Washington, DC—-(ENEWSPF)–January 6, 2012. A law in the state of New Jersey aimed at protecting children by prohibiting pesticides on school grounds has advanced in the state’s General Assembly. Public health and environmental advocates are hoping that the bill will be considered by the full legislature within the next week,[Read More…]
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Ski Resort Expansion Threatens Damage to Lake Tahoe
San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–January 5, 2012. In a move to protect the environmental quality of a lake known for its natural beauty, community members and conservationists today asked a federal court to reject an inadequate Environmental Impact Report and to stop the construction of a 325-unit complex along California’s scenic west shore[Read More…]
Wider Use Of Cannabis Therapy Could Reduce Prescription Pain Drug Deaths
“Physicians who treat neuropathic pain with opioids should evaluate their patients for a trial of cannabis and prescribe it when appropriate prior to using opioids” Sacramento, CA–(ENEWSPF)–January 6, 2012. Physicians who prescribe opioid drugs to patients with neuropathy (nerve pain) ought to consider recommending cannabis as an alternative therapy, according[Read More…]
California: Attorney General Asks State’s Lawmakers To Clarify Issues Concerning Dispensing Of Medical Cannabis
Sacramento, CA–(ENEWSPF)–January 6, 2012. California Attorney General Kamala Harris is requesting lawmakers to “clarify” the state’s guidelines regarding the production and distribution of marijuana for medical purposes. In a December 21, 2011 letter from Harris to Assembly Speaker John A. Perez and Senate President Pro-Tempore Darrell Steinberg, the Attorney General[Read More…]
Occupy Chicago, CACHE, and URPE Organize to ‘Occupy the AEA’ and Speak Out Against Moral, Intellectual and Academic Bankruptcy
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–January 5, 2012. The 2012 Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA) national conference will be held Jan. 6-8 in Chicago, with an agenda strongly influenced by the American Economic Association (AEA). For decades the AEA has fostered a narrow, free-market orthodoxy in the economics profession. Unlike other professional organization, the[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, January 6, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2012. Former Senator Santorum Loses Republican Caucuses in Iowa by Eight Votes According to the Rasmussen Reports company, former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA), coming off his photo finish with Mitt Romney in the Republican Iowa caucus, is now in second place nationally among Republican voters in[Read More…]
Payroll Employment Rises 200,000 in December; Jobless Rate (8.5%) Continues to Trend Down
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 6, 2012. Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 200,000 in December, and the unemployment rate, at 8.5 percent, continued to trend down, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in transportation and warehousing, retail trade, manufacturing, health care, and mining. Household Survey Data Both the[Read More…]
100 Years in 10 Minutes (1911 – 2011 in 10 Minute Video)
Compilation of the last 100 years. Some important events are missing (juri gagarin, martin luther king, and some more…) in a few weeks i revise this video and add some events. To not blow up the time frame, i had to leave out some more or less important events, i[Read More…]
Park Forest’s Central Park Wetlands On Fire (Video/Story)
High flames burn through the Central Park Wetlands Thursday night. (ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- No, the Aqua Center was not on fire. With flames topping 40 feet or more at times, the Park Forest Central Park Wetlands project caught fire Thursday night. Park Forest Fire Fighters and Police were on[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Victoria Nuland, January 5, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 5, 2012. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Bureau of Counterterrorism ISRAEL/PALESTINIANS Meeting/Quartet IRAN Oil Imports/EU Continuing to Consult Sanctions AFGHANISTAN Bagram/Detention Operations Support Afghan-led Peace Process IRAQ Condemnation of Violence EGYPT Assistant Secretary Feltman’s Meetings in Cairo Judicial Proceedings/International Standards CHINA Assistant Secretary Campbell’s Meetings CONGO U.S. Supports[Read More…]
