LOUISVILLE, Ky.—(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2015. The Center for Biological Diversity today called on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deny permits for a tar sands mining project in Logan County, Ky., that would include strip-mining wetlands and streams in pursuit of these particularly dirty and dangerous fossil fuels. “Tar sands[Read More…]
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Indiana’s Republican Governor, Mike Pence, Expresses Support for Syringe Service Programs to Combat Spread of HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C
Announcement Comes as Kentucky’s Republican Governor Signs Bill Approving Syringe Service Programs; Federal Funding Ban on Syringe Services Continues to Hamper Local Efforts to Address Heroin Use and Reduce HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C INDIANA—(ENEWSPF)—March 26, 2015. Indiana’s Republican Governor, Mike Pence, said on Wednesday he would consider implementing a syringe service[Read More…]
HHS Takes Strong Steps to Address Opioid-drug Related Overdose, Death and Dependence
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2015. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today announced a targeted initiative aimed at reducing prescription opioid and heroin related overdose, death and dependence. Deaths from drug overdose have risen steadily over the past two decades and currently outnumber deaths from car accidents in[Read More…]
Texas Moms Host Lobby Day to Call for Passage of Medical Marijuana Legislation
Dozens of Texas mothers from all across the state with seriously ill children will be coming together in the state capitol to call for passage of legislation that will help reduce their children’s suffering. AUSTIN —(ENEWSPF)—March 26, 2015. A new statewide network of Texas moms and caregivers will be coming[Read More…]
FDA Approves New Treatment for Diabetic Retinopathy in Patients with Diabetic Macular Edema
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 25, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approved use for Eylea (aflibercept) injection to treat diabetic retinopathy in patients with diabetic macular edema. Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the most common diabetic eye disease and is a leading cause of blindness in adults in[Read More…]
Severe Weather Risk to Stretch From Texas to Indiana Into Wednesday Night
AccuWeather Global Weather Center -(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports severe weather is forecast to develop the Central United States into Wednesday night, impacting a similar area that saw spotty strong storms on Tuesday. A risk of flooding will follow the storms on Thursday. Warm, moist air will surge into the central and southern Plains to the Ohio[Read More…]
Supreme Court to Decide Profits vs People
11,000 lives a year at stake as coal industry and its allies oppose EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standard The Cheswick coal-fired power plant in Pennsylvania, reflected in a window of a home in Springdale, is among the hundreds of power plants likely covered by the Mercury & Air Toxics[Read More…]
One Year After BP Whiting Spill into Lake Michigan: Local Groups Demand Action by Mayor Emanuel
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—March 24, 2015. Concerned citizens of Chicago will deliver a letter to the mayor Wednesday, March 25th at 10 a.m. at City Hall in Chicago demanding a thorough public report and investigation into the BP Whiting refinery tar sands oil spill into Lake Michigan one year ago. [Read More…]
Congressmen Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Don Young (R-AK) Introduce House Version of Groundbreaking Bipartisan Medical Marijuana Legislation
Bill Follows Historic Introduction of the CARERS Act by Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Rand Paul (R-KY), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Dean Heller (R-NV), and Barbara Boxer (D-CA); Support for Letting States Set Their Own Marijuana Policies without Federal Interference Growing Rapidly in Congress WASHINGTON, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 24, 2015. Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN)[Read More…]
Illinois Medical Marijuana Patient Numbers Grow, More Still Needed
ILLINOIS–(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2015. Prior to Illinois issuing medical marijuana business licenses I was in a meeting with a company rep that was trying very hard to get one or more medical marijuana cultivation licenses in Illinois. He had big visions of grandeur for what the program would be like, and[Read More…]
