In December 2015, a mother loads preserved food supplies in a truck as the family prepares to move out of Nashabieh village to a neighbouring safer town within besieged East Ghouta, Syria. Almost 400,000 people are trapped in besieged locations. Photo: UNICEF/Amer Al Shami GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–7 January 2016 – The United[Read More…]
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NASA’s CORAL Campaign Will Raise Reef Studies to a New Level
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2015. A new three-year NASA field expedition gets underway this year that will use advanced instruments on airplanes and in the water to survey more of the world’s coral reefs in far greater detail than has ever been assessed before. The Coral Reef Airborne Laboratory (CORAL) will[Read More…]
Remains of Lost 1800s Whaling Fleet Discovered off Alaska’s Arctic Coast
A small anchor and other objects that were observed during the Lost Whaling Fleets expedition. (Credit: NOAA) ALASKA–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2015. NOAA archaeologists have discovered the battered hulls of two 1800s whaling ships nearly 144 years after they and 31 others sank off the Arctic coast of Alaska in one of[Read More…]
Federal Authorities Seize Nearly 90,000 Bottles of a Beverage Containing the Herbal Ingredient Kratom
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2016. United States Marshals, acting with investigators from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, yesterday seized nearly 90,000 bottles of a beverage containing the herbal ingredient kratom. The beverages were manufactured for and held by Dordoniz Natural Products LLC, of South Beloit, and marketed under the brand[Read More…]
NRDC: New Federal Dietary Guidelines Call for Less Meat
Guidance Still Falls Short of Recommendations from Scientific Advisors WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2016 – Many Americans, especially men and teenage boys, eat too much red meat, poultry and eggs, and should reduce their consumption, according to new federal dietary guidelines jointly released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and[Read More…]
DoD Identifies Army Casualty, Jan. 6, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 6, 2016. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Soldier who was supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. Staff Sgt. Matthew Q. McClintock, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, died Jan. 5, 2016, in Marjah District, Afghanistan, from wounds suffered when the enemy attacked his unit with small arms[Read More…]
Detainee Transfers Announced, Jan. 6, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 6, 2016. The Department of Defense announced today the transfer of Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the Government of Ghana. As directed by the president’s Jan. 22, 2009, executive order, the interagency Guantanamo Review Task[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth: New Dietary Guidelines Lack Clear Message on Less Meat, More Plants
Administration ignores Scientific Advisory Panel’s call for sustainable diets WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2016. The Obama administration’s newly released 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans fail to provide clear guidance to the public around lowering meat consumption, despite strong scientific evidence presented by its own Advisory Committee on the need[Read More…]
HHS and USDA Release New Dietary Guidelines to Encourage Healthy Eating Patterns to Prevent Chronic Diseases
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2016. Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia M. Burwell and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today released updated nutritional guidelines that encourage Americans to adopt a series of science-based recommendations to improve how they eat to reduce obesity and prevent chronic diseases like Type 2 diabetes,[Read More…]
EPA Concludes Neonicotinoids Pose Risk to Bees, Fails to Analyze Other Pollinators
WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–January 6, 2016. The Environmental Protection Agency said today in a “pollinator risk assessment” that imidacloprid, a popular neonicotinoid pesticide, poses a significant risk to honeybees — but it failed to examine risks to nearly 4,000 North American native bees and all other pollinators, including imperiled butterflies, bats and[Read More…]
