Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2014. Reports of honey bee deaths have been emerging around the nation: from bee deaths in California’s almond groves and ‘mysterious’ road-side bee deaths in Oregon, to astronomical overwintering losses in Ohio. The reports are intensifying the ecological crises of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) —a phenomenon typified[Read More…]
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EPA Report: Data Show Automakers on Track in Meeting Greenhouse Gas Standards
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2014. Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a Manufacturers Performance Report that assesses the automobile industry’s progress toward meeting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for cars and light trucks in the 2012 model year – the first year of this fourteen year program. The report reveals[Read More…]
Congresswoman Duckworth Announces Federal Grant for Greater Elgin Family Care Center
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 24, 2014. Today, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) announced that the Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the Greater Elgin Family Care Center (GEFCC) a $2,203,792 Health Center Cluster Grant. Duckworth informed Robert Tanner, President and CEO of GEFCC, about the news earlier in the day. The[Read More…]
Members of Congress, Authors of E-Cigarette Marketing Report Respond to FDA Tobacco Regulations
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2014. Today U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), John D. Rockefeller (D-WV), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Jack Reed (D-RI), and U.S. Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) – authors of a recent investigative report that found a dramatic recent increase in the marketing[Read More…]
Interior Secretary Jewell Underscores President’s Commitment to Build Strong, Resilient Tribal Communities at Pacific Northwest Tribal Summit
Discusses federal support for economic development, tribal sovereignty, addressing climate-change impacts KITSAP PENINSULA, Wash.–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2014. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today met with representatives of Pacific Northwest tribes to discuss federal efforts to address the economic, social and climate change challenges facing American Indian and Alaska Native[Read More…]
FDA Approves First Human Papillomavirus Test for Primary Cervical Cancer Screening
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2014. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first FDA-approved HPV DNA test for women 25 and older that can be used alone to help a health care professional assess the need for a woman to undergo additional diagnostic testing for cervical cancer. The[Read More…]
New Report Slams USDA for Indefinitely Stalling Animal Welfare Regulations in Organic Poultry Production
Center for Food Safety Counters Economic Assessment Relied Upon by USDA Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2014. Center for Food Safety’s (CFS) whitepaper, released today, chastises the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for stalling poultry animal welfare regulations and hiding behind a faulty economic impact analysis. CFS’s white paper reveals that the[Read More…]
Endangered Killer Whales May Get Protected Habitat Along West Coast
Fisheries Service to Evaluate New Habitat Designation Off Coasts of Washington, Oregon, California SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2014. In response to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the National Marine Fisheries Service announced today that it will consider expanding protected critical habitat for the endangered “Southern Resident” population of[Read More…]
New Mexico Medical Cannabis Program’s Medical Advisory Board Recommends Adding Alzheimer’s Disease to the List of Eligible Conditions
If Approved by the Dept. of Health, New Mexico Would Join 13 Other States Where Patients Can Access Medical Cannabis for Alzheimer’s Disease SANTA FE—(ENEWSPF)—April 24, 2014. Yesterday, the New Mexico Medical Cannabis Program’s Medical Advisory Board voted unanimously to add neurodegenerative dementia including Alzheimer’s disease (AD) to the list[Read More…]
Report Shows 20-year U.S. Immunization Program Spares Millions of Children from Diseases
Recent measles outbreaks underscore importance of sustaining high vaccination coverage Vaccines for Children – 20 Years of protecting America’s Children – Entire Infographic Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2014. The CDC estimates that vaccinations will prevent more than 21 million hospitalizations and 732,000 deaths among children born in the last 20[Read More…]
