Amendments Logrolled into the Massive State Budget Bill Violate the Ohio Constitution’s Single Subject Rule CLEVELAND, OH–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2013. Today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio announced a lawsuit challenging three controversial abortion-related amendments passed in June as part of the massive state budget bill. The suit alleges all[Read More…]
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California Passes Bill to Tackle Pesticide Drift
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2013. California Governor Jerry Brown has signed Assembly Bill 304, a bill designed to protect people from harmful pesticides identified as Toxic Air Contaminants (TACs). The bill will require the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) to develop mitigation measures for the use of harmful pesticides that vaporize[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Meets with Marathon Security Team
Briefed on Security Protocols, Updates and Enhancements for 36th Annual Bank of America Chicago Marathon Mayor Emanuel Meets with Marathon Security Team (From left to right, Police Chief of Staff Gus Miniotis, First Deputy Al Wysinger, Superintendent Garry F. McCarthy, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Executive Director Gary Schenkel). Photo credit:[Read More…]
University of Oregon Researcher Finds Abusive Parenting May Have a Biological Basis
EUGENE, Oregon–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2013 — Parents who physically abuse their children appear to have a physiological response that subsequently triggers more harsh parenting when they attempt parenting in warm, positive ways, according to new research. Reporting in the quarterly journal Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice, a five-member team,[Read More…]
University of Oregon’s Brau Says Nobel Prize for Higgs Boson is Right Call
University of Oregon team played significant role in experiments that found the particle EUGENE, Ore.–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2013 — The theoretical work of Peter Higgs and Francois Englert, honored today by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences with the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics, “is an amazing intellectual achievement,” says University[Read More…]
Study Finds Publicly Reported Hospital Quality Rankings for Blood Clot Rates May Mislead Patients
Northwestern Medicine study suggests postoperative blood clot rate measure is flawed CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2013. A study published today in JAMA by Northwestern Medicine® researchers suggests that a publicly reported outcomes quality measure, meant to reflect a hospital’s success in preventing blood clots following a surgery, is fundamentally flawed. The measure,[Read More…]
New Report: America’s Energy Productivity and Security Has Never Been Better
Energy Efficiency Key to Energy Sector’s Success WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2013 – Key economic, security, and environmental indicators show the state of the U.S. energy economy has never been better, according to a new report by the Natural Resources Defense Council. One key finding: the United States has found so many[Read More…]
European Ground Stations Enable Galileo Search and Rescue Testing
Maspalomas station EU–(ENEWSPF)–8 October 2013. ESA’s completion of a pair of dedicated ground stations at opposite ends of Europe has enabled Galileo satellites in orbit to participate in global testing of the Cospas–Sarsat search and rescue system. The Maspalomas station, at the southern end of the largest island of the Canary[Read More…]
Coal on the Decline — 150 Coal Plants Set for Retirement
Movement sparks shift to clean energy, major carbon reductions SAN FRANCISCO, CA—(ENEWSPF)—October , 2013. Today the Sierra Club and a growing coalition of local, regional and national allies announced the retirement of its 150th coal plant — a significant milestone in the ongoing campaign to move the country beyond coal[Read More…]
Audubon Technique Benefits Rare Seabird
Chinese Crested Tern – Copyright Dan Roby New York, New York—(ENEWSPF)—October 8, 2013. Until this year, there were only two known breeding colonies of the critically endangered Chinese Crested Tern Thalasseus bernsteini, both in island archipelagos close to the east coast of the People’s Republic of China: the Matsu Islands[Read More…]
