More than 10,000 comments against the pipeline submitted to BLM before tomorrow’s deadline Chaco and New Oil and Gas Wells– WildEarthGuardians Farmington, NM–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2015. In what is one of the largest outpourings of its kind in New Mexico’s history, more than 10,000 citizens from around the U.S. submitted comments[Read More…]
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More Than 50,000 People Call on Last Remaining Georgia ‘Rattlesnake Roundup’ to Switch to Humane Wildlife Festival
Eastern diamondback rattlesnake photo © D. Bruce Means. ATLANTA—(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2015. This weekend Whigham, Ga., hosts its annual “rattlesnake roundup” — a lethal and cruel contest in which hunters compete for prizes by capturing rare eastern diamondback rattlesnakes to be displayed and then sold for their meat and skins. As[Read More…]
A Huge Win for Pennsylvania’s Public Lands
Sierra Club applauds Wolf Administration’s Order to Protect State Parks and Forests from New Oil and Gas Leases PENNSYLVANIA–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2015. Today, Governor Wolf signed an executive order placing a moratorium on new leasing for oil and gas drilling in our state parks and forests. This action reinstates a 2010[Read More…]
FDA Takes Steps to Improve Reliability of Automated External Defibrillators
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that it will strengthen its review of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to help improve the quality and reliability of these devices. The FDA issued a final order that will require AED manufacturers to submit premarket approval applications[Read More…]
Roosevelt University’s Green Initiatives Earn Gold-level Recognition from State of Illinois
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2015. Roosevelt University has received gold-level recognition from the Illinois Governor’s Higher Education Campus Sustainability Compact and the Illinois Green Governments Coordinating Council for its many green initiatives. Strategic planning that has engaged Roosevelt’s administration, faculty and students and implementation of a variety of innovative programs and practices[Read More…]
NIH Launches Tool to Advance Down Syndrome Research
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2015. The National Institutes of Health has launched a subsite of DS-Connect: The Down Syndrome Registry for researchers, clinicians, and other professionals with a scientific interest in Down syndrome to access de-identified data from the registry. This Web portal will help approved professionals to plan clinical studies,[Read More…]
To Avoid Worst Consequences of Climate Change, Solutions Must Include Land Use Sector
Report Shows Land Use Sector Can Close Half of Emissions Gap WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2015 – A report from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) finds that reducing emissions from the land sector must be part of a global climate solution in order to close the “emissions gap,” the difference[Read More…]
National Nurses Announce Donation to Ebola Health Work in West Africa
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2015. National Nurses United today announced a donation of $40,000 to the disaster relief organization International Medical Corps, which is on the front lines of the Ebola response, for its continued efforts to eradicate the deadly virus in West Africa. “International Medical Corps’ Emergency Response Teams[Read More…]
Interior Department Announces Draft Strategy for Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing
Regionally-tailored plan continues balanced approach to leasing, development; Draft proposal would protect sensitive resources, makes available nearly 80% of estimated undiscovered technically recoverable oil and gas resources on U.S. Outer Continental Shelf WASHINGTON, DC –-(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2015. As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to continue to expand safe[Read More…]
NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Captures Best-Ever View of Dwarf Planet
This animation of the dwarf planet Ceres was made by combining images taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft on Jan. 25. The spacecraft’s framing camera took these images, at a distance of about 147,000 miles (237,000 kilometers) from Ceres, and they represent the highest-resolution views to date of the dwarf planet.[Read More…]
