Refugees and migrants rescued at sea by the Italian coast guards after adrift in the Mediterranean Sea disembarked at the port of Augusta in Sicily, May 2016. Photo: UNHCR/Patrick Russo GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–25 October 2016 – With just two months left in 2016, and despite a substantial drop in the number of[Read More…]
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Federal Judge Approves FTC Order for Owners of Certain Volkswagen and Audi “Clean” Diesels to Receive Compensation
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2016. A federal district court judge in San Francisco today signed a $10 billion settlement order, starting the formal process for owners of certain Volkswagen and Audi 2.0 liter diesel cars to receive compensation for the vehicles they bought. Under the $10 billion Federal Trade Commission order, in[Read More…]
SEIU: Rising Insurance Premiums Signal Next Congress Must Get Serious About Healthcare Costs
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2015. SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement in response to an increase in premium rates from insurance companies for some plans offered through healthcare.gov: “The fact that insurance companies are increasing healthcare premiums is not news to working people, but it is a[Read More…]
NOAA Awards $10.44 Million in Coastal Science Research Funding
Multi-year awards to focus on sea level rise, hypoxia and harmful algal blooms Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2016 NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science will award $10.44 million over the next five years for 10 projects to address sea level rise, hypoxia and harmful algal blooms (HABs). Among the projects[Read More…]
NOAA Announces $6 Million in Grants Speed New Research and Technologies to Improve Severe Weather Forecasts
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2016. NOAA Research yesterday announced $6 million in funding to get scientific and technological advances from the government and academia to NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) more rapidly, improving severe weather and water hazards forecasting. “NOAA has sharpened its focus on speeding up this important transition of[Read More…]
Federal Agencies Express Support for Updated Safe Infant Sleep Recommendations
Revised recommendations incorporate latest research on sleep-related risks to infants Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2016. Federal agencies concerned with infant health and welfare today announced their support of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) updated recommendations on safe infant sleep. The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, part[Read More…]
More Than 100 Researchers and Policy Organizations Call on the U.S. Department of Education to Release Better Federal Student Aid Data
Graduates wait in line after commencement ceremonies in Princeton, New Jersey, on June 5, 2012. Source: AP/Mel Evans Letter to U.S. Department of Education urges release of privacy-protected and secure data to better understand financial aid programs. Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2016. Today, the Center for American Progress led a[Read More…]
States with Progressive Policies Have More Family Stability, Says New Center for American Progress Analysis
Boxes containing signatures gathered by the Arizona Healthy Working Families Initiative group sit on display in Phoenix, Arizona, July 7, 2016. Source: AP/Ross D. Franklin Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2016. A new issue brief from the Center for American Progress demonstrates a link between a state’s economic and health policies[Read More…]
Endocrine Disruptors Cost U.S. Billions Due to Health Care and Lost Wages
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2016. Last week, a study, Exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals in the USA: a population-based disease burden and cost analysis, published in The Lancet journal, concludes that exposure to pesticides and other chemicals found in common household items, such as toys, makeup and detergent, costs the U.S. more than $340 billion annually[Read More…]
Republican Candidates Threaten to Sue Over Commercials Connecting Them to Trump
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2016 By Mark Sumner Here I am. Making your commercial great again. You’ve seen them a thousand times—commercials saying that “candidate X may look like a fresh face, but he’s really just like …” Nancy Pelosi, or Harry Reid, or President Obama. Or, this season, Hillary Clinton. The[Read More…]
