CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2015. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today joined Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, Alderman Michael Scott, Jr., community leaders and ministers to announce a new $250,000 city fund to support local gun buy-back events across the city – an effort to get guns off the street and save lives in Chicago[Read More…]
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Sept. 2015 Jobless Rates Down in 37 States, Up in 6; Payroll Jobs Down in 27 States, Up in 20
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2015. Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in September. Thirty-seven states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases from August, six states had increases, and seven states had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-one states and the District[Read More…]
Program for Parents Helps Sustain Learning Gains in Kids from Head Start to Kindergarten
NIH-funded study shows involving parents sets the stage for later academic success Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2015. An instructional program for parents helps young children retain the literacy skills and positive learning behaviors acquired in Head Start and retain them through to the end of the kindergarten year, according to researchers[Read More…]
Team-based Treatment is Better for First Episode Psychosis
NIH-funded study shows early intervention has best outcomes. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2015. New research shows that treating people with first episode psychosis with a team-based, coordinated specialty care approach produces better clinical and functional outcomes than typical community care. Investigators also found that treatment is most effective for people who[Read More…]
Southern Forests at Risk: New Report Identifies Three Southern Forest Regions in Immediate Crosshairs of Wood Pellet Industry
First-of-its-kind maps expose millions of acres of vulnerable forests in the U.S. Southeast under threat from the rapidly-expanding wood pellet industry and rising biomass demand in Europe NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2015 – A new report released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) reveals the imminent threat from the[Read More…]
NRDC: Canada’s New Government Should Advance Clean Energy, Climate Action
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2015 –The following is a statement by Anthony Swift, Canada Project Director at the Natural Resources Defense Council, on the just-concluded federal elections in Canada: “The new Liberal government in Ottawa has an unprecedented opportunity to move Canada away from the dirty fuels of the past and toward[Read More…]
Sierra Club Statement on Canadian Election
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2015. Yesterday, Canada’s Liberal Party defeated the Conservative Party in a resounding victory. As a result, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who has held the position since 2006, will be replaced by the Liberal Party’s Justin Trudeau. This is the first time in 15 years that the[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Issues Recommendations to Restore Religious Liberty and Prevent Third-Party Harm
The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, D.C., on April 9, 2010. Source: AP/Evan Vucci Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2015. A new report released today by the Center for American Progress details how, more than one year after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision, state legislators, organizations, and for-profit corporations are using religious[Read More…]
Penalty Funds from the Volkswagen Pollution Scandal Should Be Used to Cut Pollution and Boost Public Health
President Barack Obama with the CEOs of major automakers announcing new tail pipe emissions standards. One notable absence was Jonathan Browning, the then president and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, July 2011. Source: AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais Washington D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2015. Michael Horn, the president and CEO of Volkswagen[Read More…]
Study Finds Neonics ‘Severely Affect’ Health of Honey Bee Queens
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2015. Exposure to neonicotinoid (neonic) pesticides results in profound negative impacts to the health of honey bee queens, according to an international team of researchers led by Geoff Williams, MD, PhD, at the University of Bern in Switzerland. While most studies to date have investigated how neonics[Read More…]
