Center for Food Safety goes to UN Climate talks to highlight potential of carbon sequestration through healthy soils WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–November 23, 2015—Center for Food Safety (CFS) is calling on world leaders to recognize agro-ecological agriculture as a core climate solution during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change[Read More…]
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Energy Department Announces Six Clean Energy Projects through Partnership with Israel
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–November 23, 2015. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Israel’s Ministry of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources (MIEW) today announced $5.1 million for six newly selected clean energy projects as part of the Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Energy program. Today’s announcement represents the seventh[Read More…]
Male and female Drinking Patterns Becoming More Alike in the US
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 23, 2015. In the United States, and throughout the world, men drink more alcohol than women. But a recent analysis by scientists at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, indicates that longstanding differences between men and women in[Read More…]
New York Elected Officials Urge Governor Cuomo to Phase Out Coal by 2020
State Leaders Seek Immediate Commitment Ahead of International Climate Talks NEW YORK CITY –(ENEWSPF)–November 23, 2015. Senators, Assemblymembers, and City Council Members came together today at a City Hall press conference to urge Governor Cuomo to commit to transitioning New York off of coal-fired power by 2020 in advance of[Read More…]
Earthjustice Statement on Release of Tongass National Forest Management Plan
Earthjustice urges the U.S. Forest Service to end large-scale, old-growth logging much faster in its final plan. An aerial view of regrowth following clear-cuts in the Tongass National Forest. Source: Shutterstock JUNEAU, AK —(ENEWSPF)–November 23, 2015. Late Friday afternoon, the U.S. Forest Service announced its proposal for a new management[Read More…]
Pesticides Bound to Particles and Not Detectable in Water Harm Aquatic Organisms
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 23, 2015. Commonly-used pesticides can impact aquatic species over multiple weeks, even when chemicals are no longer detectable in water nor monitored by regulators, according to new research. The study, titled A long-term assessment of pesticide mixture effects on aquatic invertebrate communities, published in the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry,[Read More…]
Pre-Thanksgiving Cold Wave to Plunge Into Central, Eastern US This Weekend
By Alex Sosnowski, Senior Meteorologist for AccuWeather.com Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports a storm is poised to bring the first snowfall of the season to parts of the Midwest, including Chicago, Detroit and Milwaukee, this weekend. Snow will fall on approximately 25 million people from parts of Nebraska and South[Read More…]
Senators Announce Introduction of Bipartisan Bill to Expand Breastfeeding Protections at Work
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–November 20, 2015. Today, Oregon’s Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), joined by Sens. Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Al Franken (D-MN), announced the introduction of the Supporting Working Moms Act of[Read More…]
FTC Sends Refund Checks Totaling More Than $250,000 To Consumers Who Bought Lipidryl Weight Loss Supplement
Checks Are Being Mailed Nationwide This Week Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 20, 2015. The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 1,596 refund checks totaling $250,485 to consumers nationwide who bought the dietary supplement Lipidryl for purported weight loss. These are legitimate refund checks, and must be cashed within 60 days of the date[Read More…]
FDA Approves Ninlaro, New Oral Medication to Treat Multiple Myeloma
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 20, 2015. Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval for Ninlaro (ixazomib) in combination with two other therapies to treat people with multiple myeloma who have received at least one prior therapy. Multiple myeloma is a form of blood cancer that occurs in infection-fighting plasma[Read More…]
