Coal export proposals would worsen existing water pollution SEATTLE–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2013. Today, the Sierra Club and its partners sent a 60-day notice of intent to sue to Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) and several coal companies for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. The Sierra Club, Puget Soundkeeper,[Read More…]
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Higher Blood Omega-3s Associated with Lower Risk of Premature Death Among Older Adults
Risk of dying from heart disease significantly lowered Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2013. Older adults who have higher blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids—found almost exclusively in fatty fish and seafood—may be able to lower their overall mortality risk by as much as 27% and their mortality risk from heart[Read More…]
New NIH Funding for Two Autism Centers of Excellence
A total of 11 centers now funded for up to five years Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2013. The National Institutes of Health has awarded $5.3 million in initial one-year funding to the latest two recipients of the Autism Centers of Excellence (ACE) program. With these awards, announced on World Autism Awareness[Read More…]
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Statement on National Autism Awareness Month
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2013. Every April during National Autism Awareness Month, we recognize the special challenges faced by those living with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and refocus our efforts on the best ways to support them and their families. Autism is a developmental disability characterized, in varying degrees, by difficulties[Read More…]
Cells Culled From Adults May Grow Human Bone
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2013. Preparations are underway for the first known human trial to use embryonic-like stem cells collected from adult cells to grow bone. The cells technology, called VSEL stem cells, or very small embryonic-like stem cells, are derived from adults—not fetuses. This eliminates ethical arguments and potential side[Read More…]
Record-breaking 2011 Lake Erie Algae Bloom May Be Sign of Things to Come
A Lake Erie algae bloom in September 2009. This photo was taken on the southeast shore of Pelee Island, Ontario. Image credit: Tom Archer ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2013. The largest harmful algae bloom in Lake Erie’s recorded history was likely caused by the confluence of changing farming practices and weather[Read More…]
Planned Parenthood Encourages Young People to ‘GYT’ in April
“Get Yourself Tested” — New Data Shows 20 Million STIs Occur Each Year Planned Parenthood, MTV, and the Kaiser Family Foundation Collaborate for STD Awareness Month New York–(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2013. Planned Parenthood is kicking off the fifth annual GYT: Get Yourself Tested campaign in April (National STD Awareness Month) with[Read More…]
Federal Court Rejects Logging Industry Attack on Threatened Seabird
Protections stay in place for marbled murrelets and their old-growth forest habitat Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2013. Marbled murrelets and their old-growth forest nesting habitat in the Pacific Northwest remain protected after a Washington, D.C. district court yesterday rejected both a proposal to eliminate all critical habitat protections and a[Read More…]
Black Hole Wakes Up and Has a Light Snack
EU–(ENEWSPF)–2 April 2013. Astronomers have watched as a black hole woke up from a decades-long slumber to feed on a low-mass object – either a brown dwarf or a giant planet – that strayed too close. A similar feeding event, albeit on a gas cloud, will soon happen at the[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Unveils ‘Boom Without Boundaries’ Video Narrated by Winthrop Roosevelt
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2013. Today the Center for American Progress released the short documentary video, “Boom Without Boundaries,” which explores the Bakken oil boom’s negative, industrial-scale impacts on Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota. The film is narrated by Winthrop Roosevelt, great-great grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt[Read More…]
