Organizing Starts Now to Resist Attacks on the Environment and Communities. Leaders Call for a New Clean Energy Economy that Stops Climate Change and Creates Good Jobs for All By Kathy Mulady, peoplesaction.org Climate activists […]
By Karen Northon, NASA HQ NASA will honor members of the NASA family, including the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration […]
By Jim Wilson (NASA HQ) and Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters (Johnson Space Center) Space exploration will feature prominently at Super Bowl LIVE, a nine-day fan festival running January 28 through February 5, 2017, in Houston, Texas, site […]
The Decision Puts Water for 17 Million People at Risk By Chelsea Hawkins and Sue Evans, Pyramid Communications The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe said today that President Donald Trump’s executive action towards an approval of an […]
New Study Finds More than Half the Loss Occurs Outside the Blackout Zone By Lauren Lipuma (American Geophysical Union), Charles Goldsmith (University of Cambridge), and Athena Dinar (British Antarctic Survey) The daily United States economic cost from solar […]
On January 14, 2017, Feld Entertainment Inc., parent company of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey®, announced that the 146-year-old circus would hold its final performances this Spring. Ringling Bros.® two circus units will conclude […]
On January 13, 2017, the Pictsweet Company of Bells, Tennessee, voluntarily recalled select packages of Pictsweet Farms 12-ounce Breaded Okra after the company learned that some packages may contain glass fragments, which could cause injury […]
“EPA Botches Bee-Toxic Pesticide Risk Assessments” By Tiffany Finck-Haynes, Friends of the Earth On January 12, 2017, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its preliminary pollinator risk assessment for three neonicotinoid insecticides: clothianidin, thiamethoxam and […]
First-Ever National Report Issued The American Civil Liberties Union published the first-ever nationwide report documenting the special dangers of solitary confinement for people who are blind or deaf, can’t walk without assistance, or have other physical […]
Online Crowdfunding Campaign by Whirlpool Corporation Includes Pre-sales On January 6, 2017, Whirlpool Corporation announced the release of the Zera™ Food Recycler, a state-of-the-art kitchen appliance that turns today’s food waste into tomorrow’s fertilizer. This is the […]
By Steve Cole (NASA HQ), Patrick Lynch (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), and Karen Northon (Ed.) NASA scientists are crisscrossing the globe in 2017 — from a Hawaiian volcano to Colorado mountain tops and west Pacific […]
Squeeze Box: 14 Remastered Studio Albums and Bonus Disc Housed in a Replica of Al’s Accordion By Gabby Gibb, Legacy Recordings and Ellee Fletcher for Pledge Media, The Press House “Weird Al” Yankovic, rock music’s legendary […]
By Christy Leavitt, environmentamerica.org On January 10, 2017, the US Fish and Wildlife Service listed the rusty patched bumble bee as an endangered species. The native bumble bee is the first bee in the continental United […]
Food Safety and Inspection Service Issues Public Health Alert For Chicken Strips Products Due To Possible Listeria Contamination By Julie Schwartz, fsis.usda.gov On January 7, 2017, the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) […]
By Chelsea Hawkins, Pyramid Communications On January 9, 2017, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe filed a motion with the US District Court in Washington, DC, asking District Judge James Boasberg to throw out Dakota Access’s lawsuit against […]
35th Anniversary year for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial begins with milestone for the virtual Wall of Faces By Heidi Zimmerman, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) is commemorating the 35th anniversary of […]
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Denies Atlantic Seismic Geophysical and Geological Permits By Connie Gillette, BOEM The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced the denial of six pending geophysical and geological (G&G) permit applications to […]
Belk Seeks Fashion Designers with Modern. Southern. Style. for 2017 Southern Designer Showcase Winning Designs to be Sold at Belk and on belk.com in Spring 2018 By Jessica Graham (Belk) and Stacey McCray (LGA) Fashion designers who have a […]
By Ellen C. O’Connell, Tusk USA The African wildlife conservation organization, Tusk USA, whose Royal Patron is HRH The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William announced plans for the 2017 Tusk Wildlife Gala yesterday. The Gala will […]
Disregarding Public Concern, the National Park Service Finalizes Commercialism Policy and Opens Parks to Industry Influence By Kristen Strader, Campaign Coordinator, Public Citizen’s Commercial Alert Program After months of reviewing public comments, the National Park Service […]
By Vanessa Kauffman, US Fish and Wildlife Service Looking for a special bird to add to your life list? Brand new to birding and just thrill to the sight of thousands of migrating birds? Either […]
The US House of Representatives is voting on a “rules package” (PDF) for the 115th Congress. In an unprecedented maneuver, the bill includes an amendment that paves the way for Congress to give away or […]
With Sponsoring Partner, The Lucy Pet Foundation, The American Wave Machines Float Wins Extraordinaire Award and Broke the Guinness World Record For Longest and Heaviest Float By Mary Schmidt-Krebs, APR American Wave Machines, Inc. (AWM), […]
Orkin Releases New Top 50 Cities List Baltimore tops this year’s Top 50 Bed Bug Cities list, released today by pest control leader Orkin. In the six years Orkin has released the bed bug city […]
#DefundDAPL Divestment Campaign Reaches $40 Million By LaDonna Allard (sacredstonecamp.org) and Tara Houska (honorearth.org) On January 1st, 2017, during the Vikings/Bears football game at US Bank Stadium, two water protectors rappelled from the rafters to display […]
Allows for Transfer of Certain Conservation Reserve Program Land to New Farmers; Provides Priority Enrollment in Working Lands Conservation Programs By Kent Politsch, USDA Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary Lanon Baccam on December 29, 2016 announced that […]
By Kathy Mulady, peoplesaction.org “In urban and rural states across the country, the living wage is consistently far higher than the minimum wage, and higher than most people would guess.” Workers in some cities and […]
Nonprofit Says Condoms Highlight Need for Reproductive Rights to Combat Wildlife Extinction, Unsustainable Human Population Growth By Leigh Moyer, biologicaldiversity.org As Americans mark the end of 2016 and prepare for the inauguration of President-elect Donald […]
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