Nation’s pediatricians offer guidance on injury risks among various forms of martial arts, including mixed martial arts Elk Grove Village, IL–(ENEWSPF)–November 28, 2016. Karate, taekwondo, judo and other martial arts can boost fitness, motor skills and emotional development for the estimated 6.5 million youth participants in the United States. But[Read More…]
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Sierra Club on Army Corps Plan to Evict Oceti Sakowin Camp
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–November 28, 2016. Last week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers notified the Standing Rock Sioux tribe that they will evict water protectors from the Oceti Sakowin camp, a primary location housing the resistance against the Dakota Access Pipeline. In response, Lena Moffitt, director of the Sierra Club’s[Read More…]
Court Fails to Provide Redress for Beekeeper Damages Caused by Regulatory Gaps
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 28, 2016. Last week, a federal judge effectively rubber stamped U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) policies that allow seeds to be coated with bee-toxic pesticides known as neonicotinoids. These pesticides, persistent in water and soil, are associated with acute bee kills, widespread pollinator declines and environmental damage. The Judge’s Order[Read More…]
Army Corps of Engineers Tells ND ‘Water Protectors’ It Will Close Off Their Main Camp Dec. 5; How You Can Help
NORTH DAKOTA–(ENEWSPF)–November 26, 2016 By navajo After the militaristic forceful shutdown and raid of the Standing Rock North Camp on October 27, which I covered: Standing Rock Update: 100s arrested, video of mass pepper spraying, injuries from ‘non-lethal’ weapons, we can only dread what will be the eviction of the Oceti[Read More…]
Dakota Access Pipeline and Trump Conflict of Interest
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 25, 2016 By DRo NYT: Trump’s Stock in Oil Pipeline Company Raises Concern WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump holds stock in the company building the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline, and pipeline opponents warn that Trump’s investments could affect any decision he makes on the $3.8 billion project as president.[Read More…]
Trump to Scrap All NASA Climate Research
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 23, 2016 By Pakalolo In breaking news from The Guardian, President Elect Donald Trump, according to his senior NASA advisor, will eliminate all climate change research within the agency because it is “politicized science”. Bob Walker, a Trump senior advisor, stated that the Earth Science Division will be[Read More…]
Mars Ice Deposit Holds as Much Water as Lake Superior
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Frozen beneath a region of cracked and pitted plains on Mars lies about as much water as what’s in Lake Superior, largest of the Great Lakes, researchers using NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have determined. Scientists examined part of Mars’ Utopia Planitia region, in the mid-northern latitudes, with the orbiter’s[Read More…]
VA Lauded by National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable for Screening Rates
Approximately 4,000 Veterans are diagnosed with Colorectal Cancer each year WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2016. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has received Hall of Fame recognition by the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (NCCR) for achieving an 82 percent colorectal cancer screening rate, which exceeds the NCCR goal of 80 percent[Read More…]
NOAA Research Links Human-Caused CO2 Emissions to Dissolving Sea Snail Shells Off U.S. West Coast
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2016. For the first time, NOAA and partner scientists have connected the concentration of human-caused carbon dioxide in waters off the U.S. Pacific coast to the dissolving of shells of microscopic marine sea snails called pteropods. Commercially valuable fish such as salmon, sablefish and rock sole make[Read More…]
Choking Game Alone At High Risk of Suicidal Thoughts
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—November 22, 2016. Youths who engage in the “choking game,” intentionally blocking blood to the brain in search of a rush when the strangulation stops, put themselves at serious risk of injury or death. Those who participate in the game alone also face significantly higher rates of[Read More…]
