CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—April 7, 2015. In advance of Pope Francis’ encyclical on environment, expected to be released this summer, this year’s World Catholicism Week conference at DePaul University will focus on the environment. “Fragile World: Ecology and the Church” is the theme of World Catholicism Week, April 8-12. Hosted by the[Read More…]
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NRDC: President Obama is Right to Highlight Health Threats Posed by Dangerous Climate Change
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2015 – President Obama today unveiled an unprecedented and sweeping array of actions to lessen climate change’s adverse impacts on human health. The following is a statement by Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council: “Dangerous climate change is the existential environmental challenge of our time[Read More…]
Sierra Club Applauds Obama Administration’s Steps to Protect Public Health from Climate Disruption
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2015. Today, as part of national health week, the Obama Administration announced new steps it will take to protect American families and communities from the health effects of climate disruption, including a public health summit with the Surgeon General, expanding access to climate and health[Read More…]
Update on Clinical Status of Patient with Ebola Virus at the NIH Clinical Center, April 7, 2015
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2015. The status of the patient with Ebola virus disease being treated at the NIH Clinical Center has improved from fair to good condition. No additional details about the patient are being shared at this time. For more information, please see related links. About the NIH Clinical[Read More…]
White House Fact Sheet: Administration Announces Actions To Protect Communities From The Impacts Of Climate Change
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 7, 2015. President Obama is committed to combating the health impacts of climate change and protecting the health of future generations. We know climate change is not is not a distant threat, we are already seeing impacts in communities across the country. And while most Americans see climate change[Read More…]
New Polling Shows Millennials Overwhelmingly Support Comprehensive LGBT Nondiscrimination Protections
Opponents of the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act march outside Lucas Oil Stadium, site of the NCAA Final Four, in Indianapolis on April 4, 2015. SOURCE: AP/Doug McSchooler Washington, D.C. — Despite historic progress on marriage equality over the past decade, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, or LGBT, individuals still lack basic,[Read More…]
USDA Under Fire for Rules Permitting Agribusiness Interests like Monsanto to Intimidate Scientists
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2015. Scientists working with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) don’t have adequate protections from pressure and retaliation when researching issues that threaten the interests of powerful agrichemical corporations like Monsanto, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), which filed a petition for rule-making with[Read More…]
Fourth Brooklyn, New York, Resident Charged With Attempt and Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to ISIL
Defendant Allegedly is Part of ISIL Foreign Fighter Local Support Network; Travelled to Kennedy Airport on Feb. 25 to Provide Cash to Co-Defendant Shortly Before Co-Defendant Was Arrested Attempting to Board Flight to Turkey to Join ISIL Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 6, 2015. U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch of the Eastern District[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on the 21st Anniversary of the Genocide in Rwanda
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 7, 2015 Twenty-one years ago today, a genocide began that would claim the lives of more than 800,000 Rwandan men, women, and children and mark the beginning of one hundred days of horror for Rwanda’s people. Today is a day to commemorate those who lost their lives, to[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama and Vice President Biden at Easter Prayer Breakfast, April 7, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2015 – 9:30 A.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the White House. Religious leaders, lay faithful, it’s an honor — it’s an honor to join you in a morning of prayer and reflection, and it’s a delight to have many of you[Read More…]
