Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2016. Even if being a scientist isn’t your day job, there are lots of ways to contribute to scientific research about the natural world. From counting monarch butterflies to studying plant growth and tweeting earthquake locations, citizen science empowers the public to help scientists conduct and inform[Read More…]
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FTC Charges Marketers Used Massive Spam Campaign To Pitch Bogus Weight-Loss Products
Spam Emails Linked to “Fake News” Websites, Phony Celebrity Endorsements To Sell Unproven Dietary Supplements Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2016. The Federal Trade Commission charged a Florida-based affiliate marketing operation with bombarding consumers with illegal spam e-mail in an attempt to sell them bogus weight-loss products using false celebrity endorsements. “These[Read More…]
Jeff Bezos and Amazon’s Book Review Policy Is Destroying Indie Authors’ Ability to Sell Books
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2016 By: Anthony Papa Manager of Media & Artist Relations, Drug Policy Alliance Imagine breaking your back writing your memoir with the dream of getting it published. Then your book agent receives 50 rejections from hot shot editors that give you amazing excuses why they have to[Read More…]
NASA Satellite Sees Tropical Storm Colin Affecting Florida
FLORIDA–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2016. Rains from Tropical Storm Colin were spreading over the Florida west coast by 7 a.m. EDT on Monday, June 6, 2016. When NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over Colin the previous afternoon, imagery showed Colin’s clouds had already spread over southern Florida. The MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Aqua[Read More…]
Statement From Mayor Emanuel On CPS Students’ Academic Gains, State Education Funding
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2016 “This report by the University of Chicago is proof positive that when we make the right investments in our students’ education, there is no limit to the success they can achieve. Yet at a time when our students are making record gains in ACT scores, graduation rates,[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Congratulates City’s Newest Lifeguards at Chicago Park District Graduation Ceremony
Candidates are recruited through City’s One Summer Chicago youth employment program CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Park District General Superintendent Michael P. Kelly yesterday congratulated 353 new recruits that will guard the city’s beaches and pools at a graduation ceremony held at Curie High School. The lifeguard[Read More…]
With U.S. Department of Education Soon to Decide on Embattled College Accreditor, New Center for American Progress Report Offers Strong Evidence for ACICS to Lose Recognition
The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, or ACICS, has overseen the accreditation of many for-profit schools under investigation by federal or state entities. Its actions have cost taxpayers billions of dollars, and ACICS should no longer serve as a gatekeeper to federal financial aid, a new CAP report says.[Read More…]
Immediate Habitat Protection Sought for Killer Whales Along West Coast
100,000 Sign Petition Seeking Critical Habitat Protections Beyond Puget Sound SEATTLE—(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2016. Conservation groups and more than 100,000 people today called on the Obama administration to immediately expand protected critical habitat for Southern Resident killer whales along the West Coast. The population remains critically endangered with just 83 individuals[Read More…]
Brown & Haley Expands Voluntary Recall of Mountain Thins ‘Trail Mix’ Flavor Because of Possible Health Risk
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2016. Brown & Haley of Tacoma, Washington is taking the precautionary measure of expanding its voluntary recall to include one additional lot of Mountain Thins “Trail Mix” flavor that may be impacted by sunflower seeds contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and[Read More…]
More than 450 Environmental, Landowner, Indigenous Rights and Allied Organizations to Congress: Pending Trade Deals Threaten Efforts to Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground, Oppose Trans Pacific Partnership
WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2016. Today, in the largest display of opposition to the environmental impacts of two pending trade deals, more than 450 groups called on members of Congress to commit to vote against the toxic Trans-Pacific Partnership and to demand changes to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. “We[Read More…]
