GoHealth Exceeds Initial 2013 Job Estimate By Hundreds as a Part of Company’s Expansion Into New Space at Merchandise Mart, Adding Formerly Unemployed Workers through Strong Partnership with Skills for Chicagoland’s Future CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 12, 2013. Mayor Emanuel today joined Brandon Cruz and Clint Jones, co-founders of GoHealth, to announce that[Read More…]
Science
Feds Delay Help as Logging Pushes Rare Alaska Wolves Toward Extinction
SITKA, Alaska–(ENEWSPF)–November 12, 2013. The Center for Biological Diversity and Greenpeace notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today that it is two years overdue in deciding whether to initiate an Endangered Species Act status review for southeast Alaska’s Alexander Archipelago wolves. A status review may lead to listing these[Read More…]
Teen Night Owls Likely to Perform Worse Academically, Emotionally
Teenagers who go to bed late during the school year were found to be struggling academically (iStockphoto) BERKELEY–(ENEWSPF)–November 12, 2013. Teenagers who go to bed late during the school year are more prone to academic and emotional difficulties in the long run, compared to their earlier-to-bed counterparts, according to a[Read More…]
Cell Phone Radiation Varies By Wireless Carrier
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 12, 2013. In recent years, a series of studies have shown that a consumer’s choice of wireless carrier may be more important than the cell phone itself in determining how much radiation will reach the user, according to a new analysis by researchers at the Environmental Working Group.[Read More…]
What Preschoolers Know About Healthy Eating
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–November 12, 2013. When you hand a preschooler a donut, does she know it’s junk food? The answer is yes, says University of Michigan researcher Kristen Harrison. Harrison, professor of communication studies and faculty associate at the U-M Institute for Social Research, studies predictors of early-childhood obesity by investigating[Read More…]
Bridger-Teton National Forest, Sierra Club Work Together to Promote Bear Safety
Jackson, WY–(ENEWSPF)–November 12, 2013. The Sierra Club and the Bridger-Teton National Forest have joined forces to help prevent conflicts between people and bears. As part of ongoing ‘bear aware’ work, the partnership has placed bear-proof food storage containers at campsites on the Forest at Bailey Creek, Pacific Creek, Toppings Lake[Read More…]
Job-Creating Clean Energy Bill Introduced to Cut Pollution, Grow Economy
Amendment to Pa. Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (AEPS) announced with support of energy companies, labor and environmental advocates Harrisburg–(ENEWSPF)–November 12, 2013. Today State Sen. Daylin Leach (D-Montgomery/Delaware) introduced a bill to amend Pennsylvania’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards. He was joined by the Sierra Club, Rep. Greg Vitali (D-Delaware) and representatives[Read More…]
Local Groups Push to Protect Clean Water in Southern Indiana
File comments on federal permit request that would allow a surface coal mine to destroy more than 15 miles of streams in Gibson County SOMERVILLE, Indiana–(ENEWSPF)–November 12, 2013. The Sierra Club and Hoosier Environmental Council (HEC) filed objections this week to Peabody Energy Corp.’s plans to destroy more than 15[Read More…]
IDB’s Multilateral Investment Fund, Audubon Unveil $2.6 Million Birding Ecotourism Partnership To Support Economic Development and Biodiversity Conservation in the Americas
Birds To Create Jobs for Local Communities in Belize, Guatemala, Paraguay and The Bahamas Lindblad Expeditions New York, N.Y.–(ENEWSPF)–November 12, 2013. In a novel regional program that uses bird-watching to create sustainable jobs in communities while simultaneously protecting biodiversity and natural resources, the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), a member of[Read More…]
BASF Sues EU Commission for Restricting Pesticides Harmful to Bees
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 12, 2013. On November 6 BASF, a German agrochemical company, took legal action in the General Court of the European Union (EU) to challenge the EU Commission’s decision to restrict seed treatment uses of the insecticide fipronil. BASF joins chemical companies Bayer and Syngenta in challenging the EU’s[Read More…]
