National “Keep Hives Alive Tour” ends with rally at EPA WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2016. Over 40 percent of U.S. honeybee hives die each year, costing the farming and beekeeping industry more than $2 billion annually. On the Keep the Hives Alive Tour, farmers, farmworkers, beekeepers and food advocates[Read More…]
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Millions of Dead Bees in D.C. Send S.O.S. for Pollinators
National Keep the Hives Alive Tour visits Washington during Pollinator Week WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2016. National Pollinator Week begins today as beekeepers, farmers, scientists, food movement advocates and consumers around the country elevate the plight of bees and other important pollinators. Center for Food Safety has joined several beekeeping, farming, and[Read More…]
Remarks by Secretary of State Kerry With Greenland Foreign Minister Vittus Qujaukitsoq and Danish Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen
GREENLAND–(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2016 FOREIGN MINISTER QUJAUKITSOQ: Good afternoon. I think it’s appropriate to have a brief presentation and introduction of what we are doing here. Welcome to this briefing and good afternoon to all of you. I am pleased to welcome Secretary John Kerry to Ilulissat, Greenland. Today, we are[Read More…]
Sunshine, Warmth To Highlight Father’s Day Weekend Across Northeastern US
AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports the weather will be ideal for any outdoor activities across the northeastern United States through this weekend. Following a stormy and humid Thursday for parts of the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, drier air will settle over the region for several days. “A sprawling area of high pressure sitting over[Read More…]
Mussel Shells Much Thinner Than 50 Years Ago
Tatoosh Island, where Prof. Cathy Pfister and her colleagues collected and analyzed some of the mussel shells. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2016 By Matt Wood California mussel shells collected off the coast of Washington state in the 1970s are, on average, 32 percent thicker than modern specimens, according to a new study[Read More…]
Interior Department Supported $106 Billion in Recreation, Conservation, Water and Renewable Energy Investments, Supporting More than 860,000 Jobs in FY 2015
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2016. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today released the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Economic Report for Fiscal Year 2015. The report highlights that Interior investments in recreation, conservation, water and renewable energy led to $106 billion in economic output, and supported 862,000 jobs. Interior’s[Read More…]
Lumber Liquidators Agrees To Not Resume Sales of Inventory of Chinese-Made Laminate Flooring, Continue Comprehensive Testing Program As Part of a Recall to Test
Floors from 1,300 homes tested to date were below remediation guideline level; affected consumers encouraged to request free test kit WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2016. In cooperation with Lumber Liquidators, of Toano, Va., the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is announcing that Lumber Liquidators has agreed to not resume sales[Read More…]
NASA Hybrid Electric Research Plane Gets X Number, New Name
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2016. With 14 electric motors turning propellers and all of them integrated into a uniquely-designed wing, NASA will test new propulsion technology using an experimental airplane now designated the X-57 and nicknamed “Maxwell.” NASA Administrator Charles Bolden highlighted the agency’s first X-plane designation in a decade during[Read More…]
Federal Appeals Court Hears Tamesha Means’s Case, Woman Denied Emergency Medical Care Because Of Hospital’s Religious Directive
CINCINNATI —(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2016. A federal appeals court will today hear a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Tamesha Means, a pregnant woman who was denied emergency medical treatment for a miscarriage because the hospital was prohibited from providing appropriate care by religious directives[Read More…]
Representative Jan Schakowsky Statement on Mental Health Care Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2016. Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) released the following statement after the Mental Health Care bill (H.R. 2646) was passed unanimously out of the full Energy and Commerce Committee: “After decades of neglect and underinvestment, it is critical that we fundamentally reform our mental health system. Unfortunately,[Read More…]
