Day: July 25, 2016

WA Youths Provide Inslee Administration with Climate Science to Make Proposed Clean Air Rule Comply With Law

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2016.  On behalf of youth climate activists who secured an unprecedented court order directing the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) to issue a rule regulating greenhouse gas emissions by the end of the year, attorneys Andrea Rodgers (WELC) and Julia Olson (OCT) submitted comments asking Ecology to[Read More…]

CDC Issues Updated Zika Recommendations, July 25, 2016

Interim Guidance for healthcare providers caring for pregnant women with possible exposure to Zika virus; Interim Guidance for the prevention of sexually transmitted Zika virus Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2016.  CDC today issued updated guidance and information to prevent Zika virus transmission and health effects: Updated interim guidance for healthcare providers[Read More…]

Philippines President Makes Good on Pledge to Mass Murder People Who Use or Sell Drugs, Calls for “No Mercy” in State of the Nation Address

President Estimates 100,000 People Will Be Killed; Several Hundred Already Executed Extra-Judicially;  Drug Policy Alliance: Stop the Philippines Drug War Killings Now Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2016.  Today, the President of the Philippines delivered his “State of the Nation Address”.  He vowed to show “no mercy” in his bloody war on[Read More…]

NARAL Statement on Tim Kaine as Vice President

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2016.  Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, released the following statement in response to Hillary Clinton’s selection of Tim Kaine as her running mate: “Secretary Clinton’s selection of Senator Kaine provides some much needed sanity to the out-of-control fire that was the Republican convention this week. “The hate-filled lies, dangerous[Read More…]

Afghan Civilian Casualties Hit Half-Year Record, with 5,166 Dead or Maimed – UN

At a press conference in Kabul, (left) Tadamichi Yamamoto, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and head of UNAMA, and (right) Danielle Bell, Director, Human Rights Unit, UNAMA, present latest report on civilian casualties. Photo: UNAMA/Fardin Waezi. KABUL–(ENEWSPF)–25 July 2016 – In the first six months of this year, 5,166[Read More…]

Treasury, HUD and FHFA Release White Paper on the Future of Foreclosure Prevention

Lessons Learned from the Government’s Financial Crisis-era Programs Offer Guiding Principles for Future Loss Mitigation Efforts WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)—July 25, 106.  The U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today released a white paper designed to serve[Read More…]

SEIU’s Henry: Working Families Need Clinton-Kaine Ticket to Win a Better Future for Our Families

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2016.  SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement Friday on Hillary Clinton’s selection of Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) as her vice presidential running mate: “For working families, the 2016 election is the most consequential of our lifetimes. The stakes couldn’t be higher — nor the[Read More…]

NASA to Map the Surface of an Asteroid (Video)

MARYLAND–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2016. OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will launch September 2016 and travel to a near-Earth asteroid known as Bennu to harvest a sample of surface maNASA to Map the Surface of an Asteroid NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will launch September 2016 and travel to a near-Earth asteroid known as Bennu to harvest[Read More…]

Football Team Followed For Season Measures Head Impact Severity

Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—July 25, 2016.  A study in the August 2016 Pediatrics followed 32 varsity high school football players during a season, using equipment housed in their helmets to measure the magnitude and types of impacts to the head. The study, “Head Impact Severity in American High School Football,”[Read More…]

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