Millions Exported From State in Past Five Years Photo Source: Center for Biological Diversity BATON ROUGE, La.—(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2016. The Center for Biological Diversity and Gulf Restoration Network petitioned the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries today to end unlimited commercial collection of the state’s wild freshwater turtles. Under[Read More…]
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More Than 3 Million Children Have Coverage Due to Drop in Uninsured Rate Since 2008
Due to coverage gains since 2008, more than 3 million additional children now have health insurance. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2016. The share of Americans without health insurance has fallen rapidly in recent years, declining to 8.6 percent in the first quarter of 2016, the lowest level on record. Many analyses[Read More…]
Century Old Records Fall As Summerlike Heat Grips Central, Eastern US
By Renee Duff, meteorologist for AccuWeather.com AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports July-like heat baked the central and eastern portions of the United States early this week, putting century old records temperatures in jeopardy. The heat expanded from the High Plains to the East Coast from Sunday toWednesday. “A strong area of high pressure combined with[Read More…]
Terry Tempest Williams & Brooke Williams Statement on Bureau of Land Management Oil and Gas Lease Purchase Rejection
Castle Valley, Utah –(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2016. On October 18, 2016, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rejected our offers for oil and gas leases made by Tempest Exploration Company, LLC at the agency’s quarterly lease sale in Utah last February. We are disappointed in the agency’s decision to hold us[Read More…]
Decommissioning Dams on the Klamath River to Restore Resilience and Long-term River, Community Health
The Elwha Dam removal project. Photo by Kate Benkert, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–October 18, 2016 By: John Bezdek, Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary, U.S.Department of the Interior In the United States, dams can provide numerous benefits, including water supply, hydropower, and flood protection. Dams are also an[Read More…]
Poll Shows Gap Between Parent Views and Expert Assessments of the Quality of U.S. Child Care
Cost and availability of child care are major challenges for parents Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–October 18, 2016. A new NPR/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health poll suggests a major gap between parents’ views and research experts’ assessments of the quality of child care in the U.S. Most[Read More…]
Cervical Cancer Screening Could Be Less Frequent, Start Later
Study suggests changes to current U.S. guidelines could provide greater health benefit at lower harms and costs in women vaccinated against human papillomavirus Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–October 18, 2016. Women may only need cervical cancer screening every 5-10 years—instead of every three years, as currently recommended—and may be able to[Read More…]
NASA Analysis Finds Warmest September on Record By Narrow Margin
Monthly temperature anomalies with base 1980-2015, superimposed on a 1980-2015 mean seasonal cycle. (Credit: NASA/GISS/Schmidt) NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2016. September 2016 was the warmest September in 136 years of modern record-keeping, according to a monthly analysis of global temperatures by scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in[Read More…]
NOAA Awards $9.3 Million to Advance Coral Reef Conservation
Projects focus on researching climate change, pollution and fishing impacts Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 18, 2016. The NOAA Coral Reef Conservation program is awarding more than $9.3 million in grants and cooperative agreements to support conservation projects and studies to benefit coral reef ecosystem management in seven U.S. states and territories, the[Read More…]
Epilepsy Foundation of Florida, National Epilepsy Foundation, Endorse Amendment 2
Endorsements are firsts for both organizations; Foundations had calledfor greater research and access but never endorsed a state initiative previously Miami Beach, FL –(ENEWSPF)–October 18, 2016. In a first for either organization, the Epilepsy Foundation of Florida (EFOF) and National Epilepsy Foundation (NEF) have endorsed Amendment 2, “Use of Marijuana[Read More…]
