NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–17 January 2011 – With 1.6 billion people in developing countries still lacking access to electricity, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for a global revolution to address the world’s energy challenges. “Our challenge is transformation. We need a global clean energy revolution – a revolution that makes energy available[Read More…]
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Haiti’s Recovery Multi-Year Effort, UN Humanitarian Chief Tells ECOSOC
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–14 January 2011 – The relief effort after Haiti’s devastating earthquake a year ago has helped millions of people, but a multi-year initiative with full international support is crucial to put the country on its feet, the top United Nations humanitarian official warned today. “Accelerating recovery efforts must be[Read More…]
Updated NORML Report Reviews Nearly 200 Studies On The Therapeutic Use of Cannabis
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 14, 2011. NORML made available this week the Fourth Edition of its popular and comprehensive booklet “Emerging Clinical Applications for Cannabis & Cannabinoids: A Review of the Recent Scientific Literature. Updated and revised for 2011, this report reviews approximately 200 newly published scientific studies assessing the safety and efficacy[Read More…]
U.S. Announces Clean Air Act Settlement to Protect Indiana Public Health
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 14, 2011. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department announced yesterday a global Clean Air Act settlement with Northern Indiana Public Service Co. (NIPSCO) that will cover all of NIPSCO’s coal-fired power plants, located in Chesterton, Michigan City, Wheatfield and Gary, Ind. NIPSCO has agreed to[Read More…]
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Vetoes Proposed West Virginia Mountaintop Removal Mine
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2011. Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took an historic step by vetoing the water pollution permit issued by the Army Corps of Engineers for the Spruce No. 1 Mine project in West Virginia, one of the largest mountaintop removal mines ever proposed in Appalachia. With[Read More…]
North American Winter Storm Forecasts to Get Boost from High-Tech NOAA Plane
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2011. NOAA has dispatched one of its highly specialized aircraft to collect atmospheric data over the North Pacific Ocean to enhance forecasts of winter storms for the entire North American continent. NOAA’s high-altitude, twin-engine Gulfstream IV-SP jet will be stationed at Yokota Air Force Base in Japan[Read More…]
U.S. Announces Clean Air Act Settlement to Protect Public Health in Indiana
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2011. Northern Indiana Public Service Co. (NIPSCO) has signed a settlement agreement in which it has agreed to invest approximately $600 million in pollution control technology to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act, the Justice Department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. The proposed[Read More…]
Cancer Costs Projected to Reach at Least $158 Billion in 2020
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2011. Based on growth and aging of the U.S. population, medical expenditures for cancer in the year 2020 are projected to reach at least $158 billion (in 2010 dollars) — an increase of 27 percent over 2010, according to a National Institutes of Health analysis. If newly[Read More…]
FDA Limits Acetaminophen in Prescription Combination Products; Requires Liver Toxicity Warnings
Agency strategy caps maximum at 325 milligrams to reduce risk of liver toxicity Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2011. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is asking manufacturers of prescription combination products that contain acetaminophen to limit the amount of acetaminophen to no more than 325 milligrams (mg) in each tablet[Read More…]
UN Marks One-Year Anniversary of Haiti Earthquake
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–12 January 2011 – On the one-year anniversary of the earthquake which devastated Haiti, the United Nations is today remembering the disaster’s victims in memorial events in Port-au-Prince, New York and elsewhere around the world. In the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, staff at the United Nations Stabilization Mission in[Read More…]
