Every three hours, drunk-driving crashes claim a victim who was not driving drunk WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 22, 2013. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today joined with safety advocates and law enforcement officials to announce the Department’s annual Drive Sober or Get[Read More…]
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Nearly 650,000 Comments Call on Obama Administration to Ban Fracking on Public Lands
Americans Against Fracking Submits Petitions Urging President and Bureau of Land Management to Protect Communities Over Oil and Gas Industry Profits Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 22, 2013. Today, a coalition of 276 environmental and consumer organizations including Americans Against Fracking, 350.org, Berks Gas Truth, Center for Biological Diversity, CREDO Action, Democracy for[Read More…]
EPA Awards $1 Million Brownfield Grant to Downriver Community Conference in Southeast Michigan
Southgate, Michigan—(ENEWSPF)–Aug. 22, 2013 – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Administrator Susan Hedman today joined U.S. Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) in southeast Michigan to announce the award of a $1 million brownfield grant to the Downriver Community Conference. “EPA is pleased to award a $1 million grant to supplement[Read More…]
ACLU and Planned Parenthood File Anti-Discrimination Lawsuit Against Indiana Department of Health
Laws Regulating Abortion Clinics Violate Constitutional Protections of Privacy, Due Process and Equal Protection INDIANAPOLIS–(ENEWSPF)–August 22, 2013. The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Indiana, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America today challenged amendments to state laws that single out one health care center in Lafayette, Ind., for a[Read More…]
First Human West Nile Virus Positive Case in Illinois For 2013
SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–August 21, 2013. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has confirmed the first human West Nile virus case reported in Illinois for 2013. The McHenry County Health Department reported a woman in her 50’s became ill earlier this month. “This first human case is a good reminder that we[Read More…]
Utility Plans to Spray Rights-of-Way Despite Local Opposition
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 22, 2013. After four years of relying on non-toxic mechanical controls to clear weeds on rights-of-way across Cape Cod, the Massachusetts-based power company NStar announced that it will begin using herbicides again this fall. All 15 Cape Cod towns have signed a no-spray resolution in 2011 and 2013,[Read More…]
Heat Wave Forecast in Chicago for Back to School
(Graphic: AccuWeather.com) State College, PA-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather.com reports after a push of cooler, less humid air to end the week, more late-summer heat and high humidity will return to Chicagoland next week, just in time for the start of the new school year in many areas. Don’t put away the bathing suits[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Cracks Down on the Tobacco Industry Over Marketing of Menthol Tobacco in Continuing Efforts to Reduce Tobacco Use Among Youth
Tobacco Giant R.J. Reynolds Cited for Alleged Distribution of Tobacco Coupons Without a License; Board of Health Launches Town Hall Meetings to Consider Further Action CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 21, 2013. As part of his overall campaign to curb youth smoking, Mayor Rahm Emanuel today went after the tobacco industry to curb marketing[Read More…]
United States and the Commonwealth of Kentucky Reach Agreement with AK Steel Corporation to Resolve Clean Air Act Violations
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 21, 2013. The United States and the Commonwealth of Kentucky have reached a settlement with the AK Steel Corporation (AK Steel) in Ashland, Ky., resolving alleged violations of the Clean Air Act, AK Steel’s title V permit, and the Kentucky State Implementation Plan, announced the Department of Justice[Read More…]
New Test System Identifies 193 Different Yeasts and Bacteria Known to Cause Illness
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 21, 2013. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today allowed marketing in the U.S. of the first mass spectrometer system for automated identification of bacteria and yeasts that are known to cause serious illness in humans. The VITEK MS can identify 193 different microorganisms and can perform up[Read More…]
