Statement of Audubon President and CEO David Yarnold Rebecca Field Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2012. The U.S. Senate’s $109 billion surface transportation funding bill passed yesterday by an overwhelming bipartisan margin of 74-22. The bill includes provisions to support both Gulf of Mexico restoration and American land preservation, which were[Read More…]
Day: March 15, 2012
The Complexities of the U.S. Decision on Chinese Solar Panel Imports
We Need to Think Long Term About U.S.-China Clean Energy Trade Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2012. The U.S. Department of Commerce early next week will issue a preliminary verdict on a trade petition filed by SolarWorld Industries America, Inc., which alleges that the Chinese government unfairly subsidizes crystalline silicon photovoltaic solar[Read More…]
AFL-CIO Executive Council Passes Statements on Key Issues for Working People and Economy
AFL-CIO also unanimously endorses Obama-Biden for re-election. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2012. The AFL-CIO Executive Council issued several statements on issues of major concern to working people at its biannual Executive Council meeting, in addition to endorsing President Barack Obama and Vice-President Biden for re-election. Among important statements, the Executive Council:[Read More…]
CDC Ad Campaign Reveals Harsh Reality of Smoking-related Diseases
“Tips from Former Smokers” shows real lives and bodies damaged by tobacco Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2012. A hard-hitting national ad campaign that depicts the harsh reality of illness and damage suffered as a result of smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke was launched today by the Centers for Disease Control[Read More…]
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Limits on Sea Turtle Deaths in Hawai`i’s Longline Fishery
Too many turtles still in harm’s way Honolulu, HI–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2012. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in a decision issued yesterday upheld a federal district court settlement limiting the number of loggerhead and critically endangered leatherback sea turtles that can be caught by Hawai`i’s longline swordfish fishery. The settlement[Read More…]
Many Cannabis Users Substitute Booze For Pot After Age 21, Study Says
Denver, CO–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2012. Many adolescent consumers of cannabis increase their use of alcohol and decrease their use of marijuana shortly after turning 21 years of age, according to data published in the Journal of Health Economics. A team of international investigators from the United States and Mexico estimated the[Read More…]
Synthetic Cannabinoid Protective Against Stroke-Induced Cell Death, Study Says
San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2012. The administration of a cannabinoid agonist is neuroprotective in subjects with cerebral ischemia (a condition characterized by insufficient blood flow to the brain resulting in cell death), according to preclinical data published online in the journal Neuroscience. Investigators at the University of California, San Francisco,[Read More…]
NRC Responds to Crisis at San Onofre Nuclear Plant in California
Friends of the Earth demands reactors not be restarted WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2012. In response to the announcement that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is sending an “Augmented Inspection Team” to California to investigate safety problems at reactor 3 at the San Onofre nuclear plant, Friends of the Earth’s climate and[Read More…]
Durbin Announces A Nearly $600,000 Investment in Illinois First-Responder Capabilities
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2012. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has made a $597,490 investment in five fire departments in Illinois. Today’s funding will help support and improve the capability of each department to respond[Read More…]
Enough Project Advisory: Beyond Kony 2012
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2012. This past week, our partner organization Invisible Children launched its “Kony 2012” campaign introducing millions of viewers to the brutal rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, and its leader, Joseph Kony. The Enough Project is committed to arresting Kony and his top commanders as part of[Read More…]
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