Senator introduces legislation yesterday that would strengthen procedures for preventing, detecting and treating concussions in K-12 athletes WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2013. After receiving endorsements from six national professional and collegiate sports organizations, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) yesterday introduced legislation to strengthen K-12 schools’ procedures for preventing, detecting, and treating[Read More…]
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Senators Durbin, Markey, Rockefeller, Blumenthal Call on Energy Drink Companies to Stop Marketing to Children
Also call on companies to commit to labeling, social media, appropriate consumption restrictions WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2013. In the latest step in their ongoing investigation into the energy drink industry, U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), yesterday called[Read More…]
Research Reveals Bottom Feeding Techniques of Tagged Humpback Whales in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2013. New NOAA-led research on tagged humpback whales in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary reveals a variety of previously unknown feeding techniques along the seafloor. Rather than a single bottom feeding behavior, the whales show three distinct feeding approaches: simple side-rolls, side-roll inversions, and repetitive scooping. A[Read More…]
Better, Faster Lab Reports Help States’ Outbreak Response
CDC Push for Electronic Lab Reports Showing Gains Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2013. Once labs detect dangerous infections, it’s crucial for the correct information to get to health departments quickly and in a format that allows them to recognize disease outbreaks. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) efforts to[Read More…]
Energy Department Announces Funding to Provide Better Visibility into the Health of the Nation’s Electric Grid
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2013. As part of the Administration’s commitment to improve the reliability and resiliency of the Nation’s electric grid, the Energy Department today announced up to $9 million in funding to facilitate rapid response to abnormal grid conditions. As a result, utilities will be able to better detect and[Read More…]
Sea-Level Rise: A Slow-Motion Disaster
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2013. Yesterday, the Center for American Progress released a video on the tremendous risk that the slow-moving threat of sea-level rise presents to some of America’s most populous cities. CAP visited Norfolk, Virginia, a city on the front lines of the fight against rising seas, to[Read More…]
‘Monsanto Protection Act’ Stripped from Senate Bill
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2013. The controversial legislative rider added at the behest of Monsanto to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) budget bill last spring, dubbed the “Monsanto Protection Act,” will no longer be effective after Sept. 30 under a new stopgap government funding bill being drafted by Senate Democrats. Just last[Read More…]
Major Reductions of Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Livestock Within Reach – UN Agency
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–26 September 2013 – Wider use of available best practices and technologies could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the livestock sector by as much as 30 per cent, according to a new study released today by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The report, “Tackling climate[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Meets with Fermi Director to Discuss Support for National Labs and Funding for Scientific Research
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2013. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today met with the new Director of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Dr. Nigel Lockyer to discuss the importance of continued federal funding for scientific research and development programs. “Research and innovation are a fundamental part of the basic infrastructure that builds[Read More…]
Interior Department Proposes Expansion of Hunting, Fishing Opportunities in National Wildlife Refuge System
Six More Refuges Open to Hunting; 20 Refuges Expand Hunting and Fishing Opportunities WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2013. In advance of National Hunting and Fishing Day on September 28th, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to expand fishing and[Read More…]
