Cyclone Chapala made landfall in Yemen, dumping heavy rainfall on the island of Socotra. Photo: UNICEF Yemen/Ahmed Tani YEMEN–(ENEWSPF)–3 November 2015 – As cyclonic storm Chapala made landfall this morning in the southwest of Riyan in Yemen with a surface wind speed of 120 to 130 kilometres per hour, United[Read More…]
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Multistate Foodborne Disease Outbreaks Sicken Thousands, Highlight Need for Action
Government and food industries can work together to make food safer Government and food industries need to work together to make food safer. Entire Infographic (text version) Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2015. Multistate outbreaks cause more than half of all deaths in foodborne disease outbreaks despite accounting for only a tiny[Read More…]
Nurses Welcome TransCanada Decision to Suspend Permit Bid for Keystone XL Pipeline Project
More than 1,500 nurses and environmentalists march to send a message: Stop Keystone XL. Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 2, 2015. National Nurses United late today welcomed the announcement that TransCanada is suspending its U.S. application for approval of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, a project NNU, the nation’s largest nurses organization,[Read More…]
NASA Sees First Land-falling Tropical Cyclone in Yemen
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2015. Tropical Cyclone Chapala made landfall in Yemen early on November 3 (Eastern Standard Time) and made history as the first land-falling tropical storm in 30 years of record-keeping. As Chapala made landfall NASA’s Aqua satellite passed overhead twice. On Nov. 3, 2015 at 07:20 UTC (2:20[Read More…]
Young Children Have Almost Universal Exposure to Mobile Media Devices
Elk Grove Village, IL–(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2015. While studies as recent as 2013 revealed an income-based “digital divide” when it came to mobile media device ownership, new research indicates that gap is quickly shrinking. Young children in an urban, low-income, minority community had almost universal exposure to mobile devices—with most having[Read More…]
HHS Announces Forum on Pharmaceutical Innovation, Access, Affordability and Better Health
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2015. The Department of Health and Human Services today announced a public forum to explore pharmaceutical innovation, access, affordability and better health. Below is the text of the invitation: Modern medicine, including new pharmaceuticals that cure or help combat life threatening diseases, continues to deliver significant benefits[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Recovers $107 Million in Relief for More Than 238,000 Consumers Through Supervisory Actions
Examiners Uncover Illegal Practices in Student Loan Servicing, Mortgage Origination and Servicing, Consumer Reporting, and Debt Collection Markets WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2015. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its latest supervision report outlining the illegal practices uncovered by the Bureau’s examiners from May 2015 to August 2015.[Read More…]
Environmental Groups Warn Oklahoma Fracking Operators of Potential Legal Action
Sierra Club & Public Justice Say Industry is Responsible for Increased Seismic Activity Oklahoma City, OK –-(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2015. Public Justice and Sierra Club filed a ‘Notice of Intent to Sue’ Friday with four energy companies engaged in hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, in the state of Oklahoma. The groups have[Read More…]
To Help Teachers Adapt to a Changing America, Center for American Progress Offers a Progressive Agenda to Transform and Elevate the Teaching Profession
This new CAP report outlines a vision for how to elevate and modernize the teaching profession so that every student is taught by great teachers. Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2015. In a new report released today, the Center for American Progress offers a progressive agenda to transform and elevate the teaching[Read More…]
New Strategies Are Required to Confront Modern Terrorist Financing, Center for American Progress Report Argues
An oil field under control of Kurdish militias is seen near the town of Deriq, in a Kurdish area of Syria, near the border with Iraq in March 2003. Source: AP/Manu Brabo Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–November 2, 2015. In the years following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the United States developed very[Read More…]
