Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015. A new phase of the Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Program (BCERP), focused on prevention, is being launched at the National Institutes of Health. Grant-funded researchers will now work across scientific disciplines, involve new racially and ethnically diverse communities, and expand the study of risk[Read More…]
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Launches National Grassroots Effort to Raise Awareness for Nutrition Assistance Programs
Grapes are served during preschool lunch at the Latin American Community Center in Wilmington, Delaware, 2009. Source: AP/Steve Ruark Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015. The Center for American Progress—along with its partners Witnesses to Hunger, the Coalition on Human Needs, the Food Research & Action Center, Feeding America, and the[Read More…]
New Center for American Progress Report Details Lasting Harm of Preschool Suspensions and Expulsions, Offers Recommendations to End Overcriminalization of Youth
A teacher in a pre-K class gives a high-five, October 2014. Source: AP/Ted S. Warren Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015. A new report released today by the Center for American Progress and the National Black Child Development Institute details the lasting harm of preschool suspension and expulsions, highlighting that for many[Read More…]
Colorado Consumers Sue Over Illegal Pesticides in Marijuana
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015. Colorado’s largest pot grower, LivWell Inc., was sued over illegal pesticide use in a law suit filed Monday in Denver District Court. Two marijuana users, one of whom suffers from a brain tumor and holds a medical card to use the product, allege that the grower[Read More…]
To Protect Climate, Groups Appeal Obama Administration’s Largest Coal Mining Plans
Strip mining approvals opened the door for massive amounts of carbon pollution DENVER—(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015. Stepping up to defend the climate, WildEarth Guardians and the Sierra Club today took the next step in their challenge to the Obama Administration’s approval of billions of tons of coal mining in the western[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Lumber Liquidators Pleads Guilty to Importing Illegal Wood Products, Settles with Department of Justice
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015. Yesterday, Lumber Liquidators, the nation’s leading hardwood flooring retailer, announced a settlement with the Department of Justice, concluding a two-year investigation into claims that the company had imported illegal wood products. For years, the company imported flooring made from illegal timber logged in Russia and[Read More…]
Forty-Two Organizations Call On Congress To Protect The Crude Oil Export Ban
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015. Today, forty-two organizations submitted a letter to Congress urging them to keep the 40-year old crude oil export ban in place. The letter was sent just ahead of the U.S. House of Representatives vote to repeal the ban, and just after an underwhelming vote in[Read More…]
Groups Demand Answers from State Department on Human Trafficking Report
FOIA request highlights lingering concerns over possible political interference in important government publication WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—October 8, 2015. With the support of human rights, labor, faith, trade and democracy reform organizations, Friends of the Earth filed a Freedom of Information Act request demanding the expedited release of all communications by the[Read More…]
State Lawmakers Ask Congress to Oppose H.R. 1599, a Bill to Preempt State GMO Labeling Laws
95 Lawmakers Tell Congress that State GMO Labeling Laws are Constitutional, and Will Not Create a ‘Messy Patchwork’ of State Laws AUGUSTA, Maine—(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015. A bipartisan group of 95 state lawmakers (representing 21 states) who have either sponsored state GMO labeling bills, or supported state GMO labeling ballot initiatives[Read More…]
State Lawmakers Ask Congress to Oppose H.R. 1599, a Bill to Preempt State GMO Labeling Laws
95 Lawmakers Tell Congress that State GMO Labeling Laws are Constitutional, and Will Not Create a ‘Messy Patchwork’ of State Laws AUGUSTA, Maine—(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015. A bipartisan group of 95 state lawmakers (representing 21 states) who have either sponsored state GMO labeling bills, or supported state GMO labeling ballot initiatives[Read More…]
