A pharmacy technician poses for a picture with prescription medication at a pharmacy in Edmond, Oklahoma, August 2010. Source: AP/Sue Ogrocki Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2016. The Center for American Progress issued an updated policy proposal today to support value-based drug pricing negotiation. CAP’s drug pricing framework would empower[Read More…]
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Public-land Seizure Extremists Advance Bills in House, Senate
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Bills pending in the U.S. Senate and House would block the creation of new monuments and national parks, put state and private interests ahead of protecting America’s public lands, and effectively turn millions of acres of federal land in Utah over to industry profiteers. Anti-public-lands extremists are trying to[Read More…]
Hubble Finds Planet Orbiting Pair of Stars
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Two’s company, but three might not always be a crowd — at least in space, where a planet may circle two stars. Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, and a trick of nature, have confirmed the existence of a planet orbiting two stars in the system OGLE-2007-BLG-349, located 8,000 light-years away[Read More…]
The Damage Done: How Illinois Is Unravelling Its Human Services
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Illinois budget impasse has been a disaster for the state’s human service infrastructure. The most respected and prominent human service providers are being run out of our state. Entire human service programs – like homeless services and sexual assault prevention – are in danger of going extinct[Read More…]
Federal Court Denies Request to Turn Off Nestlé Spigot Despite Decades of Water-taking in San Bernardino National Forest
Riverside, CA-(ENEWSPF)- A federal court today declared Nestlé’s reliance on a long-expired permit valid, ruling in favor of the U.S. Forest Service for allowing the Swiss conglomerate to continue its use of a four-mile pipeline that siphons water from the San Bernardino National Forest despite the Forest Service’s lack of action[Read More…]
Iconic Hawaiian Bird Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection
Honolulu, HI-(ENEWSPF)- In response to a 2010 petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed protection for the ‘i‘iwi as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. This bird, a bright-scarlet, nectar-feeding Hawaiian honeycreeper, was once widespread across all of the main Hawaiian[Read More…]
Obama Administration Urged to Halt Dumping of Offshore Fracking Waste Into Gulf of Mexico
Atlanta, GA-(ENEWSPF)- An Obama administration proposal to continue allowing oil companies to dump unlimited amounts of offshore fracking chemicals into the Gulf of Mexico violates federal law and threatens endangered marine wildlife, the Center for Biological Diversity warned over the weekend. In a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency on a[Read More…]
Arizona’s Sonoyta Mud Turtle Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection After Waiting for 19 Years
Tucson, AZ-(ENEWSPF)- In accordance with a settlement with the Center for Biological Diversity to speed protections for 757 species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed Endangered Species Act protection for the Sonoyta mud turtle, which was first identified as a “candidate” for federal protection in 1997. These highly aquatic turtles are found[Read More…]
Mississippi Fish Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection After 25 Years On Waiting List
Jackson, Miss.-(ENEWSPF)- In response to a settlement with the Center for Biological Diversity to speed protections for 757 species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed today to protect the Pearl darter as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The small fish has been wiped out of its namesake[Read More…]
Analysis: Company Behind Controversial Dakota Access Pipeline Has Record of Spills, Property Damage
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Energy Transfer Partners, the conglomerate behind the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline, is responsible for 29 pipeline safety incidents since 2006, in which 9,555 barrels of hazardous liquids were leaked, according to a new analysis of federal data by the Center for Biological Diversity. Those spills resulted in[Read More…]
