WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—March 24, 2015. The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to regulate novel nanomaterial pesticides as a result of a lawsuit filed by Center for Food Safety in December. In 2008, a coalition of nonprofits led by CFS filed a 116-page legal petition, requesting, among other things, that the[Read More…]
Day: March 24, 2015
Environment, Public Health Advocates Urge Government to Adopt Less Meat, More Plants in American Diet
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2015. More than 100 environmental and public health organizations sent an open letter today urging Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to adopt sustainability recommendations calling for less meat and more plant-based foods in the final 2015 Dietary Guidelines. The[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Hosts Summit on Campus Sexual Violence, Announces Bill to Strengthen Schools’ Response to Incidents
Chicago — (ENEWSPF)—March 23, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today convened a summit to address campus sexual violence and announced new legislation to strengthen responsiveness to incidents at Illinois colleges and universities to ensure a safe environment for students and a timely process to respond to and investigate allegations of[Read More…]
Alaskan Man Convicted of Sexually Exploiting Children in Cambodia
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2015. An Anchorage, Alaska, man was convicted yesterday for sexually exploiting children in Cambodia over the course of four years and attempting to arrange a child sex tourism trip for himself and others to Cambodia, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, March 23, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 23, 2015 – 12:56 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. I hope you all had a good weekend. Let me do a couple of quick things before we get started. The first is, we got some sad news over the weekend that Jerry Warren, who had served[Read More…]
Carmel Food Group Recalls Rising Moon Organics Frozen Ravioli Due to Possible Health Risk
Hayward, CA–(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2015. Carmel Food Group today issued a voluntary recall of certain Rising Moon Organics frozen Ravioli items, because of possible presence of Listeria monocytogenes. The frozen ravioli products were produced with organic spinach which was found in test results performed by the spinach supplier to show the[Read More…]
New Report Highlights Elitist Priorities of Mayor Emanuel’s Austerity Agenda, Lays Out Specific Plan for Shared Prosperity
Community Leaders Express Outrage at Emanuel Administration Double Standard CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—March 24, 2015. Today, parents, early childhood workers, elected officials, and community leaders held a press conference outside of Loop Capital Markets on LaSalle Street, to react to a new report by the ReFund America Project at the Roosevelt Institute,[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for March 23, 2015
The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other[Read More…]
