A family riding an electric tricycle bike is silhouetted against the sun setting on a coal-fired power plant in Beijing, China, November 2014. Sourcve: AP/Andy Wong Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2015. China’s leadership spurring emission-reduction commitments among developing nations has been credited as one driving force in what[Read More…]
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WikiLeaks Exposes Environmental Threat of Trade in Services Agreement
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2015. WikiLeaks released today the secret text of the Annex on Environmental Services for the Trade in Services Agreement, which confirms that the global trade deal will stand in the way of new environmental and climate safeguards and begin a process of rolling back existing regulations.[Read More…]
Home Depot to Phase Out Bee-killing Pesticides
Coalition presses for all retailers to make commitment to protect bees WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2015. Home Depot (NYSE: HD), the world’s largest home-improvement chain, has announced that it has removed neonicotinoid pesticides, a leading driver of global bee declines, from 80 percent of its flowering plants and that[Read More…]
ACLU–Yale Report Finds Ebola Quarantines Medically Unjustified and Unconstitutional
Report Recommends Policies to Ensure Future State Responses to Diseases Are Based Only on Science, Not Politics NEW YORK —(ENEWSPF)—December 3, 2015. A report released today examining the U.S. response to Ebola in 2014 warns against politically motivated and scientifically unwarranted quarantines, which the report found violated individuals’ rights and[Read More…]
Rep. Blumenauer Remarks on Climate Change
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2015. As global leaders meet in Paris on climate change, and the House considers this week measures to undercut the Administration’s climate initiatives, Representative Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) today delivered remarks on the House floor on the best solution to the climate threat – enacting a revenue-neutral fee[Read More…]
Wyden-Grassley Sovaldi Investigation Finds Revenue-Driven Pricing Strategy Behind $84,000 Hepatitis Drug
18-Month Investigation Reveals a Pricing and Marketing Strategy Designed to Maximize Revenue with Little Concern for Access or Affordability WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2015. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and senior committee member Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, today released the results of an 18-month investigation into the pricing and[Read More…]
U.S. Must Lead on Climate Change, Senator Bernie Sanders Says
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2015 – As nearly 150 world leaders gather for a summit in Paris on climate change, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said on Tuesday that the United States must lead the world in taking bold actions to stop climate change. Calling the need to combat climate change a moral[Read More…]
On World AIDS Day, Senator Bernie Sanders Demands Affordable Drugs
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2015 – On World AIDS Day, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) condemned price gouging by pharmaceutical companies on lifesaving drugs to treat the disease. “The biggest problem in caring for those with AIDS is no longer mainly a medical or scientific problem – the crisis is access to affordable drugs,”[Read More…]
Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease: Increased Risk for Women with Diabetes
Air pollution in Los Angeles Nationwide study of women reveals that those with diabetes are most susceptible to the adverse cardiovascular risks posed by exposure to air pollution Boston, MA—(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2015. Air pollution is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and some people may be more susceptible[Read More…]
UN Marks World AIDS Day With ‘New Hope’ as Momentum Builds to Break Epidemic by 2030
Two HIV-positive women in Uganda sit on the floor while a Registered Nurse (RN) gives them anti retroviral drugs (ARVs). Photo: UNICEF/Shehzad Noorani GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–1 December 2015 – The first World AIDS Day since political leaders The first World AIDS Day since political leaders committed to ending the epidemic by 2030[Read More…]
