Marin Protest Highlights Dumping of Fracking Chemicals Into California’s Ocean INVERNESS, Calif.–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014. Wearing hazmat suits and carrying boogie boards, anti-fracking activists with the Center for Biological Diversity, Mainstreet Moms and 350 Marin will protest today at noon outside a California Coastal Commission meeting at the Inverness Yacht Club,[Read More…]
Science
Study: Decriminalizing Marijuana Not Associated With Significant Long-Term Effects On Use Rates
Melbourne, Australia–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014. Liberalizing the legal status of cannabis is not associated with significant long-term changes in the plant’s use among the general population, according to data published in the Journal of Health Economics. Researchers at the University of Melbourne in Australia and the Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and[Read More…]
Senators Kirk, Coons Introduce Bill to Designate Nation’s First Coast-to-Coast Trail
American Discovery Trail Stretches 6,800 Miles from Delaware to California WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014. U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) on Monday introduced legislation to bring national recognition to the American Discovery Trail – the nation’s only coast-to-coast, non-motorized recreational trail. The National Discovery Trails Act of 2014 would make[Read More…]
Secretary Jewell Announces $20 Million in WaterSMART Funding for Water Reclamation and Reuse Projects in Drought Stricken California
Funding to help communities stretch water supplies, deal with climate change WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014. As part of the Obama Administration’s continued effort to bring relief to California communities suffering from the historic drought, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation will invest $20 million[Read More…]
FDA Requiring Lower Starting Dose for Sleep Drug Lunesta
Risk of impairment the morning after use of sleep aid drugs Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced it required the manufacturer of the sleep drug Lunesta (eszopiclone) to change the drug label and lower the current recommended starting dose. Data show that eszopiclone[Read More…]
German Environment Ministers Institute De Facto Moratorium on Fracking
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014. Yesterday, Food & Water Watch learned that German Environment Ministers have banded together to make changes to mining law that will effectively create a de facto moratorium on fracking in most areas of Germany. The law would ban fracking from important drinking water zones such as Lake[Read More…]
Kids’ Cereals Pack 40 Percent More Sugar
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014. Eating a bowl of kids’ cereal every day would add up to eating 10 pounds of sugar a year, according to a new Environmental Working Group analysis of more than 1,500 cereals, including 181 marketed for children. Virtually all of the cold cereals contained added sugar,[Read More…]
Local Groups Demand Industrial Egg Factory Follow the Clean Water Act
Ammonia from Rose Acre Farms endangers nearby wildlife refuge, waterways and entire Tar-Pamlico River system Raleigh, NC–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014. Several North Carolina conservation groups filed legal papers late yesterday aimed at cleaning up ammonia pollution from a massive industrial chicken operation adjacent to the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. The[Read More…]
Cascading Dunes in a Martian Crater
Rabe crater perspective view EU–(ENEWSPF)–15 May 2014. A new mosaic from ESA’s Mars Express shows a swirling field of dark dunes cascading into sunken pits within a large impact crater. The mosaic was created from two images taken on 7 December 2005 and 9 January 2014, and focuses on the[Read More…]
Thousands Sent to Emergency Room by Preventable Pool Chemical Injuries
Children often the ones hurt by pool chemicals Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014. Injuries from pool chemicals led to nearly 5,000 emergency room visits in 2012, according to a study released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nearly half of these preventable injuries were in children and teenagers[Read More…]
