OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. The Minority Cannabis Business Association and Marley Natural™ have teamed up to combat the negative consequences of the war on drugs across the U.S. Our first mission is to help men and women get their criminal record expunged. You qualify if you: • Are over 18 years of age • Have[Read More…]
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Oxygen Can Impair Cancer Immunotherapy in Mice
This panel shows how the PHD protein, depicted as a sphere in the three bottom panels, suppresses lung response, tumor growth, and anti-tumor immunity.NCI Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. Researchers have identified a mechanism in mice by which anticancer immune responses are inhibited within the lungs, a common site of metastasis[Read More…]
NIH Establishes New Research Program to Address Health Disparities of Chronic Diseases
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), part of the National Institutes of Health, is launching the Transdisciplinary Collaborative Centers (TCC) for Health Disparities Research on Chronic Disease Prevention program. This program responds to the need for more robust, ecological approaches to address[Read More…]
Sierra Club on National Park Service Centennial
OAKLAND, CA –(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. Today marks 100 years since the creation of the National Park Service. What started with one park, Yellowstone, has grown into a system of national parks and monuments that includes park areas in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. As part of[Read More…]
Community Groups across the Country Challenge EPA over Failure to Update Protections from Lead Poisoning
Inadequate protections endanger young children in schools, homes, and other buildings currently deemed safe iStock.com / Wundervisuals Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. A coalition of national and regional groups across the country is suing the United States Environmental Protection Agency for failing to update standards that protect families against neurotoxic[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending August 20, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending August 20, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 261,000, a decrease of 1,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 262,000. The 4-week moving average was 264,000, a decrease of 1,250 from the previous week’s unrevised[Read More…]
New Analysis Shows Federally Preserved Coastal Areas Are an Economic as Well as Environmental Boon
Visitors to Everglades National Park, Florida, camp on the beach at Middle Cape Sable. Source: Flickr/Nate Bolt Washington, D.C. — (ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. A new report released today by the Center for American Progress shows that the National Park System’s coastal units, which make up less than a quarter of[Read More…]
DoD Identifies Army Casualty, August 24, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 24, 2016. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. Staff Sgt. Matthew V. Thompson, 28, of Irvine, California, died Aug. 23 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, of injuries caused by an improvised explosive device that detonated near his patrol[Read More…]
1.8 Million Acres of Sierra Nevada Habitat Protected for Imperiled Frogs, Toads
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced designation of 1,812,164 acres of protected “critical habitat” throughout the Sierra Nevada mountains for several endangered amphibians: the Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog, Yosemite toad and northern population of the mountain yellow-legged frog. The vast majority of the[Read More…]
Ban Sought on Commercial Trapping of Wild Turtles in Missouri
Thousands Have Been Caught, Sold From State Rivers Common snapping turtle photo by Dakota L. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. The Center for Biological Diversity and Great Rivers Environmental Law Center petitioned the Missouri Department of Conservation yesterday to end commercial collection of the state’s wild freshwater turtles. Turtle traders[Read More…]
