WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2014. In a letter to President Obama, a broad-based coalition of leading domestic and global organizations spanning women’s rights, health, human rights, reproductive justice, young people, the LGBT community, faith, and development are calling for an end to the incorrect implementation of the Helms Amendment in order[Read More…]
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‘State of the Birds’ Report Assesses the Health of the Nation’s Birds
The Good News: Conservation Efforts Work When Applied The Bad News: Populations Are Down in Many Key Habitats Washington,k DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2014. One hundred years after the extinction of the passenger pigeon, the nation’s top bird science and conservation groups have come together to publish The State of the Birds[Read More…]
Recovery Plan Proposed for Endangered Mississippi Frog
Plan Calls for Restoring Frog Across Its Range, Including St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana and Mississippi GULFPORT, Miss.–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2014. According to a settlement agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity and Gulf Restoration Network, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today released a draft recovery plan for endangered dusky gopher[Read More…]
Lawsuit Seeks Public Records on Keystone XL’s Impacts on Whooping Cranes, Piping Plovers, Other Endangered Species
State Department and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Stonewalling Public Efforts to Identify Full Impacts of Disastrous Pipeline WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2014. The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the State Department to obtain public records that reveal how the proposed[Read More…]
Tens of Thousands of Young People to Join People’s Climate March to Demand Bolder Action on Climate, Fossil Fuels
300+ Campuses Back-To-School Organizing Efforts to Send Students to Massive Climate March in NYC New York, NY –(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2014. In response to the United Nations’ Emergency Climate Summit, an unprecedented surge of tens of thousands of students from more than 300 campuses will join the People’s Climate March, which[Read More…]
Manufacturer Proposes Increase in Bee-Toxic Pesticide on Crops
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2014. Multinational pesticide manufacturer Syngenta has petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to raise the allowable levels of a systemic pesticide on a number of crops. In certain cases, such as hay from wheat, the company is asking for a 400x increase in the tolerance level set[Read More…]
EPA Announces Funding to Create Two New Drinking Water Innovation Centers
Washington D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2014. Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues its commitment to improving America’s drinking water by providing over $8 million to create two national centers for research and innovation in small to medium sized drinking water systems. “These centers will help to develop innovative and[Read More…]
Renal Carcinoma Rates Increase Among Children
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—September 8, 2014. Cancer continues to be the leading disease-related cause of death among children and adolescents in the U.S. A study in the October 2014 Pediatrics, “Cancer Incidence Rates and Trends Among Children and Adolescents in the United States, 2001-2009,” published online Sept. 8, analyzes data[Read More…]
Rates of Hospital-Associated Infections Decline in Children
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—September 8, 2014. Children who are hospitalized and then pick up an infection face longer hospital stays and poorer health outcomes, and large-scale quality improvement efforts have focused on lowering these health care-associated infections. A study in the October 2014 Pediatrics presents evidence that certain types of[Read More…]
Illinois Department of Public Health Watching for Possible Outbreaks of Circulating Virus
Cases of an uncommon enterovirus found in the Midwest SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2014. Several hospitals in Illinois and Missouri have recently reported clusters of severe respiratory illness in community members, especially children. Testing of some cases by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identified an enterovirus, EV-D68. While there are[Read More…]
