Ebola treatment centre outside an Ebola virus disease (EVD) case management centre run by Médecins Sans Frontières in the town of Guéckédou, Guinea. Photo: UNICEF/Suzanne Beukes GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–17 November 2014 – The United Nations today praised the end of an outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),[Read More…]
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Tucson Premiere of Wolf Film ‘OR7: The Journey’ Set for December 3
Documentary About Famous Wandering Wolf to Be Screened at Loft Cinema TUCSON, Ariz.—(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2014. The Center for Biological Diversity on Dec. 3 is hosting the Tucson premiere of the documentary “OR7: The Journey,” an inspiring film about the famous wolf who wandered hundreds of miles from northeast Oregon to[Read More…]
New Study: Alaskan Polar Bear Population Has Dropped by 40 Percent
Global Warming Threatens Polar Bears; Two-thirds Could be Gone by 2050 ANCHORAGE, Alaska—(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2014. l Global warming has driven a 40-percent decline in the number of polar bears in eastern Alaska and western Canada, a new study finds. The Southern Beaufort Sea polar bear population has dropped to just[Read More…]
Nurses Call on Federal OSHA, Other States to Follow California Mandate of Highest Ebola Safeguards
New Standards Respond to Worldwide Actions of 100,000 RNs Nurses to Hold Press Conference Tuesday in Washington on Next Steps Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2014. National Nurses United today called on the the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration and other states to follow the landmark mandatory safeguards established by[Read More…]
New Climate Resilience Toolkit Helps Communities Prepare for a Changing World
Online tools and training resources to help build a resilient nation The Climate Resilience Toolkit provides data-driven tools, information and subject-matter expertise to help communities prepare for a change world. (Credit: NOAA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2014. Today, in advance of a White House meeting with members of the President’s State,[Read More…]
Dept. of Interior Offers First Right-of-Way for Renewable Energy Transmission in Federal Waters
Historic Step Authorizes Transmission Line for Offshore Wind Energy from Block Island to Rhode Island Mainland WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2014. As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to create American jobs, develop clean energy sources and cut carbon pollution, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of[Read More…]
Two Drugs are No More Effective Than One to Treat Common Kidney Disease
NIH study finds limited kidney benefit from more rigorous blood pressure treatment Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2014. Using two drugs was no more effective than a single drug in slowing disease progression in people with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), according to two studies funded by the National Institutes of[Read More…]
Court Battle Begins on Maui, Hawaii GE Moratorium
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2014. In anticipation of the lawsuit by agrichemical giants following a newly passed initiative to suspend the planting of genetically engineered (GE) crops in Maui, five residents preemptively filed a lawsuit last Wednesday, November 12 beating their opponents by one day. The moratorium is only a temporary[Read More…]
Diablo Canyon’s Cooling System Threatens Central Coast’s Fragile Ecosystem
State Water Board hearing pits marine protection against PG&E’s profits SACRAMENTO, CA – (ENEWSPF)—November 17, 2014. For almost 30 years, the antiquated cooling system at Pacific Gas & Electric Co.’s Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant has killed billions of fish, endangered marine mammals and sea turtles, and degraded the ocean[Read More…]
More Than 180 Groups Call for Rep. Raúl Grijalva to be Ranking Democrat on House Natural Resources Committee
Coalition includes Conservation, Latino, Progressive, Religious, Labor Groups WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2014. A diverse coalition of groups today urged House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic caucus to elect Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) as the next ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Natural Resources. In today’s letter, the groups[Read More…]
