Healthcare worker required to comply with certain restrictions AUGUSTA –(ENEWSPF)—October 31, 2014. Governor Paul R. LePage released the following statement with regard to an Order Pending Hearing issued today by the Aroostook County District Court located in Fort Kent, Maine: “My duty to protect the health of the individual, as[Read More…]
Science
Energy Department Announces New Investments in Advanced Nuclear Power Reactors
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)—October 31, 2014. Today, as part of the President’s all-of-the-above energy approach and Climate Action Plan, the Energy Department announced awards for five companies to lead key nuclear energy research and development projects supporting advanced reactor technologies. These projects will receive $13 million in cost-share agreements to help address[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Faked Water Samples in West Virginia Expose Need for Wider, Immediate Investigations
Corruption at Appalachian Laboratories Raises Fundamental Questions About Water Safety Throughout Region WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2014. Today, the Sierra Club called on state and federal regulators to conduct immediate, wide ranging investigations into the safety of water throughout Appalachia. The call was prompted by the recent guilty plea of[Read More…]
USDA To Provide Additional $4 million for Honey Bee Habitat, No Mention of Pesticides
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2014. Without any mention of the role of pesticides in bee decline, or emphasis on organic practices to help pollinators, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Wednesday that more than $4 million in technical and financial assistance will be provided to help farmers and ranchers in the Midwest[Read More…]
New Study: Deadly Skin-eating Fungus Threatens to Wipe Out Salamanders
International Trade Could Bring Highly Lethal Disease to United States WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2014. The journal Science yesterday published a study documenting a new threat to the world’s salamanders from a deadly skin-eating fungus. A relative of the killer chytrid fungus that has devastated frog populations, the new disease called Batrachochytrium[Read More…]
Gray Wolf Spotted in Grand Canyon National Park for First Time in Over 70 Years
Wandering Wolf Would Lose Protections Under Federal Plan GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz.—(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2014. For the first time since the 1940s, a gray wolf is roaming the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. The wolf, which is wearing an inactive radio collar, is likely a gray wolf that dispersed[Read More…]
Lake County Medical Marijuana Patients Seek More Than $600,000 in Monetary Damages for Warrantless Raids
Patients demand compensation for constitutional rights violations by local law enforcement Lakeport, CA – (ENEWSPF)—October 30, 2014. Nine medical marijuana patients from Lake County filed tort claims today for a total of $621,000 in monetary damages in a widely-watched ongoing legal struggle between growers and county officials. Two weeks ago,[Read More…]
RN Ebola Strike, National Day of Action for Ebola Safety Standards Coast to Coast Nov. 12
Action to Include Strike by 18,000 Kaiser California RNs Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2014. Registered nurses from California to Maine will hold strikes, picketing, and other actions Wednesday, November 12 in 12 U.S. states and the District of Columbia – with possible support actions globally – as the largest U.S.[Read More…]
FTC Charges Gerber with Falsely Advertising Its Good Start Gentle Formula Protects Infants from Developing Allergies
Agency Also Alleges Health Claims Were Not Approved by the FDA, as Advertised Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2014. The Federal Trade Commission has charged Gerber Products Co., also doing business as Nestlé Nutrition, with deceptively advertising that feeding its Good Start Gentle formula to infants with a family history of allergies[Read More…]
UN Ebola Response in West Africa to be Bolstered by Increase in World Bank Funding
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim (second left) touring the Kenyatta Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya and discussing preparations and readiness to deal with the Ebola outbreak. Photo: World Bank/Dominic Chavez KENYA–(ENEWSPF)–30 October 2014 – The World Bank has announced it is boosting its efforts in assisting health workers fight[Read More…]
