HAITI–(ENEWSPF)–23 July 2010 – United Nations Police (UNPOL) serving in Haiti have arrested two men who had escaped from jail and are suspected of being responsible for several subsequent rapes in camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) set up after the massive earthquake that struck the country at the start[Read More…]
Day: July 23, 2010
Audubon Leader Comments on Senate Failure to Address Climate Change
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 23, 2010 – Audubon Senior Director of Government Relations Mike Daulton released the following statement in response to an announcement by Majority Leader Harry Reid that Senate Democratic leaders would again postpone their effort to enact serious climate legislation. “The Senate’s inaction on climate policy is truly disappointing.[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Senate Must Act Now on Oil and Clean Energy
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2010. In response to an announcement by Majority Leader Harry Reid that the Senate will move a limited package of oil disaster response and energy measures to the floor, the Sierra Club issues the following statement. Statement of Michael Brune, Sierra Club Executive Director “Given the[Read More…]
Florida Peninsula Assets Seek Shelter in Preparation for Tropical Weather, July 23, 2010
MIAMI–(ENEWSPF)–July 23, 2010. The Florida Peninsula Command Post initiated severe weather response plans Thursday in preparation for Tropical Depression Three. The FPCP is tracking the progress of the storm continuously and is taking all necessary steps to ensure the safety of personnel and assets involved in the response. Two Sentry[Read More…]
BP Update on Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, July 23, 2010
HOUSTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 23, 2010. BP today provided an update on developments in the response to the MC252 oil well incident in the Gulf of Mexico. Subsea Source Control and Containment With the guidance and approval of the National Incident Commander (NIC) and the leadership and direction of federal government, relief well[Read More…]
Second Federal Analysis Gives Further Clues about Location and Movement of Subsurface Oil
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 23, 2010. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) today released its second peer-reviewed, analytical summary report about subsurface oil monitoring in the Gulf of Mexico. The report contains preliminary data[Read More…]
Remarks by the First Lady at a Coast Guard Gulf Coast Oil Spill Briefing in Pascagoula, Mississippi
Pascagoula, Mississippi–(ENEWSPF)–July 23, 2010 – 9:40 A.M. CDT MRS. OBAMA: I am pleased and honored to be here in Pascagoula and back in Mississippi. My first visit was to Jackson, and the Governor and the First Lady were so warm and gracious, and our time at that school I’ll never[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Clears the Senate; Durbin Asserts ‘Millions Will Get Help They Desperately Need’
Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Senator Dick Durbin issued a statement today on the passage of extension of unemployment insurance, which provides "much needed financial assistance to over 2.5 million unemployed Americans who have seen their benefits expire because of Republican obstruction," according to the senator: "The extension of unemployment benefits literally means[Read More…]
DeBoles® Nutritional Foods, Inc. Voluntarily Recalls One Lot Code of DeBoles® Kids Only! Gluten Free Tubettini Corn Pasta
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2010. DeBoles Nutritional Foods, Inc. announced that it is recalling one lot code of DeBoles® Kids Only! Gluten Free Tubettini Corn Pasta because it may contain undeclared whole wheat alphabet pasta. People who are allergic to wheat run the risk of an allergic reaction, which may[Read More…]
Statement by National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen on Tropical Storm Bonnie, July 22, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2010. “Due to the risk that Tropical Storm Bonnie poses to the safety of the nearly 2,000 people responding to the BP oil spill at the well site, many of the vessels and rigs will be preparing to move out of harm’s way beginning tonight. This includes[Read More…]
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