MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2011. Theo Ormrod Davis, 15, won a prestigious photography honor in England for this photo of a dandelion. MY DAUGHTER, AIMEE, WILL PROUDLY TELL YOU THAT SHE’S four and three-quarters now, and not just four and a half. Upon this momentous birthday occasion my wife decided it[Read More…]
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Commerce Department Announces $102 Million in Wetlands, Barrier Island Restoration Awards for Louisiana
Acting Commerce Secretary Blank also highlights benefits to Louisiana of American Jobs Act Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2011. Acting Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank today announced $102 million for three Louisiana projects in the Barataria and Terrebone basins, to restore deteriorated wetlands and barrier island habitats along the state’s coast. These[Read More…]
State of IL Health Department Recognizes World Rabies Day
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.–(ENEWSPF)–September 28, 2011 is World Rabies Day, a global campaign to spread the word about rabies prevention. With the theme, Working Together to Make Rabies History!, the World Rabies day initiative was founded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Alliance for Rabies Control to[Read More…]
UN Pays Tribute to Late Environmentalist and Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–26 September 2011. Wangari Maathai The United Nations today paid tribute to Professor Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and one of Africa’s foremost environmental campaigners, who died on Sunday. Ms. Maathai, 71, was the founder of the Green Belt Movement that encouraged women in rural Kenya to plant[Read More…]
Dan Rather Reports: EPA Covers Up Bee Evidence
U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO IGNORE PESTICIDE PROOF MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2011. We’ve been at this now for more than five years. As one of the first organizations in North America to go public with the notion that a class of pesticides made from synthetic nicotine were responsible for the sudden bee[Read More…]
Centers for Disease Control Reports Illness and Death Linked to Bed Bug Pesticides
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2011. On September 23, 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a study in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report linking pesticides sprayed in attempts to control bed bugs to poisoning incidents and death. Because bed bugs do not transmit disease and can be[Read More…]
California RNs Want Sutter to End Lockout & State to Investigate Safety Violations Following Patient Death
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2011. The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United yesterday called on Sutter corporation to immediately end the unsafe lockout of its regularly scheduled nurses following media confirmation of a patient death while under the care of a strike replacement RN, as well as reports of other serious problems involving[Read More…]
Nature Offers Key Lessons on Harvesting Solar Power, Says U of T Chemistry Professor
TORONTO, ON–(ENEWSPF)–September 23, 2011. Clean solutions to human energy demands are essential to our future. While sunlight is the most abundant source of energy at our disposal, we have yet to learn how to capture, transfer and store solar energy efficiently. According to University of Toronto chemistry professor Greg Scholes,[Read More…]
Organic Farmers Call for Clear Rules to Spur Innovation
Farmers urge federal regulators to clarify organic rules to eliminate the use of methyl iodide and promote green farming San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–September 23, 2011. In light of growing concerns about the use of the cancer-causing strawberry pesticide methyl iodide, the New York Times reports today that farmers are urging the United[Read More…]
Crohn’s Patients Who Use Cannabis Report Fewer Surgeries, Are Less Likely To Use Prescription Drugs
“All patients stated that consuming cannabis had a positive effect on their disease activity” Tel Aviv, Israel–(ENEWSPF)–September 23, 2011. Cannabis use is associated with a reduction in Crohn’s disease (CD) activity and disease-related surgeries, according to the results of a retrospective observational study published in the August issue of the[Read More…]
