New Legislation Clarifies Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act Patient Protections; Advocates Applaud Legislation and Declare that Legislature Did Not Intend For Patients to Lose Jobs For Using Legal Medical Marijuana Trenton—(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2015. The New Jersey Legislature is poised to hold the first-ever hearing on legislation clarifying employment protections for[Read More…]
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Department of the Interior Announces Natural Resource Investment Center
Obama Administration expands support for water conservation efforts American Avocet. Photo: Melissa Groo/Audubon Photography Awards WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2015. Today, the Department of the Interior announced its plan to establish the Natural Resource Investment Center as a vehicle for public-private collaborations to address water sustainability issues with market-based solutions while[Read More…]
United Nations Working Group: Women in the United States, Texas Face Extreme Barriers to Basic Health Care
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2015. Women in Texas and across the country continue to face discrimination and extreme barriers to basic health care services like abortion—according to independent experts from the United Nations (U.N.) Working Group on Discrimination against Women in Law and in Practice. The Working Group—which visited Washington, D.C.[Read More…]
Warmer Air and Sea, Declining Ice Continue to Trigger Arctic Change
Fish and walruses moving in face of new challenges Average temperature from October 2014-September 2015 compared to the 1981-2010 average (top). Annual temperatures for the Arctic compared to the whole globe since 1900 (bottom). (Credit: NOAA Climate.gov image) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2015. A new NOAA-sponsored report shows that air temperature in 2015[Read More…]
Sierra Club: President Obama’s Leadership on Climate ‘Will Go Down in History’
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2015. President Obama just addressed the nation following the successful adoption of an international agreement that commits the entire world to serious climate action and moves us closer to a clean energy future. In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement: “President[Read More…]
Health Wins: Mercury and Air Toxics Standards Move Forward
Victory: Following a recent ruling by the Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals rejects bid by coal mining industry to throw out the first-ever national limits on mercury and other toxic air pollution spewed by power plants The Cheswick coal-fired power plant in Pennsylvania. It is among the hundreds[Read More…]
State Executives Have a Substantial Opportunity to Reduce Gun Violence Without Waiting for Legislatures to Act
A new Center for American Progress report offers 28 ideas for how state executives can take action to fight gun violence in their states Flags wave on the roof of the Virginia state Capitol in Richmond, Virginia, in February 2011. Source: AP/Steve Helber Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2015. With each[Read More…]
Montreal, Canada Proposes ‘Complete Ban on Neonics’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2015. Last week Montreal, the largest city in Canada’s Quebec province, announced plans for an all-out ban on the use of bee-toxic neonicotinoid pesticides. The new regulations represent the strongest move against this neurotoxic class of insecticides by any government entity to date. Environmental and health advocates[Read More…]
DOD Releases Report on Enhancing Security and Stability in Afghanistan
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2015. Today DoD provided Congress with a report on “Enhancing Security and Stability in Afghanistan” in accordance with Section 1225 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. “Buck” McKeon National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291). This report addresses developments from June[Read More…]
Protest Filed Challenging Fracking Leases on 4,900 Acres in Southwestern Colorado
In the Face of Climate Crisis, BLM Urged to Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground DENVER—(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2015. The Center for Biological Diversity on Monday filed a formal administrative protest challenging a Bureau of Land Management decision to auction 4,900 acres of public land in southwestern Colorado for fracking.[Read More…]
