Species Threatened by Global Warming, Ocean Acidification, Aquarium Trade SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2014. The National Marine Fisheries Service announced today that the orange clownfish — a species popularized for a generation of children by the movie Finding Nemo — may warrant protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act because of[Read More…]
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U.S. EPA Approves Carbon Sequestration Permits in Central Illinois
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—September 2, 2014. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved permits allowing the FutureGen Industrial Alliance Inc. to inject carbon dioxide deep underground near Jacksonville, Illinois. This process – known as “carbon sequestration” – is a means of storing carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. These[Read More…]
Center for Food Safety Criticizes Latest Move by Food Industry to Minimize Oversight of Food Additives
Grocery Manufacturers initiative is inadequate, cannot replace needed regulation by FDA Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2014. The Center for Food Safety today expressed disappointment in the Grocery Manufacturer Association’s (GMA) proposed changes to the food industry’s process in assessing the safety of food additives. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has[Read More…]
Roosevelt University Student Marks World Suicide Prevention Day with September 10 Night of Hope
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2014. Roosevelt University will mark World Suicide Prevention Day on Wednesday, Sept. 10 with A Night of Hope, an awareness program on suicide prevention that is open to all college students, as well as the public, in Chicago’s busy South Loop college corridor. The program, being held at[Read More…]
Radar Vision Maps Napa Valley Earthquake
Sentinel-1 maps earthquake EU–(ENEWSPF)–2 September 2014. Sentinel-1A has added yet another string to its bow. Radar images from this fledgling satellite have been used to map the rupture caused by the biggest earthquake that has shaken northern California in 25 years. Scientists collaborating through the UK Natural Environment Research Council’s[Read More…]
Citizens Groups File, Demanding EPA Revoke Virginia’s Regulatory Authority
Formal Petition Alleges Commonwealth Systematically Fails to Comply with Clean Water Act WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—September 2, 2014. Citizens groups filed a formal petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this morning alleging that Virginia and its Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy (DMME) has systematically failed to comply with the[Read More…]
U.S. Representative Questions EPA’s Risk Assessment of 2,4-D-Based Herbicide
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2014. U.S. Representative Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week asking them a poignant question: Why didn’t the human health risk assessment of Dow’s newest 2,4-D-based herbicide apply the ten-fold safety factor required by national law to protect children[Read More…]
Illinois’ Medical Cannabis Patient and Caregiver Application Process Begins September 2
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2014. Patient registration for the Illinois Medical Cannabis Pilot Program starts today, September 2. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is accepting applications for qualifying patients and caregivers who wish to apply for a medical cannabis registration identification card. Applications are being accepted both electronically and through[Read More…]
Federal Court Protects Texas Women from Further Loss of Abortion Access
HB2 provision requiring unnecessary, multimillion-dollar renovations of abortion clinics ruled unconstitutional, would have shuttered all but a few abortion clinics in the state September 1 Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 30, 2014. Following a trial earlier this month, a federal district court judge yesterday struck down two components of an anti-abortion Texas omnibus[Read More…]
UN Committee Calls on United States to Immediately Address Racial Discrimination in Health Care
Recommendations from Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) call for immediate action to address inequity in health care coverage, sky-high maternal mortality rates NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—August 29, 2014. The United States has failed to make sufficient progress in addressing racial and gender disparities in access to health care, according[Read More…]
