Know The Facts First, an STI awareness and education campaign, reaches teens where they are, online and off Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2015. During yesterday’s opening session of the National HIV Prevention Conference, Douglas M. Brooks, M.S.W., the director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy, announced the launch[Read More…]
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Researchers Investigate How a Developing Brain is Assembled
NIH 3-D software tracks worm embryo’s brain development. Image A shows the twisted up worm embryo inside the egg with the fluorescently labeled cells. The second image shows how the computer program identifies each of the marked cells, and image C shows the untwisted worm. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2015. A[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes Action Against Debt Collector for Pursuing Disputed and Unverified Cellphone Debts
EOS to Pay More than $2.5 Million in Refunds and Penalties WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2015. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a federal complaint against EOS CCA (EOS), a Massachusetts debt collection firm, for reporting and collecting on old cellphone debt that consumers disputed and EOS did[Read More…]
Robert Redford and Indigenous Leaders, Artists Speak Out on Climate
UNESCO and NRDC Host Afternoon of “Storytelling for Global Climate Action” Photo: Julien Hekimian/Getty PARIS–(ENEWSPF)–December 6, 2015 –Robert Redford and indigenous artists, activists and storytellers from across the globe took the stage today during the international climate talks in Paris at UNESCO to share captivating stories about precious places threatened[Read More…]
Sierra Club & RYOT Launch Virtual Reality Experience on China’s Largest Carbon Polluters
As World Leaders Gather in Paris to Take Climate Action, Legendary Singer Cher Narrates the 360 Video Calling out the Dangers of Coal in China WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2015. Today, the Sierra Club and RYOT launched their second joint virtual reality video experience, viewable on the RYOT-VR mobile[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton Urges Democrats to Block GOP Attempts to Weaken Dodd-Frank Act in Spending Bill Negotiations
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—December 7, 2015. In a new op-ed to be published in the New York Times today, Hillary Clinton is urging the White House and Congressional Democrats to hang tough in the closing days of negotiations around an omnibus spending bill, and resist the call from Republicans who are insisting[Read More…]
Sierra Club Statement on Bernie Sanders’ Clean Energy Plan
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2015. Today, Senator Sanders released a new energy plan as part of his campaign for the Democratic Nomination for President. Among other things, the plan including a commitment to cut dangerous carbon pollution 40 percent by 2030 and 80 percent by 2050; repeal fossil fuel[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Report Shows Major Role Energy Storage Technology Can Play in Future Energy Production
Power transmission lines stand against a sky of gathering storm clouds in Lansing, Michigan, on August 21, 2003. Source: AP/Al Goldis Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2015. Energy storage technology has become an integral part of our personal, electrified lives. However, throughout most of the 20th century, technological limitations and[Read More…]
International Case To Be Brought Against Monsanto for Health and Environmental Crimes
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2015. Monsanto will be put on trial for crimes against nature, humanity, and ecocide in The Hague, Netherlands, home to the United Nation’s International Court of Justice. The Organic Consumers Association (OCA), IFOAM International Organics, Navdanya, Regeneration International (RI), and Millions Against Monsanto, joined by dozens of[Read More…]
Marine Missing From World War II Accounted For, Dec. 7, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2015. The Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced last week that the remains of a serviceman, unaccounted for since World War II, have been identified and are being returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Marine Cpl. James D. Otto, 20, of[Read More…]
