UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–20 April 2012. A new study suggests that a woman’s most intense relationship in her 20s is with a member of the opposite sex, but after the age of 45 this relationship shifts to a much younger female who is likely to be her daughter. The researchers suggest that[Read More…]
Day: April 20, 2012
Oxford Report Shows that Most Online-only News Websites Cannot Cover Their Operating Costs
UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–20 April 2012. The first report to systematically assess how online-only news websites across Western Europe are faring has found that new start-ups are struggling to find business models that can cover their operating costs. It suggests that the funding environment is more challenging for new start-ups than for[Read More…]
Working Families Join Safety and Health Advocates to Urge Lawmakers To Stop Delaying Protections Needed To Save Workers’ Lives
Group participated in Senate HELP Committee Hearing Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2012 – Safety and health advocates, victims of work-related injuries and sickness, and family members of workers killed on the job gathered yesterday on Capitol Hill to call for action on much-needed standards to protect workers and stronger enforcement for[Read More…]
NRDC Report: DriversTo Save $68 Billion by 2030 Under 54.5 MPG Standard
NRDC Ranks Top 20 States for Most Consumer Benefits: TX, CA, FL, NY, NC, GA, VA, PA, TN, AZ, IL, OH, WA, MD, MI, NJ, AL, KY, MO, MN WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2012 — Drivers will save $68 billion in fuel costs when the Obama administration’s 54.5 miles-per-gallon standard is[Read More…]
Statement from HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on the 42nd Anniversary of Earth Day
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2012. The first Earth Day, conceived by Sen. Gaylord Nelson and observed across the country on April 22, 1970, highlighted a growing public concern for ecological issues. Forty-two years later, the call to protect our planet still resonates. At the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),[Read More…]
Nurses, Robin Hood, Prepare to Converge on Chicago May 18
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2012. With world leaders of the G-8 nations fleeing the U.S.’ third largest city by moving their May summit to the rural woods outside Washington, the nation’s largest nurses union will bring Camp David and the G-8 summit back to Chicago for a special event on[Read More…]
Jobless Rates Down in 30 States, Up in 8 in March; Payroll Jobs Up in 29 States, Down in 20
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 20, 2012. Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in March. Thirty states recorded unemployment rate decreases, 8 states posted rate increases, and 12 states and the District of Columbia had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-nine states and the District of[Read More…]
Enough Project Petitions African Union to Take Action on Sudan Atrocities
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2012. The Enough Project filed a petition on April 20 against the Republic of Sudan seeking to bring attention to the widespread human rights abuses that the Sudanese government is perpetrating against its own people in the states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile. The petition, filed before[Read More…]
Public Input Needed on Revised Organic Standards
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2012. The public comment period on proposals from the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) regarding updates to standards governing organic food and farming remain open until then end of Thursday May 3, 2012. Beyond Pesticides has updated our Keeping Organic Strong web page with information on a[Read More…]
Regulators Say No to More Fossil Fuel Power Generation in California
Public utilities commission finds no new gas-fired plants needed for now San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2012. After determining that the existing electricity supply can meet the state’s system needs through the year 2020, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) voted unanimously today to defer any new procurement of fossil fuel[Read More…]
