Campaign Calls on Fast Food Giant to Buy Meat Raised Without Antibiotics and Stand Alongside Competitors to Address Public Health Threat of Antibiotic Overuse WASHINGTON D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015 – As Subway marks its 50th anniversary later this week, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) yesterday launched a national campaign[Read More…]
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Sierra Club Statement on TVA’s Plan to Address Closure of Coal Ash Impoundments
KNOXVILLE, TENN. –(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) issued its notice for a programmatic Environmental Impact Statement to address the closure of coal combustion residual impoundments at its coal-fired power plants. In response, Jonathan Levenshus, Senior Campaign Representative for the Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign in Tennessee, released[Read More…]
State Exemption Levels Low, National Vaccination Rates High
Local pockets of unvaccinated children can reveal nation’s vulnerabilities National Childhood Vaccination Rates and State/Community Data. Entire Infographic Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–August 27. 2015. Vaccine exemption levels for kindergarteners are low for most states and infant vaccination rates are high nationally, according to data from two reports published in this week’s Morbidity[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton Statement on the Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—August 27, 2015. Hillary Clinton released the following statement on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in remembrance of the lives lost and families affected by the devastating storm ten years ago. “This is a somber anniversary for New Orleans, the Gulf Coast, and the United States. Ten years ago,[Read More…]
America’s Schools Make Positive Changes to Create Healthier School Meals
More fruits and vegetables offered — less sodium used Between 2000 and 2014 there was a significant increase in the percentage of U.S. schools: offering 2 or more fruits every day for lunch; using low-sodium canned vegetables; offering 2 or more vegetables every day for lunch; using other seasonings instead[Read More…]
Bimbo Bakeries Voluntary Recalls Certain Limited Breads Produced Under Sara Lee, Great Value, Kroger, Bimbo, Nature’s Harvest and L’Oven Fresh Brands
HORSHAM, PA —(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2015. Bimbo Bakeries USA has initiated a voluntary regional recall of certain bread products under the Sara Lee®, Kroger®, Bimbo®, Nature’s Harvest®, Great Value and L’Oven Fresh® brands due to the possible presence of fragments of glass caused by a broken light bulb at one of[Read More…]
Overwhelming Majority of California Latino Voters Want Climate Action Now
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…]
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…]
