NRDC: “It’s Not Too Late To Act.” WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2011. A comprehensive report released today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change confirms what most people already know: The intensifying extreme weather events in the United States and around the world are linked to climate change. The following is a[Read More…]
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Illinois Organization Awarded Funds to Find New Ways to Improve Care for People with Medicare
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2011. The Council for Jewish Elderly (CJE SeniorLife) today became one of seven organizations across the country selected to test new ways to improve care for people with Medicare, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced. “Lack of coordinated care between hospitals and caretakers[Read More…]
House and Senate Unite Under Legislation To Protect America’s Wild and Pristine Roadless Forests
Introduce Roadless Area Conservation Act today Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2011. On the heels of a landmark Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals decision upholding the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, a broad group of senators and representatives introduced legislation today to make sure the administrative rule remains the law of[Read More…]
Congress Fights to Protect Environment and Public Health from Climate Change
Senate bill would establish programs to safeguard natural resources and communities Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2011. Today, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Max Baucus (D-MT) introduced the Securing America’s Future and Environment Act (“SAFE Act”) that aims to protect American communities and natural resources from the impacts of climate change.[Read More…]
Is 90 the New 85?
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2011. In 1980, there were 720,000 people aged 90 and older in the United States. In 2010, there were 1.9 million people aged 90 and older; by 2050, the ranks of people 90 and older may reach 9 million, according to a report from the U.S. Census[Read More…]
Deforestation Threatens Planet, Economies and Communities, UN Chief Warns
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–17 November 2011. Deforestation not only threatens the planet’s climate and national economic development, but also communities whose income, culture and way of life depend on healthy forests, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressedtoday on a visit to Indonesia. Mr. Ban was in the Central Kalimantan region of Borneo, which has[Read More…]
International Group to Put Pesticide Manufacturers on Trial
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2011. The Ecologist is reporting that the world’s six largest pesticide manufacturers will collectively be put on trial by a long-standing tribunal that will convene in India next month. Though the group known as the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal, created in 1979, has no legal standing, its hope is[Read More…]
Unraveling How a Mutation Can Lead to Psychiatric Illness
MIT neuroscientists show that a gene linked with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder impairs early brain development. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2011. In recent years, scientists have discovered several genetic mutations associated with greater risk of psychiatric diseases such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. One such mutation, known as DISC1 — an[Read More…]
As State Department Begins Additional Keystone XL Review, New Documents Raise Fresh Concerns
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2011. A new tranche of internal State Department documents released today by public interest groups is raising fresh concerns about pro-pipeline bias — just as the department begins a new review of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline’s likely impacts. “What we see in these[Read More…]
Cedars-Sinai Denying Transplant to Medical Marijuana Patient with Inoperable Liver Cancer
Patient advocacy group calls on preeminent health center to change harmful transplant policy Los Angeles, CA –(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2011. Sixty-three year-old medical marijuana patient Norman B. Smith was diagnosed with inoperable liver cancer in 2009 and sought treatment from the internationally lauded Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Smith’s oncologist[Read More…]
