‘Weak or non-existent’ El Nino is a factor Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2017. Forecasters at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center say the Atlantic could see another above-normal hurricane season this year. For the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 through November 30, forecasters predict a 45 percent chance of[Read More…]
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Center for American Progress Column Shows State Losses Under Medicaid Per Capita Cap Scenarios
The Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, August 2015. AP/Andrew Harnik Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2017. As the Senate considers vast cuts to the Medicaid program under the House passed American Health Care Act (AHCA), a new column from the Center for American Progress assesses how states would have been affected by caps[Read More…]
House Approves Bill to Eliminate Clean Water Act Pesticide Protections
H.R. 953 Eliminates Public Right to Know When Pesticides Sprayed Directly Into Water WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2017. The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation yesterday that would eliminate critical Clean Water Act safeguards, allowing more pesticides to be sprayed directly into streams, lakes, rivers and drinking water supplies. If enacted into[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Estimates Trumpcare Coverage Losses by State and Congressional District
A flag flies in front of the Capitol dome on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 2017. AP/Susan Walsh Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–May 25, 2017. Showing the devastating impact of Trumpcare nationwide, a new report from the Center for American Progress estimates how many Americans would lose coverage by state and congressional[Read More…]
The C.B.O.’s Keeping Score—We’re Losers Now It’s Time To Win Back Our Health Care Rights
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 25, 2017. Statement by NOW President Terry O’Neill: Donald Trump loves calling people “losers” so much that he’s backing a health care plan that would put tens of millions of Americans on the losing side of the ledger. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) score of the House health[Read More…]
US Death Rates from Alzheimer’s Disease Increased 55 Percent from 1999 to 2014
More caregiver support needed as disease burden grows Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–May 25, 2017. Death rates from Alzheimer’s disease (AD) increased 55 percent between 1999 and 2014, according to data released today in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The number of Alzheimer’s deaths at home also increased during the same period,[Read More…]
3.3 Million-Year-Old Fossil of Young Girl Reveals Origins of Human Spine
Portions of skeletal structure established millions of years earlier than previously thought Full skeleton of ‘Selam,’ a 3.3 million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis fossil discovered by Prof. Zeray Alemseged in 2000. Courtesy of: Zeray Alemseged CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2017 By: Matt Wood Analysis of a 3.3 million-year-old fossil skeleton reveals the most complete[Read More…]
Drug Policy Alliance: White House Budget Proposes More Funding for Law Enforcement Than Treatment
Advocates: White House Budget Further Confirmation that Trump Administration Escalating the War on Drugs Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 23, 2017. President Trump’s FY 2018 budget, released today, proposes to boost funding for the Drug Enforcement Administration and other law enforcement while proposing dramatic cuts to Medicaid that has extended access to opioid[Read More…]
Lawsuit Targets Trump’s Climate-change Censorship
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2017. The Center for Biological Diversity today sued the Trump administration to uncover public records showing that federal employees have been censored from using words or phrases related to climate change in formal agency communications. Today’s lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., seeks to require[Read More…]
Trump’s Border Wall Threatens World Heritage Site
Groups Request ‘In Danger’ Status for El Pinacate Biosphere Reserve, Border Wall Threatens Protected Sonoran Desert Wildlife PARIS—(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2017. Conservation groups and representatives of the Tohono-O’odham of Sonora, Mexico today petitioned for “in danger” status for a World Heritage site in Mexico threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump’s border[Read More…]
