Thousands of dusky sharks are killed every year in U.S. longline fisheries, in violation of federal law A dusky shark swims under schooling fish. More than 4,000 dusky sharks are snagged every year on fishing gear meant to catch other species such as grouper, snapper, swordfish and other shark species.[Read More…]
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Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights are Key Part of New Global Development Goals
Much More Work Remains to Be Done By All Stakeholders to Make These Aspirations a Reality Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 26, 2015. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will define the global development agenda for the next 15 years, were formally adopted at a United Nations summit in September 2015. The SDGs[Read More…]
NASA Tracks Hurricane Patricia’s Remnants Through Gulf States, Oct. 26, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 26, 2015. As the remnants of Hurricane Patricia continue to generate flooding rainfall as it moved through the Gulf Coast states on October 26, NASA and NOAA satellites provided data on the storm. On Oct. 25 at 17:15 UTC (1:15 p.m. EDT) NASA’s Terra satellite saw the remnants[Read More…]
Environmental Groups: Federal Government Tried to Hide Serious Harm to Endangered Species From Industrial Cooling Systems
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–October 26, 2015. In a case challenging a 2014 federal rule governing industrial cooling systems, 21 environmental groups from across the country are asking a U.S. Court of Appeals to compel the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service (“the Services”) to[Read More…]
Lawsuit Challenging EPA Approval of Harmful Herbicide Advances
WASHINGTON, DC—(ENEWSPF)–October 26, 2015. Late Friday, Center for Food Safety and Earthjustice filed their opening brief in their ongoing legal challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) approval of the herbicide Enlist Duo for use on genetically engineered corn and soybeans. The challenge was originally brought in November 2014, shortly after[Read More…]
San Juan Puerto Rico Agrees to Make Investments in Clean Water
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 26, 2015. Under a settlement with the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Municipality of San Juan has agreed to make substantial upgrades to its storm sewer systems. The upgrades and related cleaning activities are aimed at eliminating or minimizing daily discharges of large[Read More…]
New UN Health Report Links Processed Meats to Cancer in Humans; Red Meat Also a Likely Cause of the Disease
Red meat on sale at Hamarwayne market in Mogadishu, Somalia. Photo: AMISOM/Omar Abdisalan Lyon, France–(ENEWSPF)–26 October 2015 – The cancer research arm of the World Health Organization (WHO) has determined that the consumption of processed meats like hotdogs, ham, sausages and meat-based sauces causes colorectal cancer, while eating red meat[Read More…]
Oct. 23, 2015 – Update #3 – NASA Analyzes Record-Breaking Hurricane Patricia
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2015. NASA satellites and instruments have been monitoring the record-breaking Hurricane Patricia as it rapidly intensified off the southwestern coast of Mexico on October 23. NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP saw frigid cloud top temperatures, NOAA’s GOES-West satellite provided imagery and animations that showed the extent of the storm,[Read More…]
Oct. 23, 2015 – Update #2 – Hurricane Patricia Seen From the International Space Station
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2015. Outside the International Space Station, cameras captured dramatic views of Hurricane Patricia at 12:15 p.m. EDT on October 23, 2015 as the mammoth system moved north at about10 mph, heading for a potentially catastrophic landfall along the southwest coast of Mexico sometime during the day, according[Read More…]
GAO Report: More to Be Done to Improve Inclusion of Women in NIH Clinical Research
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2015. Today, Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Representatives Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), and Lois Capps (D-CA), released a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) evaluating the inclusion of[Read More…]
