CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2015. Prairie State College (PSC) is celebrating “Earth Month” with a series of events scheduled throughout April. All events are hosted by the Sustainability Center. This is the first year the college has expanded the events through a complete month, after celebrating “Earth Week” in previous years.[Read More…]
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Yet Again, Congress Attacks Clean Water Act Protections
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2015. Last week, to the dismay of health and environmental advocates, the House Agriculture Committee unanimously passed the latest version of the inaccurately titled “Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2015” (H.R. 897), which would nullify regulations that require pesticide applicators to apply for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination[Read More…]
Press Conference with President Ghani, Defense Secretary Carter, Secretary Kerry and Chief Executive Abdullah at Camp David, Maryland
Defense Secretary Ash Carter speaks during a joint news conference at Camp David, Md., with Secretary of State John F. Kerry, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, March 23, 2015. DoD photo by Air Force Master Sgt, Adrian Cadiz MARYLAND–(ENEWSPF)–March 23, 2015. SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN[Read More…]
EPA Agrees to Regulate Novel Nanotechnology Pesticides After Legal Challenge
WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—March 24, 2015. The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to regulate novel nanomaterial pesticides as a result of a lawsuit filed by Center for Food Safety in December. In 2008, a coalition of nonprofits led by CFS filed a 116-page legal petition, requesting, among other things, that the[Read More…]
Environment, Public Health Advocates Urge Government to Adopt Less Meat, More Plants in American Diet
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2015. More than 100 environmental and public health organizations sent an open letter today urging Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to adopt sustainability recommendations calling for less meat and more plant-based foods in the final 2015 Dietary Guidelines. The[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Hosts Summit on Campus Sexual Violence, Announces Bill to Strengthen Schools’ Response to Incidents
Chicago — (ENEWSPF)—March 23, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today convened a summit to address campus sexual violence and announced new legislation to strengthen responsiveness to incidents at Illinois colleges and universities to ensure a safe environment for students and a timely process to respond to and investigate allegations of[Read More…]
Alaskan Man Convicted of Sexually Exploiting Children in Cambodia
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2015. An Anchorage, Alaska, man was convicted yesterday for sexually exploiting children in Cambodia over the course of four years and attempting to arrange a child sex tourism trip for himself and others to Cambodia, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, March 23, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 23, 2015 – 12:56 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. I hope you all had a good weekend. Let me do a couple of quick things before we get started. The first is, we got some sad news over the weekend that Jerry Warren, who had served[Read More…]
Carmel Food Group Recalls Rising Moon Organics Frozen Ravioli Due to Possible Health Risk
Hayward, CA–(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2015. Carmel Food Group today issued a voluntary recall of certain Rising Moon Organics frozen Ravioli items, because of possible presence of Listeria monocytogenes. The frozen ravioli products were produced with organic spinach which was found in test results performed by the spinach supplier to show the[Read More…]
New Report Highlights Elitist Priorities of Mayor Emanuel’s Austerity Agenda, Lays Out Specific Plan for Shared Prosperity
Community Leaders Express Outrage at Emanuel Administration Double Standard CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—March 24, 2015. Today, parents, early childhood workers, elected officials, and community leaders held a press conference outside of Loop Capital Markets on LaSalle Street, to react to a new report by the ReFund America Project at the Roosevelt Institute,[Read More…]
