Unique support system promotes cortex growth, connectivity linked to prowess Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015. Discoveries about how the human brain contributes to our success — both as a species and as individuals — are among the first fruit of projects funded under the National Institutes of Health BRAIN Initiative program[Read More…]
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New ‘Waste Free Kitchen Handbook’ Out Today
Leading National Food Waste Expert Pens Consumer Guide to Saving Food & Money NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015 –U.S. consumers are collectively responsible for more wasted food than farmers, grocery stores or any other part of the food-supply chain—a problem that costs the average family an average of about $1,500 every[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Bush’s Energy Plan Isn’t ‘Low Energy’ or ‘High Energy’–It’s Every Type of ‘Dirty Energy’
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—September 29, 2015. Today, Jeb Bush is releasing his national energy plan. According to early advanced reporting, elements of the plan include lifting the crude oil export ban, eliminating essential clean air and climate safeguards, building the dirty Keystone XL pipeline, drilling off Alaska’s pristine coast and[Read More…]
Women’s Rising Earnings Have Reduced Inequality, New Center for American Progress Analysis Finds
Job seekers make their way through the large crowd at the Women For Hire Career Expo in New York City in 2009. Source: AP/Seth Wenig Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015. While there is striking public support for work-family policies such as paid family leave, paid sick days, and access to[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Briefs Reveal Costly, Unnecessary ‘White Elephant’ Transportation Projects, Highlight Lack of Accountability With Federal Transportation Funds
The beach in Panama City, Florida, is seen on April 12, 2015. Source: AP/Melissa Nelson-Gabriel Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015. Three new briefs from the Center for American Progress analyze three infrastructure projects—or “white elephants”—that epitomize the worst of the United States’ current policy approach to infrastructure. With Congress undertaking[Read More…]
Center for American Progress’ Rebecca Vallas on the Social Security Earned Benefits Payment Act
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015. New legislation was introduced in Congress yesterday that would rebalance the Social Security trust funds and ensure that all promised benefits can be paid for the next nearly two decades. Rebecca Vallas, Director of Policy for the Poverty to Prosperity Program at the Center for[Read More…]
New Mexico Game Commission Rejects Federal Releases of Endangered Mexican Wolves in Gila National Forest
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015. In a potential setback for Mexican gray wolf recovery, the New Mexico Game Commission voted unanimously today to deny the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service permission to release wolves in the Gila National Forest. The highly political decision, which comes nine months after the Service approved[Read More…]
Constitutional Scholars, Military Officers, Human Rights Groups File Briefs in Support of Abu Ghraib Victims Suing Corporation for Torture
Military Lawyer Who Led Effort Against Unlawful Interrogation at Guantánamo Among Amicus Parties Richmond, VA –-(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015. Last evening, six amicus briefs were filed with the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of four men suing private military contractor CACI Premier Technology, Inc. (CACI) for the company’s role[Read More…]
State Dept. Updates Tunisia Travel Alert, Sept. 29, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015. The U.S. Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to the risks of travel to Tunisia and recommends that U.S. citizens in Tunisia maintain a high level of vigilance in light of recent terrorist attacks on sites frequented by tourists. The Tunisian government has shown its commitment to[Read More…]
Amid Growing Support for Public Health, Versus Criminalization Approaches to Drug Use, Governor Cuomo Signs Bill to Expand Methadone and Suboxone Treatment in New York Drug Courts
Experts Recommend New York Embrace Evidence-based, Public Health Approaches to Address Opioid Use and Overdose; Bill Follows Obama Administration Recommendation to Expand Medical Assisted Treatment Albany —(ENEWSPF)—September 29, 2015. Last Friday, New York Governor Cuomo signed legislation to prohibit drug court judges from forcing defendants suffering from opioid dependency to[Read More…]
