Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2016 By Hunter Current Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz with John Kerry during Iranian nuclear negotiations. Because that’s also something Rick Freaking Perry will have to take on. There may come a day when Donald J. Trump’s whims are the supreme law of the land, but today is[Read More…]
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VA Study Confirms High Cure Rates With New Hepatitis C Drugs
Virus undetectable in high percentage of patients after treatment. WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2016. A Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) database study shows that new drug regimens for hepatitis C have resulted in “remarkably high” cure rates among patients in VA’s national health care system. Of the more than 17,000 Veterans[Read More…]
Western Environmental Law Center Statement on Trump Swapping Climate Denier for Climate Denier in Interior Nom
OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2016. The incoming administration has reportedly “pivoted” from nominating Washington state Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers to lead the U.S. Department of Interior to Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke, who believes climate change is “not a settled science.” Rep. Zinke’s record includes the following: Opposes common-sense BLM methane rule Supported[Read More…]
FDA Approves First Autologous Cellularized Scaffold for the Repair of Cartilage Defects of the Knee
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2016. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Maci (autologous cultured chondrocytes on porcine collagen membrane) for the repair of symptomatic, full-thickness cartilage defects of the knee in adult patients. Maci is the first FDA-approved product that applies the process of tissue engineering to grow[Read More…]
Veterans Endure Higher Pain Severity Than Nonveterans
Veterans reported more severe pain than nonveterans. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2016. American veterans experience higher prevalence of pain and more severe pain than nonveterans, with young and middle-aged veterans suffering the most, according to a new analysis of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) by the lead epidemiologist at the[Read More…]
Teen Substance Use Shows Promising Decline
NIH Monitoring the Future survey shows use of most illicit substances down, but past year marijuana use relatively stable. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2016. The 2016 Monitoring the Future (MTF) annual survey results released today from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) reflect changing teen behaviors and choices in a social[Read More…]
Clean Air, Clean Energy and Conservation Groups Move to Defend State’s Ability to Cut Carbon Pollution from Washington’s Biggest Polluters
From Devils Mountain Skagit County, Washington – wormwould / CC BY-NC 2.0 Groups join lawsuit to preserve means to enact new rules aimed at limiting greenhouse gas emissions Olympia, WA —(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2016. National and regional clean air, clean energy, and conservation groups took legal steps last Friday to defend[Read More…]
EPA Releases Final Report on Impacts from Hydraulic Fracturing Activities on Drinking Water
EPA’s report concludes that hydraulic fracturing activities can impact drinking water resources under some circumstances and identifies factors that influence these impacts WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2016. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing its scientific report on the impacts from hydraulic fracturing activities on drinking water resources, which provides states[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Pipeline Spill Further Proves it’s Always a Question of When a Pipeline Will Spill, Not If
North Dakota Pipeline Spills 176,000 Gallons of Crude Oil 150 Miles From Standing Rock Belfield, ND –(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2016. Late yesterday, approximately 150 miles from where the Standing Rock Sioux, more than 300 tribes, and thousands of Water Protectors peacefully assembled to protect the Tribe’s home, history, and heritage, spilled[Read More…]
Canada to Protect Declining Monarch Butterfly as Endangered Species
Photo by Collette Adkins, Center for Biological Diversity. Iconic Butterfly Has Declined by 80 Percent in Recent Decades WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2016. The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada released a report yesterday recommending that the monarch butterfly be protected as an endangered species due to population decline[Read More…]
