Special rule for African elephants under the Endangered Species Act contains limited exemptions for bona fide antiques and items with small amounts of ivory that are not drivers of poaching WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016. In a significant move to protect one of the world’s most cherished species, the U.S. Fish[Read More…]
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NASA’s Hubble Finds Universe Is Expanding Faster Than Expected
This Hubble Space Telescope image shows one of the galaxies in the survey to refine the measurement for how fast the universe expands with time, called the Hubble constant. Credits: NASA, ESA and A. Riess (STScI/JHU) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016. Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that[Read More…]
NOAA Issues Proposed Rules Designating Atlantic Sturgeon Critical Habitat
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016. NOAA Fisheries today announced two proposed rules to designate critical habitat for five distinct population segments of federally listed Atlantic sturgeon. NOAA Fisheries is proposing to protect important river habitat for the threatened Gulf of Maine population segment and the endangered population segments of the New[Read More…]
FDA Issues Draft Guidance to Food Industry for Voluntarily Reducing Sodium in Processed and Commercially Prepared Food
Action aims to empower consumers and reduce sodium consumption to prevent premature illnesses and deaths Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2016. Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance for public comment that provides practical, voluntary sodium reduction targets for the food industry. Average sodium intake in the U.S.[Read More…]
Obama Administration Announces New Restrictions on Ivory Sales to Save Elephants
African savannah elephant courtesy Flickr/Bernard Dupont. WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016. President Obama announced new regulations today that restrict the trade of ivory across state lines and expand limits on ivory exports. The regulations are part of an ongoing effort to crackdown on wildlife trade through President Obama’s National Strategy on Wildlife[Read More…]
Midwest Moose Move Toward Endangered Species Act Protection
Climate Change Driving Alarming Declines in Moose Across Minnesota, North Dakota, Michigan Including Nearly 60 Percent Drop in Minnesota Photo by Ryan Hagerty, USFWS. MINNEAPOLIS—(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016. In response to a petition by the Center for Biological Diversity and Honor the Earth, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today[Read More…]
Lawsuit Challenges Monterey County’s Contract With Federal Wildlife-killing Program
Wildlife Services’ Indiscriminate Trapping Endangers Family Pets Bobcat photo © Robin Silver, Center for Biological Diversity. SALINAS, Calif.— (ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016. Animal protection and conservation organizations filed a lawsuit today challenging Monterey County’s contract renewal with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services — a notorious federal wildlife-killing program that[Read More…]
Environmental Protesters Fight Defamation Lawsuit Filed by Coal Ash Landfill
ACLU Makes Free Speech Case Defending Residents of Low-Income, Majority Black Alabama Town MOBILE, Ala. —(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016. The American Civil Liberties Union today asked a federal court to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed against four people who voiced opposition to a coal ash landfill in their small town.[Read More…]
Statement from FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, M.D. on Release of Final Individual Patient Expanded Access Form for Compassionate Use
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016. Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration finalized its efforts to streamline the process used by physicians to request expanded access, often called “compassionate use,” to investigational drugs and biologics for their patients. As a physician, I understand the importance of being able to access[Read More…]
Protection Sought for Nautilus, Ancient Mollusk Vanishing Due to Shell Trade
Chambered Nautilus Has Changed Little in 500 Million Years, Now Threatened With Extinction by Widespread Harvest, Trade Chambered nautilus photo by Greg J. Barord. OAKLAND, Calif.— (ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2016. The Center for Biological Diversity yesterday petitioned to secure Endangered Species Act protection for the chambered nautilus, an ocean mollusk threatened[Read More…]
