Study Led by Liberia-NIH Partnership Will Test Two Experimental Vaccines Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2015. A large clinical trial to assess the safety and efficacy of two experimental vaccines to prevent Ebola virus infection is now open to volunteers in Liberia. The trial is being led by a recently formed Liberia-U.S.[Read More…]
Day: February 3, 2015
Report: Pump Primed for Three-Fold Growth in Clean, Alternative Fuels by 2025
California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard Targets are Achievable and Will Drive Growth SAN FRANCISCO—(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2015 – California is capable of tripling its use of alternative fuels over the next 10 years, according to a new report by the fuels and energy consulting firm Promotum. The study examined the growth[Read More…]
NRDC: President’s Budget is Important Step for Public Health, Environment, Feb. 2, 2015
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2015—President Obama’s new budget proposal would start closing the books on a sad chapter in recent U.S. history, in which Congress slashed investments in our parks and other natural resources – while depriving the Environmental Protection Agency of the necessary funds to fully enforce our basic environmental protection[Read More…]
Sierra Club Statement on President Obama’s Budget, Feb. 2, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2015. Today, the Obama Administration released a new budget proposal for FY2016 that includes: Increases in funding to the Environmental Protection Agency to support climate change initiatives and the implementation of the Clean Power Plan. Increases in funding to the Department of the Interior to permit[Read More…]
Department of Defense Briefing by Deputy Secretary Work and Adm. Winnefeld on the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget, Feb. 2, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2015. DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE BOB WORK: Well good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for joining us as we preview the FY 2016 defense budget request. Now, in my time with you, I’d like to hit three key things. One, we believe very strongly that this[Read More…]
Statement of Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities on the President’s 2016 Budget
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2015. President Obama is proposing a surprisingly ambitious budget that would make progress — in some cases modest, in others large — in various areas in which policy sclerosis has prevented the nation from addressing significant problems. It would expand opportunity, especially for children; reform various programs[Read More…]