Health, Faith, Clean Energy and Business Leaders Will Urge Governor Rauner To Bring Clean Energy Jobs, New Investment to Revitalize Illinois Communities SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –(ENEWSPF)—November 12, 2015. Health, faith, clean energy and business leaders delivered nearly 35,000 petitions collected from across the state of Illinois to Governor Bruce Rauner’s office today[Read More…]
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Puerto Rico CommuPuerto Rico Community Overburdened by Pollution Pushes Back on Incinerator Projectnity Overburdened by Pollution Pushes Back on Incinerator Project
Proposed Arecibo Waste Incinerator would further harm community encircled by pollution, if given federal funding Protesters gather to march against the incinerator in Arecibo. CLAUDIO ALVAREZ/EL COMUNICADOR DE PUERTO RICO Arecibo, Puerto Rico —(ENEWSPF)–November 12, 2015. Five local community groups are saying no to a project that would introduce a[Read More…]
Smoking Rates for Uninsured and Adults on Medicaid More Than Twice Those for Adults with Private Health Insurance
Overall adult smoking rate hits new low of 16.8 percent Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–November 12, 2015. American adults who are uninsured or on Medicaid smoke at rates more than double those for adults with private health insurance or Medicare, according to a study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention[Read More…]
Navy to Reassess Pacific Training That Endangers Whales, Dolphins, Other Marine Life
New Environmental Study Required for Destructive Sonar, Explosives Use HONOLULU—(ENEWSPF)–November 12, 2015. The U.S. Navy today said it plans to prepare a new environmental impact statement for training and testing exercises occurring in the Pacific Ocean from December 2018 onward, including the use of sonar and explosives that threaten widespread[Read More…]
Gov. Cuomo Signs Medical Marijuana Emergency Access Bill
Patients and Families Applaud Gov. Cuomo and Call on Health Department to Implement Law Quickly and Get Medicine to Critically Ill Patients New York City –(ENEWSPF)–November 11, 2015. After months of pressure from patients and advocates, Gov. Cuomo signed a bill today that will expedite access to medical marijuana for[Read More…]
Remarks by Secretary of State Kerry on Climate Change and National Security
Norfolk, VA–(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2015. SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very, very much. Thank you. Thank you so much. Good morning, Old Dominion University. Or what are we now? Yeah, it’s still morning. (Laughter.) I am really delighted to be with you today and I very much appreciate the warm welcome. Let[Read More…]
New York Advocates for Medical Marijuana Launch Billboard Campaign Around State to Help Veterans and Others Suffering from PTSD
On the Eve of Veterans Day, Patient Advocates Ask Cuomo Administration to Grant Veterans Suffering from PTSD Access to Medical Marijuana New York –(ENEWSPF)—November 10, 2015. Today, on the eve of Veterans Day, Compassionate Care NY and the Drug Policy Alliance launched a billboard campaign to have Post Traumatic Stress[Read More…]
Mercury Gets a Meteoroid Shower from Comet Encke
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2015. The planet Mercury is being pelted regularly by bits of dust from an ancient comet, a new study has concluded. This has a discernible effect in the planet’s tenuous atmosphere and may lead to a new paradigm on how these airless bodies maintain their ethereal envelopes.[Read More…]
Yemen Braces for Another Cyclone
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2015. For the second time in a week, a major cyclone moved toward the Arabian Peninsula and the nation of Yemen. To have a cyclone or hurricane hit any nation twice in a week is not a common occurrence; to have two storms to hit one region[Read More…]
Study Unlocks Faster Way to Assess Ocean Ecosystem Health
Fish school at Pearl and Hermes Atoll. (Credit: NOAA, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2015. A new study published today identifies a set of features common to all ocean ecosystems that provide a visual diagnosis of the health of the underwater environment coastal communities rely on. Together, the[Read More…]
