Food & Water Watch Urges USDA to Rethink Equivalency Standards for Imported Meat Washington, D.C —(ENEWSPF)—October 28, 2014. In response to last week’s discovery that a shipment of imported beef from Canada was contaminated with the pathogen E.coli 0157:H7, Food & Water Watch today urged USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack to[Read More…]
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White House Begins Review of First-Ever Coal Ash Rule
The rule could limit exposure to deadly toxins in water and air nationwide Toxic coal ash dust at the Making Money Having Fun Landfill in Bokoshe, OK. Photo Used with Permission Washington, D.C —(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2014. The White House Office of Management and Budget has begun its review of the[Read More…]
White House Delays Government-wide Action on Pollinators, Cites Chemical Dangers
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2014. Last week the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) announced new guidelines for federal agencies to incorporate pollinator friendly practices at federal facilities and on federal lands. Critical to pollinator health within these guidelines is a requirement that agencies should “[a]cquire seeds and plants from[Read More…]
Ignoring International Limits, U.S. Expands Fishing for Declining Bigeye Tuna
HONOLULU—(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2014. The National Marine Fisheries Service today issued regulations allowing Hawaii-based longline fishermen to ignore international agreements and continue fishing for bigeye tuna after reaching the cap allowed for U.S. fishing vessels. Highly valued for sushi, bigeye tuna has been increasingly in demand for the past decade; meanwhile[Read More…]
In Federal Court Filing, PG&E and Nuclear Regulator Said to Collude in Secret Decision to Cover up Diablo Canyon’s Vulnerability to Earthquakes
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—October 28, 2014. Friends of the Earth has petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals to overturn a secret decision by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to illegally alter the operating license for the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant allowing Pacific Gas and Electric to hide the fact that the[Read More…]
AquaBounty Fined for Repeated Environmental Violations on Genetically Engineered Salmon
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—October 28, 2014. Officials in Panama have ruled that AquaBounty Technologies’ has been operating in violation of environmental regulations as it experiments with genetically engineered salmon in that country. In a decision that could challenge the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s ongoing safety assessment of AquaBounty’s GE salmon,[Read More…]
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Opens Meeting to Finalize Synthesis Report
COPENHAGEN—(ENEWSPF)–27 October 2014. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) opened a meeting in Copenhagen on Monday to finalize the Synthesis Report, the last stage of its Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), which provides policymakers with a comprehensive assessment of the risks of climate change. The week-long meeting will distil and[Read More…]
5 Year Old NYC Boy Tests Negative for Ebola, Oct. 27, 2014
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2014. Today, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene conducted a test for the Ebola virus on a minor patient who had been transferred to HHC Bellevue Hospital Center last night. This patient developed a fever this morning while under observation at the hospital,[Read More…]
Doctors Without Borders: Ebola Quarantine Can Undermine Efforts to Curb Epidemic
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2014. Forced quarantine of asymptomatic health workers returning from fighting the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is not grounded on scientific evidence and could undermine efforts to curb the epidemic at its source, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. Diligent[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel, Department Of Streets And Sanitation Celebrate One Year Anniversary Of Citywide Blue Cart Recycling
DSS also announces new partnership with the Carton Council to build on success of recycling program CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 27, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Department of Streets and Sanitation (DSS) celebrate this week the one year anniversary of the Blue Cart Recycling Program’s citywide rollout. Mayor Emanuel expanded the easy-to-use[Read More…]
