Visitors to Everglades National Park, Florida, camp on the beach at Middle Cape Sable. Source: Flickr/Nate Bolt Washington, D.C. — (ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. A new report released today by the Center for American Progress shows that the National Park System’s coastal units, which make up less than a quarter of[Read More…]
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DoD Identifies Army Casualty, August 24, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 24, 2016. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. Staff Sgt. Matthew V. Thompson, 28, of Irvine, California, died Aug. 23 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, of injuries caused by an improvised explosive device that detonated near his patrol[Read More…]
1.8 Million Acres of Sierra Nevada Habitat Protected for Imperiled Frogs, Toads
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced designation of 1,812,164 acres of protected “critical habitat” throughout the Sierra Nevada mountains for several endangered amphibians: the Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog, Yosemite toad and northern population of the mountain yellow-legged frog. The vast majority of the[Read More…]
Ban Sought on Commercial Trapping of Wild Turtles in Missouri
Thousands Have Been Caught, Sold From State Rivers Common snapping turtle photo by Dakota L. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. The Center for Biological Diversity and Great Rivers Environmental Law Center petitioned the Missouri Department of Conservation yesterday to end commercial collection of the state’s wild freshwater turtles. Turtle traders[Read More…]
Non Profits Sue General Mills for False and Misleading Use of ‘Natural’
Tests Reveal Nature Valley Products Contain Glyphosate, an Ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. Today, three non profit organizations filed a lawsuit against General Mills for misleading the public by labeling their Nature Valley brand granola bars “Made with 100% NATURAL whole grain OATS.” It was[Read More…]
Police Secretly Put Large Part of Baltimore Under Constant Aerial Video Surveillance
Technology Was Developed for U.S. Military in Iraq BALTIMORE —(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. The Baltimore Police Department has secretly deployed a surveillance system using planes and powerful cameras that can continuously record 30-square-mile sections of the city at once, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. The technology, which is run by a[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Orders First National Bank of Omaha to Pay $32.6 Million for Illegal Credit Card Practices
Deceptive Marketing and Illegal Billing of Add-On Products Harmed Hundreds of Thousands of Consumers WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has ordered First National Bank of Omaha to provide $27.75 million in relief to roughly 257,000 consumers harmed by illegal practices with credit card[Read More…]
Obama Administration Sued to Protect Climate, Public Lands from Drilling and Fracking
10 Million Acres Leased for Oil and Gas by Obama, Yet Climate Change Consistently Ignored Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. WildEarth Guardians and Physicians for Social Responsibility today filed a landmark federal lawsuit to defend our climate, our health, and American public lands from widespread oil and gas leasing, drilling, and[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton Statement on Colombia-FARC Peace Accord
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. Hillary Clinton released the following statement on the historic peace agreement reached between Colombian government and the FARC rebels: I join people around the world in celebrating the historic peace agreement in Colombia, which brings to a close the longest-running internal armed conflict in the Americas.[Read More…]
Governor Rauner Announces First Sheltered Market
Sheltered markets ensure equal opportunities for businesses owned by women, minorities and persons with disabilities CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. Governor Bruce Rauner today announced the administration has identified its first sheltered market in the IT industry. This will ensure equal opportunities are provided to all Illinois businesses contracting with[Read More…]
