81 percent support state measures to combat climate change Southern California Edison solar technicians install photovoltaic panels on rooftops in Fontana, California. Source: Michael Melford / National Geographic Creative San Francisco, CA —(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015. According to a new poll conducted by Latino Decisions for Earthjustice, a national environmental nonprofit[Read More…]
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New Policies Can Spark Big Increases in Renewable Energy Production From America’s Public Lands and Oceans
A power generation engineer walks beside solar panels, May 13, 2015. Source: AP/John Raoux Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015. Renewable energy production has increased dramatically under the Obama administration, with solar generation increasing twentyfold and wind generation increasing threefold since 2009 alone. But a new report from the Center for[Read More…]
Medical Journal Article Identifies Hazards of Pesticides in GE Crops
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015. Last week, Philip J. Landrigan, M.D., and Charles Benbrook, Ph.D., released a perspective article, GMOs, Herbicides, and Public Health, in the New England Journal of Medicine that outlines the hazards associated with food residues of elevated pesticide use in the production of genetically engineered (GE) crops. While mainstream media continuously[Read More…]
DoD Identifies Air Force Casualties, Aug. 27, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015. The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two airmen who were supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. They died of wounds suffered Aug. 26 when the vehicle they were traveling in was attacked near Camp Antonik, Afghanistan. Killed were: Capt. Matthew D. Roland, 27, of Lexington,[Read More…]
FDA Takes Action Against Three Tobacco Manufacturers for Making ‘Additive-free’ and/or ‘Natural’ Claims on Cigarette Labeling
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015. Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued warning letters to three tobacco manufacturers — ITG Brands LLC, Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company Inc., and Sherman’s 1400 Broadway N.Y.C. Ltd. — who describe their cigarettes on product labeling as “additive-free” and/or “natural.” The warning letters[Read More…]
Prison Industrial Complex 101 Workshop on October 10 at Beverly Unitarian Church
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—August 27, 2015. We’ve all been shocked and saddened by the number of young black men killed by the police in recent months. Another aspect of racial injustice is the mass incarceration of African-Americans. There will be a workshop on the prison industrial complex, of which mass incarceration is an[Read More…]
General Mills Voluntarily Recalls a Limited Quantity of Frozen Cascadian Farm Cut Green Beans
Minneapolis –(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015. General Mills today announced a voluntary Class I recall of a limited quantity of frozen Cascadian Farm Cut Green Beans produced over two days in March 2014. The recall is being issued as a precaution after one package of finished product tested positive for the presence[Read More…]
Beekeepers, Environmentalists Question EPA’s Commitment to Saving Bees
FOIA request probes pesticide industry influence WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—August 27, 2015. Friends of the Earth submitted a Freedom of Information Act to the Environmental Protection Agency today requesting meeting minutes and communications between the EPA Office of the Administrator, the Office of Pesticide Programs and representatives of the pesticide industry.[Read More…]
U.S. State Dept. Updates Algeria Travel Warning, Aug. 26, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2015. The Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens against travel to the Kabylie region and remote areas of southern and eastern Algeria. This replaces the Travel Warning for Algeria dated February 24, 2015, to update information on the current security situation in Algeria. The Department[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending Aug. 22, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 27, 2015. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending August 22, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 271,000, a decrease of 6,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 277,000. The 4-week moving average was 272,500, an increase of 1,000 from the previous week’s unrevised[Read More…]
