Destroyed buildings line a street – which is flooded with algae-covered, debris-filled water – in the Old City area of Homs, the capital of Homs Governorate, Syria. Photo: UNICE/Nasar Ali SYRIA–(ENEWSPF)–16 February 2016 – The United Nations human rights office today expressed grave concern over airstrikes yesterday in Syria that[Read More…]
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Fishing and Public Interest Groups File Challenge to Feds’ Unprecedented Decision to Establish Aquaculture in Offshore U.S. Waters
Industrial aquaculture would bring economic and environmental harms to Gulf of Mexico and beyond New Orleans, LA–(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2016—Center for Food Safety has filed a new lawsuit challenging the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) new federal regulations permitting, for the first time, industrial aquaculture offshore in U.S. federal waters[Read More…]
U.S. Preventative Services Task Force Final Recommendation Statement: Screening for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 16, 2016. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released today a final recommendation statement on screening for autism spectrum disorder in young children. The Task Force found that more evidence is needed to make a recommendation on the benefits and harms of screening young children for autism. The[Read More…]
American Academy of Pediatrics Statement on U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Final Recommendation Statement on Autism Screening
Elk Grove Village, IL–(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2016 By: Benard Dreyer, MD, FAAP, president, American Academy of Pediatrics “The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) agrees with the call from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) for more research on the impact of screening and interventions for children who have autism spectrum[Read More…]
Prairie State College President Dr. Terri L. Winfree Receives the 2016 INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine Giving Back Award
National Recognition of College Presidents and Chancellors Who Give Back to Their Campuses and Communities CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2016. Today, Dr. Terri L Winfree, President of Prairie State College received the 2016 Giving Back Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the largest and oldest diversity and inclusion publication in higher[Read More…]
Drones for Research: DePaul University Archaeologist Explains UAV Use at Fifa for Site Documentation, Monitoring
Austin “Chad” Hill, a research scientist at the University of Connecticut, prepares a fixed wing drone for a flight over the landscape at Fifa in Jordan. Hill works with archaeologist Morag M. Kersel, an assistant professor at DePaul University, using drones for site documentation and monitoring at the site with[Read More…]
Environmental Groups File Fracking Lawsuit Against Three Energy Companies Operating in Oklahoma
Sierra Club and Public Justice Say Industry is Responsible for Increased Seismic Activity; Suit Comes in Wake of One of the Strongest Earthquakes in State History Oklahoma City, OK –(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2016. Sierra Club and Public Justice have filed a federal lawsuit against three energy companies engaged in hydraulic[Read More…]
Red Wolf Population Plunges to as Few as 50 as Feds Gut Recovery Program
Anti-wildlife Groups Spur Halt to Recovery Efforts, Poaching Investigations WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)– February 16, 2016. The nation’s only population of red wolves is in an alarming free-fall, declining by 27 percent from 2014 to 2015 to as few as 50 individuals, according to new population counts released by the U.S. Fish and[Read More…]
New Rate Survey of 500 U.S. Water Systems Finds Private Water Providers Charge 58% More
Comprehensive new water survey finds that 10 most affordable water systems are publicly owned and operated. Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2016. In the largest U.S. water rate survey of its kind, Food & Water Watch released a comprehensive review of the 500 largest U.S. community water systems that found that large, for-profit[Read More…]
United States, Cuba Sign Arrangement Restoring Scheduled Air Service
DOT Launches Process to Award the New Flights HAVANA –(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2016. Today, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Charles Rivkin, Cuban Minister of Transportation Adel Yzquierdo Rodriguez and President of the Cuban Civil Aviation Institute (IACC), Ministry of Transportation Colonel Alfredo Cordero Puig[Read More…]
