NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–31 March 2011 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged world leaders to take bold decisions to tackle the AIDS epidemic, as he launched a new United Nations report that warns that recent gains, while laudable, are fragile. The report, “Uniting for universal access: towards zero new HIV infections, zero[Read More…]
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UN Warns of ‘Potentially Catastrophic’ Impact of Climate Change on Food Security
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–31 March 2011 – The effects of slow-onset climate change are expected to have “potentially catastrophic” impact on food production in developing countries in future, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today, calling for action to mitigate the adverse consequences. “Currently the world is focused on[Read More…]
Haitian Buildings To Be Reinforced Against Earthquakes Under UN-backed Plan
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–29 March 2011 – Haitian schools, hospitals and other buildings are to be strengthened under a United Nations-backed plan to reduce vulnerability to seismic threats in a country that was devastated 14 months ago by a massive earthquake that killed more than 200,000 people and made 1.3 million homeless.[Read More…]
Sierra Club Response to President Obama’s Speech on Energy Security
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2011. Statement by Michael Brune, Executive Director of the Sierra Club: “True energy independence starts at home and we are encouraged by the President’s commitment to moving our nation beyond its dangerous addiction to oil. “As the President said, with soaring oil prices, Middle East unrest, national[Read More…]
Successfully Stop Smoking – Expanded Quitline Services
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2011. The Illinois Tobacco Quitline has added weekend hours for the first time and expanded its daily hours of operation until 11 p.m. to provide more opportunities for Illinoisans trying to quit smoking, Dr. Damon T. Arnold, state public health director, announced today. The expanded hours for[Read More…]
HHS Launches New Consumer-Focused Immunization Website www.vaccines.gov
New Tool That Will Give Consumers More Information about Vaccines and Immunizations and Help Them Make Informed Decisions About Preventive Health Washington, D.C.–(ENEWPF)–March 30, 2011. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today unveiled an innovative new website to help parents and other consumers learn about the most effective[Read More…]
CAP, LCV and Sierra Club’s ‘Cleaner Cars, Less Foreign Oil’ Plan
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2011. Today the Center for American Progress, Sierra Club, and League of Conservation Voters released the “Cleaner Cars, Less Foreign Oil” plan, by John D. Podesta, Carl Pope and Gene Karpinski. It calls for President Obama and Congress to set firm targets for cutting foreign oil use,[Read More…]
FACT SHEET: America’s Energy Security
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2011. Rising prices at the pump affect everybody – workers and farmers; truck drivers and restaurant owners. Businesses see it impact their bottom line. Families feel the pinch when they fill up their tank. For Americans already struggling to get by, it makes life that much harder. [Read More…]
EPA Monitoring Continues to Confirm That No Radiation Levels of Concern Have Reached the United States
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2011. During detailed filter analyses from 12 RadNet air monitor locations across the nation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identified trace amounts of radioactive isotopes consistent with the Japanese nuclear incident. Some of the filter results show levels slightly higher than those found by EPA monitors last[Read More…]
IL Medical Cannabis Legislation Passes Committee
SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2011. Legislation that seeks to legalize the physician-supervised use of medical cannabis passed the House Healthcare Availability and Access Committee and is now waiting for a floor vote from the Illinois House of Representatives. House Bill 30, the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act, allows qualified[Read More…]
