Los Angeles, CA-(ENEWSPF)- Three men face fines of up to $50,000 and a year in jail in connection with a drunken spree last month at Devil’s Hole in Death Valley National Park that killed a rare, endangered fish. “We’re looking forward to seeing these three men brought to justice,” said[Read More…]
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Podcast: This Week In Drugs With David Bratzer: This Time It’s History
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Air Pollution Levels Rising In Many Of The World’s Poorest Cities
Geneva-(ENEWSPF)- More than 80% of people living in urban areas that monitor air pollution are exposed to air quality levels that exceed WHO limits. While all regions of the world are affected, populations in low-income cities are the most impacted. According to the latest urban air quality database, 98% of cities[Read More…]
Researchers Identify Genetic Links To Educational Attainment
Bethesda, MD-(ENEWSPF)- An international team of researchers has identified 74 areas of the human genome associated with educational attainment. It is well known that social and other environmental factors influence education, but these findings, reported by the Social Science Genetics Association Consortium (SSGAC) and supported in part by the National Institutes[Read More…]
Responsible Use of Natural Resources Essential to Sustainable Development, Secretary-General Stresses in Message on Day for Biological Diversity
New York, NY-(ENEWSPF)- Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day for Biological Diversity, observed on 22 May: Biodiversity and the ecosystem services it supports are the foundations for life on Earth and the livelihoods and well-being of people everywhere. Protecting biodiversity and preventing further losses is an essential[Read More…]
HHS Implements Critical New Regulation to Protect LGBT People From Discrimination in Healthcare
New regulation makes clear that transgender people must be treated consistent with their gender identity and cannot be denied care provided to anyone else, even when it’s transition-related care Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) praised the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights for[Read More…]
California Announces Plan to Allow Oil Industry to Pollute More Underground Water
New U.S. EPA Letter Raises Questions About Brown Administration’s Efforts to Approve Oil Waste Disposal Into Aquifers Sacramento, CA-(ENEWSPF)- California oil regulators today proposed exempting another underground water source from protection under state and federal laws. If approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the proposed “aquifer exemption” would allow the[Read More…]
Hundreds Protest Federal Fracking Auction in Colorado
In ‘Break Free From Fossil Fuels’ Protest, Colorado Tells President Obama to ‘Keep It in the Ground’ Denver, CO-(ENEWSPF)- Hundreds of community, climate and anti-fracking activists today protested a Bureau of Land Management oil and gas lease auction at the Holiday Inn in Lakewood, Colo. About 300 activists from Colorado[Read More…]
Lawsuit Launched to Fight Delays in Cleaning up Ozone Pollution
Twenty-two States Plus Washington, D.C. Fail to Set Up Clean-air Plans Oakland, CA-(ENEWSPF)- A coalition of environmental and public-health groups filed a formal notice of intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency today because 22 states and the District of Columbia have failed to finalize plans to reduce ozone pollution, posing[Read More…]
Space Mission First to Observe Key Interaction Between Magnetic Fields of Earth and Sun
NASA mission, with help from UMD physicists, is first to observe how magnetic reconnection takes place, a critical step in understanding space weather College Park, MD-(ENEWSPF)- Most people do not give much thought to the Earth’s magnetic field, yet it is every bit as essential to life as air, water and[Read More…]
