ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2013. Trying to find a produce store or a large grocer in an economically depressed neighborhood is about as easy as finding an apple in a candy store. Lack of access to good nutrition impacts racial and ethnic minorities and recent immigrants disproportionately. Poor nutrition combined with[Read More…]
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Record-Breaking $17.3 Billion in Crop Losses Last Year; Significant Portion Potentially Avoidable
Report Shows County-by-County Analysis of Impacts in the Ten States with Highest Crop Insurance Losses due to Extreme Weather CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2013 – Extreme weather forced the Federal Crop Insurance Program (FCIP) to pay out a record-breaking $17.3 billion in crop losses last year, much of which could have been[Read More…]
New Maps Reveal Enviva’s Ahoskie Wood Pellet Facility Threatens Southern Wetland Forests, Surrounding Ecosystems and Wildlife
Maps are the latest in a mounting body of evidence proving the damaging environmental impacts of mass-scale biomass energy production AHOSKIE, N.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2013 – New maps and a report released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Dogwood Alliance reveal the ecological threat a major wood pellet[Read More…]
NOAA Confirms Wreck is Lost 19th Century U.S. Coast Survey Steamer
USCS Robert J. Walker was returning home from pre-Civil War hydrographic survey mission In 1852, W.A.K. Martin painted this picture of the Robert J. Walker. The painting, now at the Mariner’s Museum in Newport News, Va., is scheduled for restoration. High resolution (Credit: The Mariners’ Museum) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2013. [Read More…]
United Steelworkers Members Ratify New Contract with BF Goodrich
PITTSBURGH–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2013 – United Steelworkers (USW) members have voted to ratify a new three-year contract covering about 2,400 workers at two BF Goodrich facilities in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Fort Wayne, Ind. The ratification comes two weeks after members at the two USW locals rejected a proposed tentative agreement with[Read More…]
Remarks by Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano at the National Press Club, Aug. 27, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2013. Good morning and thank you for joining us today, and I’d like to thank the National Press Club for hosting us. And I want to thank the men and women of DHS. In my four-and-a-half years as Secretary I’ve come to know many of these men[Read More…]
Study Reveals Toxic Nanoparticles Persist in Food
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2013. A new study by scientists at the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources is shedding light on the persistence of nanopesticides in our food. Researchers focused their attention on silver nanoparticles (nanosilver), a substance that has been linked to environmental harm, bacterial[Read More…]
ACLU Statement on 50th Anniversary of March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSWPF)–August 27, 2013. American Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Anthony D. Romero today released the following statement regarding tomorrow’s 50th anniversary of the March on Washington: “The ACLU is extremely proud to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and to reflect on the tremendous[Read More…]
ACLU Asks Court to Strike Down Nebraska Ban on Gay and Lesbian Foster Parents
LINCOLN, Neb.–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2013. The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Nebraska, and the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell LLP today filed a lawsuit in state court seeking to strike down a state policy that bans gay and lesbian individuals and couples from serving as foster parents. The lawsuit[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Urges Phone Companies to Act to Reduce Automated Robocalls to Illinois Residents
Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—August 27, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan yesterday urged four leading telephone companies to address the growing problem of robocalls targeting Illinois residents. Madigan sent letters yesterday to officials at AT&T Inc., CenturyLink, Frontier Communications and Consolidated Communications, which provide the vast majority of landline telephone service for Illinois residents,[Read More…]
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