Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. I welcome His Holiness Pope Francis’s encyclical, and deeply admire the Pope’s decision to make the case – clearly, powerfully, and with the full moral authority of his position – for action on global climate change. As Pope Francis so eloquently stated this morning, we have[Read More…]
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes Action Against Medical Debt Collector
Company Mishandled Consumer Credit Reporting Disputes, Prevented Consumers From Exercising Debt Collection Rights WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2015. Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced an enforcement action against a medical debt collection company for mishandling consumer credit reporting disputes and preventing consumers from exercising important debt collection rights.[Read More…]
UN Chief Hails Papal Encyclical Spotlighting Climate Change as Critical ‘Moral Issue’
The impact of climate change is affecting Lesotho’s progress towards development in a number of areas, including agriculture, food security, water resources, public health and disaster risk management. Photo: FAO NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–18 June 2015 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the release of Pope Francis’ Papal Encyclical in[Read More…]
Hot Lava Flows Discovered on Venus
Evidence for active volcanoes on Venus EU–(ENEWSPF)–18 June 2015. ESA’s Venus Express has found the best evidence yet for active volcanism on Earth’s neighbour planet. Seeing the planet’s surface is extremely difficult due to its thick atmosphere, but radar observations by previous missions to Venus have revealed it as a[Read More…]
FDA Takes Action to Protect Consumers from Potentially Dangerous Counterfeit Medicines and Devices Sold Online
International Operation Pangea VIII combats the unlawful sale and distribution of illegal prescription medicines and medical devices on the Internet Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in partnership with international regulatory and law enforcement agencies, took action this week against more than 1,050 websites that[Read More…]
Researchers Design Placenta-on-a-chip to Better Understand Pregnancy
NIH team and colleagues believe microdevice may improve upon existing placenta models Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers and their colleagues have developed a “placenta-on-a-chip” to study the inner workings of the human placenta and its role in pregnancy. The device was designed to imitate, on[Read More…]
Bee Pollination Important to Biodiversity, Not Just Ecosystem Services
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. A major international study on bee pollination involving 58 researchers finds that astonishingly few bee species are responsible for pollinating crops worldwide, and offers compelling economic rationale for conserving wild bees. The study, published in Nature Communications, calculates that the value of wild bee pollination to[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Welcomes Pope Francis’ Moral Message on Climate Change
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2015. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today welcomed Pope Francis’ encyclical on climate change and praised the pontiff for urging world leaders to boldly address the planetary crisis. “Pope Francis’ powerful message on climate change should change the debate around the world and become a catalyst for the[Read More…]
Eastern Puma Declared Extinct, Removed From Endangered Species List
With Tolerance, Apex Predators Like Cougars Can Return, Restore Ecosystems Bruce Wright, New Brunswick wildlife biologist and author, with what is believed to be the last eastern puma. The puma was trapped by Rosarie Morin of St. Zacharie, Quebec in Somerset County, Maine in 1938. Mounted specimen resides in the[Read More…]
UN and NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly Launch #whyspacematters Photo Contest
UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and astronaut Scott Kelly launching #whyspacematters photo contest. Photo: UNOOSA NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–16 June 2015 – The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs and United States astronaut Scott Kelly, currently on board the International Space Station, today launched a global photography competition to[Read More…]
