New guidelines may help better diagnose fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. A group of experts on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), organized by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), has produced proposed clinical guidelines for diagnosing FASD, which can result when a mother[Read More…]
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Stakeholder Groups Challenge Oregon Forest Management Plan
New plan sacrifices clean water, fishing economy, carbon storage, recreational opportunities A clearcut section of the Oregon Forest — George Sexton Eugene, OR —(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. Late yesterday, a coalition of conservation and fishing groups challenged in the U.S. District Court in Oregon a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) forest management[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending August 6, 2016
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 11, 2016 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending August 6, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 266,000, a decrease of 1,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised down by 2,000 from 269,000 to 267,000. The 4-week moving average[Read More…]
Government Inaction Thwarts Equal Access to Care, Says New Center for American Progress Column
A nurse practitioner gives a pregnant patient information about mosquito protection on August 2, 2016, in Miami. Source: AP/Lynne Sladky Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. Last month, the U.S. Congress adjourned for summer recess without approving President Barack Obama’s request for $1.9 billion in emergency supplemental funds to address the[Read More…]
Conservative Paid Family Leave Proposals Fall Short for Working Families
Bryan Niedermeyer and Angelica Juarez visit with their daughter Olivia at Advocate Children’s Hospital in Chicago on March 15, 2016. Source: AP/M. Spencer Green Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. Paid family and medical leave is critical for the economic security of working families, yet the United States is the[Read More…]
Big Business and the Financial Industry Avoid Corporate Tax with Pass-Through Loophole, Which Cost the United States Nearly $800 Billion Between 2003 and 2012
Closing the pass-through tax loophole used by big businesses will increase federal revenue to meet critical needs and at the same time address income inequality. Source: Scott Roth/Invision/AP Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. Big businesses are avoiding billions of dollars in taxes by using business forms originally designed for[Read More…]
U.S. to World: Protect Dolphins, Whales or Lose Access to U.S. Seafood Market
New Rules Ban Seafood Imports That Don’t Meet Strict U.S. Standards for Marine Mammal Protection WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. The National Marine Fisheries Service issued regulations today prohibiting seafood imports from nations whose fisheries kill more whales and dolphins than U.S. standards allow. Each year around 650,000 whales, dolphins[Read More…]
Public Records Sought Over Federal Surveillance of Climate Protesters
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. The Center for Biological Diversity today filed nine Freedom of Information Act requests seeking the release of public records relating to surveillance of peaceful protests of federal fossil fuel auctions. Records obtained by the Intercept in July revealed that federal and local police agents went undercover[Read More…]
Forest Service Asked to Reject Fracking Plan in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest
Feds Fail to Address Climate Change Impact, Danger to Groundwater, Wildlife Habitat ATHENS, Ohio—(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. The U.S. Forest Service should reject a new oil and gas leasing plan in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest due to its failure to address serious concerns over fracking and climate change, conservation groups[Read More…]
Drug Policy Alliance: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Refuses to Reschedule Marijuana
Agency Removes Separate Research Barrier, Ending Monopoly on Research; Drug Policy Alliance: Next Administration Must End Federal Marijuana Prohibition Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. Today, the DEA announced that it was not rescheduling marijuana, in effect refusing to recognize marijuana’s medicinal benefits. But in what is viewed as a victory for[Read More…]
