Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. Today the U.S. Department of Education (ED) will release the Obama Administration’s blueprint for elevating and transforming the teaching profession, also known as the Blueprint for RESPECT (Recognizing Educational Success, Professional Excellence, and Collaborative Teaching). RESPECT was first launched in February of 2012 as a national[Read More…]
Day: April 25, 2013
New Federal Bill Would End Discriminatory Policy Restricting Reproductive Health Care Coverage For Peace Corps Volunteers
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. Today Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) introduced the Peace Corps Equity Act of 2013, a federal bill that would end the discriminatory policy prohibiting Peace Corps volunteers from receiving abortion coverage in the cases of rape, life endangerment of the woman, and incest. Virtually all other women[Read More…]
Dramatic Changes in Global Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. Global attitudes about domestic violence have changed dramatically since 2000, according to a new University of Michigan study that analyzes data from 26 low- and middle-income countries. Nigeria had the largest change, with 65 percent of men and 52 percent of women rejecting domestic violence in[Read More…]
Periodic Bursts of Genetic Mutations Drive Prostate Cancer
Sequencing of 57 Prostate Cancer Genomes Shows Cancer Gains Powerful Advantage with Abrupt Intervals of Complex, Large Scale DNA Reshuffling NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013 — Cancer is typically thought to develop after genes gradually mutate over time, finally overwhelming the ability of a cell to control growth. But a new[Read More…]
Conservation Groups Challenge TVA’s Expensive Decision on Gallatin Plant
Environmental impacts of retrofitting aging coal facility not addressed Nashville, TN–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. Conservation groups have filed a legal challenge to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on the grounds that TVA violated the National Environmental Policy Act when the federal power company finalized its plan to spend more than one[Read More…]
Nearly 1.5 Million Objections to Genetically Engineered Salmon Filed With FDA
Previously undisclosed documents reveal requests by several companies to obtain government approval to grow controversial salmon in U.S. facilities WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. Earthjustice, Friends of the Earth, Center for Food Safety, and Food & Water Watch will join nearly 1.5 million people who have raised vehement objections, based on[Read More…]
Global Experts Agree Action Needed on Space Debris
Concept for future deorbit mission EU–(ENEWSPF)–25 April 2013. There is an urgent need to remove orbiting space debris and to fly satellites in the future without creating new fragments, Europe’s largest-ever space-debris conference announced today. The findings from the 6th European Conference on Space Debris were released during the concluding[Read More…]
Obama Administration Announces 21 Million Acre Oil and Gas Lease Sale Offshore Texas
August Auction to offer all Unleased Acreage in Western Gulf of Mexico WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to continue to expand domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Acting Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management and Bureau of Ocean[Read More…]
Sierra Club Supports Path to Citizenship for Undocumented Immigrants
San Francisco, CA –(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. Today, the Sierra Club announced its support for an equitable path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. The Sierra Club Board of Directors, made up of elected volunteer leaders, has unanimously adopted the position: Currently at least 11 million people live in in the U.S.[Read More…]
D.C.-Based Washington DC Party Shuttle/Onboard DC Tours Declared Imminent Hazard to Public Safety
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Washington, D.C.-based passenger carrier Washington DC Party Shuttle, which also does business as Onboard DC Tours, to immediately cease all operations, declaring that its drivers and vehicles pose an imminent hazard to public safety.[Read More…]
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