Groups Seek to Join Lawsuit to Oppose Challenges to the Standards OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2016. Fifteen national, regional, tribal and local public health and environmental groups representing millions of Americans took legal steps today to defend new standards that will reduce natural gas waste on public and tribal lands, protect public[Read More…]
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FDA Approves Jardiance to Reduce Cardiovascular Death in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Study links Jardiance to improved survival in patients with type 2 diabetes with cardiovascular disease Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2016. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a new indication for Jardiance (empagliflozin) to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death in adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and[Read More…]
Greenpeace: President-Elect Trump’s Support for Dakota Access Pipeline is Crony Capitalism at Its Worst
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2016. President-Elect Donald Trump formally announced his support for the completion of the Dakota Access pipeline yesterday. His transition team noted that his support for the pipeline “had nothing to do with his personal investments and everything to do with promoting policies that benefit all Americans.” Trump’s[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth International Statement on the Election of Donald Trump
LAMPUNG, INDONESIA –(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2016. Here follows the collective statement of the Friends of the Earth International network on the election of Donald Trump. We, Friends of the Earth International, the largest federation of grassroots environmental justice organizations from 75 countries, gathered at our Biennial General Meeting 2016 held in[Read More…]
Sauk-Calumet Sierra Club’s December 5th Meeting to Discuss Cook County Forest Preserves Activities
Please Note Change of Meeting Date MATTESON—(ENEWSPF)—December 2, 2016. Due to a scheduling conflict, the December meeting of the Sauk-Calumet Sierra Club Group will be held on Monday, December 5 at 7:15 p.m. at the Frankfort Public Library. Normally, the meeting is held on the second Monday of the month.[Read More…]
UN’s Secretary General Ban Apologizes to People of Haiti, Outlines New Plan to Fight Cholera Epidemic and Help Communities (Video)
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses an informal meeting of the General Assembly on the United Nations’ new approach to cholera in Haiti. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–1 December 2016 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today apologized to the people of Haiti, expressing deep regret for the loss of life and[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Trump’s Commerce Pick Owned Deadly Coal Mine
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2016. President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Commerce, Wilbur Ross, bought coal mines from bankrupt Horizon Natural Resources. Among these mines was the Sago Mine, where a dozen miners died after an explosion on January 2, 2006. Five years later, Ross sold the[Read More…]
World AIDS Day: We Can’t End AIDS Until We End The War On Drugs
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2016 By: Laura Thomas Deputy State Director for California, Drug Policy Alliance Today, December 1, is World AIDS Day. In 1989, I was arrested in front of the White House on World AIDS Day, demanding that then-President Bush take action on HIV/AIDS. Among the issues we were demanding[Read More…]
Paid Leave Policies Must Work for Everyone, Including LGBTQ Families
Gregg Pitts feeds his son Thomas Brunson-Pitts, 6 months, a bottle in the morning as his husband Brooks Brunson gets ready for work at their home in Washington, D.C., on May 19, 2016. AP/Jacquelyn Martin New report focuses on the importance of inclusive definitions of family in workplace leave policies,[Read More…]
More Than 100 Scientists Urge Missouri to Ban Unlimited Commercial Trapping of Wild Turtles
Common snapping turtle photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons/Dakota L. Thousands From State Rivers Have Been Caught, Sold, Exported Overseas JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2016. The Missouri Department of Conservation today received a letter signed by more than 100 scientists, including the nation’s top turtle-conservation experts, asking for a complete ban on[Read More…]
