With cooperation from U.S. and Mexico, regular “pulse flows” could restore an ecological corridor Vermillion Flycatcher. Photo: Camilla Cerea/Audubon COLORADO RIVER DELTA, Mexico -(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2016. In 2014, 34 billion gallons of the Colorado River reached the sea, connecting the river through its ancient delta for the first time in[Read More…]
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Chicagoland Nurtures Henslow’s Sparrow Rebound New Audubon Study Reveals
Land Management Partnership Brings Imperiled Prairie Bird Back From the Brink Henslow’s Sparrow. Photo: Joshua Clark/Audubon Photography Awards NEW YORK –(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2016. New findings in a study released by the National Audubon Society indicate that grasslands of the greater Chicago region are contributing significantly to the recovery of threatened[Read More…]
Increase in Visits to Emergency Departments Persists Following Medicaid Expansion
Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2016. Visits to hospital emergency departments (EDs) not only jumped by 40% in Oregon after Medicaid coverage was expanded there in 2008—but the increase persisted for at least two years, according to a new study led by health economists at Harvard T.H. Chan School of[Read More…]
Senators Warren and Menendez Raise Questions about Retirement of Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf, Promotion of New CEO Tim Sloan
Washington, DC -(ENEWSPF)–October 20,l 2016. Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) wrote to the Wells Fargo Board of Directors to raise concerns related to last week’s announcement of the retirement of former Wells Fargo Chairman and CEO John Stumpf and the promotion of Tim Sloan as[Read More…]
Senator Sanders, Representative Cummings Send Letter on ARIAD’s Staggering Price Increases
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2016 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) sent a letter to ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Thursday requesting information about why the company has increased the price of leukemia drug Iclusig four times in 2016 to $199,000 a year. ARIAD has raised the price of the[Read More…]
SEIU: No Contest, Hillary Clinton Shows Leadership, Integrity That Working Families Need
Trump’s lies and personal attacks don’t fool voters WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2015. At last night’s final presidential debate Hillary Clinton showed not only why she will win on Nov. 8, but why she will be a great president for working families and for all Americans. “This debate was no[Read More…]
Citizen Scientists Seek South Pole ‘Spiders’ on Mars
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona ARIZONA–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2016. This image shows spidery channels eroded into Martian ground. It is an example from high-resolution observation of more than 20 places that were chosen in 2016 on the basis of about 10,000 volunteers’ examination of lower-resolution images of larger areas near Mars’[Read More…]
NOAA: 2016 U.S. Winter Outlook Predicts Warmer, Drier South and Cooler, Wetter North (Video)
Drought expected to persist in California and expand in the Southeast Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2016 Forecasters at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center issued the U.S. Winter Outlook today, saying that La Nina is expected to influence winter conditions this year. The Climate Prediction Center issued a La Nina watch this month,[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Previews Final Section Of Expanded Chicago Riverwalk
Final three block stretch from LaSalle Street to Lake Street set to open this weekend Chicago Riverwalk Source: www.sasaki.com CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel yesterday joined officials from the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) and the Department of Fleet and Facilities Management (2FM) to preview the third and final[Read More…]
Two Rockford Men Arrested on Drug Trafficking Charges
Federal District Court, Northern District of Illinois ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2016. Two Rockford men were arrested yesterday on federal drug trafficking charges. QUINCY L. ATMORE, 44, and MAURICE D. NEAL, 34, both of Rockford, are charged in an eight-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Rockford. Both men[Read More…]
