DPA and ATTN: Team Up to Launch Series of Stories Related to Drug Policy and Drugs Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 18, 2015. The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA), the nation’s leading organization promoting drug policies grounded in science, compassion, health and human rights, is entering a new partnership with ATTN:, a company with[Read More…]
Science
Decline in Biodiversity and Pest Problems Intricately Linked
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 18, 2015. Research looking at corn production across the Northern Great Plains finds that fields with lower insect biodiversity are at greater risk for pest problems, showing that insect diversity can reduce the need for pesticides, yet again highlighting the critical need for biodiversity in a resilient and sustainable[Read More…]
DoD, National Guard Help Fight Western Wildfires
Soldiers help extinguish a small fire while battling the Rocky Fire near Clear Lake, Calif., Aug. 12, 2015. The soldiers are California National Guardsmen assigned to the 578th Brigade Engineer Battalion, and the 1st Battalion, 18th Cavalry, 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. Source: www.defense.gov Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 18, 2015 — More[Read More…]
Overfishing and Climate Change, Combined, Intensify Ocean Threats
Millions of people and billions of dollars depend on healthy oceans, but human actions create complex interactions that endanger oceans Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)–August 18, 2015. The combination of overfishing and climate change may be putting the oceans’ health—and our own wellbeing—at risk. As State of the World 2015 contributing author Katie[Read More…]
EPA Proposes New Commonsense Measures to Cut Methane Emissions from the Oil and Gas Sector
Proposal Cuts GHG Emissions, Reduces Smog-Forming Air Pollution and Provides Certainty for Industry WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–August 18, 2015. Continuing the Obama Administration’s commitment to take action on climate change and protect public health, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing commonsense proposed standards today that would reduce emissions of greenhouse[Read More…]
Million Hearts Launches Annual Blood Pressure Control Challenge
2015 Hypertension Control Challenge — Enter the Hypertension Control Challenge on the Million Hearts® website: www.millionhearts.hhs.gov. Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–August 18, 2015. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today launched an annual challenge designed to identify and honor clinicians and health care teams that have helped their patients control high[Read More…]
Scientists Uncover Nuclear Process in the Brain That May Affect Disease
NIH-funded study highlights the possible role of glial brain cells in neurological disorders Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 17, 2015. Every brain cell has a nucleus, or a central command station. Scientists have shown that the passage of molecules through the nucleus of a star-shaped brain cell, called an astrocyte, may play a[Read More…]
Development of New Anthrax Vaccine Underway with HHS Support
Project is the latest in the quest to protect health quickly in a bioterrorism attack Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 17, 2015. A new anthrax vaccine that could be easier and faster to produce than the existing licensed product will undergo initial clinical studies through an agreement between the U.S. Department of Health[Read More…]
Federal Agency Fails to Protect Water and Air Quality from Massive Coal Mine Expansion
Conservation Groups Forced to take legal action Helena, MT–(ENEWSPF)–August 17, 2015. Today, Montana conservation groups were forced to take legal action to protect water and air quality from a massive expansion at the Bull Mountains coal mine near Roundup. Earlier this year the federal government approved a 100-million-ton expansion at[Read More…]
Judge Fails to Halt Fracking in Greater Chaco
Northwest New Mexico Oil Drilling Will Continue Despite Risks to Communities, Cultural Resources and the Environment Santa Fe, NM–(ENEWSPF)–August 17, 2015. Hopes for a respite from a fracking boom plaguing Navajo and public lands in New Mexico’s Greater Chaco area were thwarted Friday when a federal judge failed to grant[Read More…]
