. Wong, professor at the University of California San[Read More…]
AG Madigan Files Lawsuit Against City Of Chicago To Reform CPD
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Attorney General Lisa Madigan today joined Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson to announce a lawsuit to seek an enforceable consent decree to implement the numerous reforms outlined by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in its investigation of the Chicago Police Department (CPD). In[Read More…]
Guard Units From Other States Join Harvey Response in Texas
Arlington, VA–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2017 By: Steve Marshall One day after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called up the entire 12,000-member Texas National Guard to assist civilian authorities with the epic flooding resulting from Hurricane Harvey, several other state Guard units are in the hard-hit areas to offer manpower, equipment and support.[Read More…]
Request Seeks Evidence That Trump’s Reversal of Coastal Flood Protections Is Driven by Climate Denial, Contempt for Obama
Decision Makes Coastal Communities More Vulnerable to Storms Like Harvey WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2017. The Center for Biological Diversity filed a Freedom of Information Act request today seeking public records connected to President Trump’s rollback of an Obama executive order and federal flood-protection rule. Just 10 days before Harvey struck Texas,[Read More…]
Statement from IL House Speaker Madigan on School Funding
SPRINGFIELD, IL–(ENEWSPF)–August 28, 2017. House Speaker Michael J. Madigan issued the following statement on Monday: “Today we saw compromise. Instead of pitting children and communities against each other, Democrats and Republicans came to an agreement on much of what’s in this bill. And even where we don’t fully agree, we’re[Read More…]
Human Rights Watch: Trump Threatening to Expel ‘Dreamers’
Repealing DACA Would Harm Thousands With Close US Ties Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–August 28, 2017. US President Donald Trump’s threatened repeal of a program protecting from deportation immigrants who arrived in the United States as children would harm hundreds of thousands of people with strong ties to the US, Human Rights[Read More…]
