Corporate owners of dirty coal plant face hundreds of millions in potential fines and upgrades COLSTRIP, MT–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2013. Corporate owners of one of the largest and most polluting coal plants in the nation, Colstrip Generating Facility located in Montana, landed in federal court today for what the Sierra Club[Read More…]
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SafeLawns Urges Pesticide Reduction in British Columbia
SafeLawns founder Paul Tukey gathers with Amanda Harris (Health Promotion Coordinator), Jenny Weseen (UBC Okanagan Cancer Club Volunteer), Jerilynn Maki (Health Promotion Coordinator) and Satinder Lidher (UBC Okanagan Cancer Club Volunteer) prior to the screening of A Chemical Reaction on Tuesday evening in Kelowna, British Columbia. KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(ENEWSPF)–March 7,[Read More…]
Longlines Hook False Killer Whale, Threatening Hawai‘i Population
Conservation groups urge immediate implementation of protection plan Honolulu, HI–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2013. Earlier this week, the National Marine Fisheries Service confirmed that, on January 29, 2013, a false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens, a large dolphin species) in Hawaiian waters sustained injuries likely to be fatal when it was hooked by[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces Retrofit Chicago: Commercial Buildings Initiative Doubles In Size
Including new office, hotel, large residential, institutional properties; total program reach to over 28 million square feet CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2013. Today Mayor Emanuel announced 18 new participants in Retrofit Chicago’s Commercial Buildings Initiative, bringing the program’s total reach to over 28 million square feet. This doubles the 14 million square[Read More…]
Amputee Phantom Pain Linked to Brain Retaining Picture of Missing Limb
UK–(ENEWSPF)–06 March 2013. Changes in the brain following amputation have been linked to pain arising from the missing limb, called ‘phantom pain’, in an Oxford University brain imaging study. Arm amputees experiencing the most phantom limb pain were found to maintain stronger representation of the missing hand in the brain[Read More…]
A ‘Purpose in Life’ Lowers Risk of Stroke for Older Adults
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2013. Among older American adults, a greater purpose in life is linked with a lower risk of stroke, a new University of Michigan study found. Diseases like stroke can cause severe social, financial and personal burden. Therefore, recent studies have sought to uncover links between psychological factors[Read More…]
Broad Coalition Urges Congress to Protect Women’s Access to No Co-pay Birth Control
Coalition Calls on Leaders of Appropriations Committees to Block Attempts to Undermine Affordable Care Act Birth Control Provision WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2013. Spearheaded by Planned Parenthood Federation of America, a broad coalition of nearly 40 groups today urged leaders of the Senate and House Appropriations Committees to stand strong against ongoing[Read More…]
Minnesota State Agencies Will No Longer Purchase Products Containing Triclosan
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2013. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency announced on March 3 that state agencies have been ordered by Governor Mark Dayton to stop buying products that contain triclosan, a synthetic, broad-spectrum antimicrobial agent that has become ubiquitous in consumer products ranging from face-washes to fabrics. This ban, which[Read More…]
Energy Department Accelerates the Deployment of Advanced Vehicle Technologies with Private Industry Partnerships
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2013. As part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to speeding the transition to more sustainable energy sources that will help drive economic growth, the Energy Department today announced 16 major U.S. employers and two stakeholder groups have joined the Workplace Charging Challenge to give more American workers access[Read More…]
CDC: Action Needed Now to Halt Spread of Deadly Bacteria
Data show more inpatients suffering infections from bacteria resistant to all or nearly all antibiotics Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2013. A family of bacteria has become increasingly resistant to last-resort antibiotics during the past decade, and more hospitalized patients are getting lethal infections that, in some cases, are impossible to cure. [Read More…]
