Agreements improve nation’s preparedness for anthrax incidents Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 12, 2015. To better protect public health in an anthrax attack, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) will add two types of anthrax antitoxin drugs for the Strategic National[Read More…]
Day: November 12, 2015
Illinois Community Leaders Deliver Nearly 35,000 Petitions Asking Governor Rauner to Support the Clean Power Plan
Health, Faith, Clean Energy and Business Leaders Will Urge Governor Rauner To Bring Clean Energy Jobs, New Investment to Revitalize Illinois Communities SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –(ENEWSPF)—November 12, 2015. Health, faith, clean energy and business leaders delivered nearly 35,000 petitions collected from across the state of Illinois to Governor Bruce Rauner’s office today[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Clinton’s Coal Community Plan Helps ‘Ensure That All Workers, and All Communities, Benefit From the Booming Clean Energy Economy’
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)—November 12, 2015. Hillary Clinton released a proposal today to help communities that have been historically reliant upon coal by protecting coal worker pensions and other retiree benefits, while also ensure those communities benefit from our transition toward an economy driven by clean energy. In response, Sierra Club[Read More…]
Puerto Rico CommuPuerto Rico Community Overburdened by Pollution Pushes Back on Incinerator Projectnity Overburdened by Pollution Pushes Back on Incinerator Project
Proposed Arecibo Waste Incinerator would further harm community encircled by pollution, if given federal funding Protesters gather to march against the incinerator in Arecibo. CLAUDIO ALVAREZ/EL COMUNICADOR DE PUERTO RICO Arecibo, Puerto Rico —(ENEWSPF)–November 12, 2015. Five local community groups are saying no to a project that would introduce a[Read More…]
To Improve the Lives of At-Risk Children and Families, Expand Access to Home Visiting Services Through Medicaid, New Center for American Progress Report Proposes
Creating a new Medicaid benefit for evidence-based home visiting services would simplify funding and allow states and communities to scale services, improve outcomes for families, and produce significant savings for states and the federal government. Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–November 12, 2015. A new report from the Center for American Progress puts[Read More…]
Smoking Rates for Uninsured and Adults on Medicaid More Than Twice Those for Adults with Private Health Insurance
Overall adult smoking rate hits new low of 16.8 percent Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–November 12, 2015. American adults who are uninsured or on Medicaid smoke at rates more than double those for adults with private health insurance or Medicare, according to a study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention[Read More…]
Navy to Reassess Pacific Training That Endangers Whales, Dolphins, Other Marine Life
New Environmental Study Required for Destructive Sonar, Explosives Use HONOLULU—(ENEWSPF)–November 12, 2015. The U.S. Navy today said it plans to prepare a new environmental impact statement for training and testing exercises occurring in the Pacific Ocean from December 2018 onward, including the use of sonar and explosives that threaten widespread[Read More…]
On Heels of Defending Miner Benefits, Hillary Clinton Unveils Strategy to Revitalize Coal Communities
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—November 12, 2015. Building on her commitment to defend coal miners’ health and retirement benefits against corporate intrusion, today Hillary Clinton released a comprehensive strategy for revitalizing coal communities across America. Just last month, Clinton challenged Patriot Coal to reverse its effort to gut benefits for retired coal miners and their[Read More…]
Settlement Reached in Case of Professor Fired for ‘Uncivil’ Tweets
WASHINGTON – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and co-counsel Loevy & Loevy announced the settlement of Professor Steven Salaita’s case against the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) for firing him from his tenured position over his personal tweets criticizing the Israeli government’s assault on Gaza in 2014.[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending Nov. 7, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 12, 2015. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending November 7, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 276,000, unchanged from the previous week’s unrevised level. The 4-week moving average was 267,750, an increase of 5,000 from the previous week’s unrevised average of 262,750. There were[Read More…]
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