Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2014. More than 30 countries have amended their laws to expand access to safe and legal abortion services in the last 20 years—a trend that has marked incredible progress to improving women’s rights and lives, including significantly reduced rates of maternal mortality due to unsafe abortion—according to[Read More…]
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Whale Woes: NRDC Petitions for Endangered Species Act Protections
Gulf of Mexico’s Resident Bryde’s Whale Population “can’t make it in the Gulf if we don’t help them out…” Bryde’s whales rocket through Pacific shallows to gorge on fish. Photograph by Doug Perrine LOS ANGELES—(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2014 —The Gulf of Mexico’s only non-migrating great whales are in big trouble, which[Read More…]
New Concerns over BP Atlantis Gulf Oil Rig
Earthjustice takes legal action Dark clouds of smoke and fire emerge as oil burns during a controlled fire in the Gulf of Mexico following the April 20, 2010 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon. Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin Stumberg / U.S. Navy Houston, TX–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2014. The controversy over[Read More…]
RNs to Join Actions in New York, Oakland, Los Angeles to Mark Call for Action to Stem Climate Crisis
Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—September 18, 2014. From California to Maine, nurses around the nation will be on hand in New York Sunday, September 21 to join with environmental, labor, health, and community activists in what is expected to be the largest global mobilization for action to stem the worsening climate crisis.[Read More…]
Green Group Leaders Call for National Oil & Gas Methane Rules
Smart methane policy will protect Americans’ health and safety, stop waste WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2014. The nation’s largest environmental and conservation groups issued a letter today (FULL LETTER BELOW), calling on President Obama to take urgent action to implement national rules to limit methane emissions from new and existing oil and[Read More…]
Hubble Helps Find Smallest Known Galaxy Containing a Supermassive Black Hole
Artist’s View of M60-UCD1 Black Hole. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI-PRC14-41a Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2014. Astronomers using data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and ground observation have found an unlikely object in an improbable place — a monster black hole lurking inside one of the tiniest galaxies ever known. The[Read More…]
Marketers of the Pro-Form ab GLIDER™ Agree to Pay $3 Million in Civil Penalties for Violating 1997 FTC Order Prohibiting Deceptive Weight Loss Claims
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2014. ICON Health & Fitness, Inc. (ICON) and its related entities have agreed to pay $3 million in civil penalties to settle FTC charges that the companies violated the Commission’s 1997 consent order by advertising that use of their exercise equipment for just three minutes a day[Read More…]
Cargill Sues Syngenta after China Forbids the Sale of Its GE Corn
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2014. After a reported $90 million loss from rejected shipments of genetically engineered (GE) corn seeds that are not approved in China, the U.S. grain company Cargill Inc. sued the biotech giant Syngenta AG. According to Cargill, since mid-November 2013, China has rejected imports of U.S. corn[Read More…]
White House Highlights New DOE Measures to Advance Renewable Energy Deployment and Increase Energy Efficiency
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2014. Building on the President’s Climate Action Plan and the Administration’s effort to diversify our energy portfolio and cut energy waste, the Energy Department today announced a series of executive actions to expand the deployment of renewable energy and cut greenhouse gas emissions. Altogether, these measures will[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: City of Elmhurst to Pay $25,000 Fine for Sanitary System Overflows
Consent Order to Resolve Attorney General’s Lawsuit Requires City to Complete Infrastructure Improvement Projects to Address Overloaded Wastewater Management System Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—September 17, 2014. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced a consent order with the City of Elmhurst to ensure it completes necessary infrastructure improvement projects designed to address its overloaded[Read More…]
