Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2010. The Environmental Protection Agency today announced plans to establish new standards to limit carbon pollution from the nation’s biggest polluters – power plants and refineries. These limits, or New Source Performance Standards (NSPS), will set baseline protections against pollution from new and existing polluters when they[Read More…]
Day: December 23, 2010
As First Baby Boomers Turn 65, They’re Feeling Good and Not Ready to Quit
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2010. Despite weathering a brutal economic recession and on the eve of their 65th birthday, leading-edge Baby Boomers remain characteristically optimistic about their future and pleased with their life choices, according to a new AARP survey on the attitudes, feelings and outlooks of Americans born in 1946[Read More…]
Pfizer To Recall One Lot Of Lipitor In The U.S.
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2010. Pfizer has announced that it intends to recall one lot—approximately 19,000 bottles—of Lipitor 40 mg tablets (atorvastatin calcium) distributed in the U.S. The recall stems from one customer report of an uncharacteristic odor related to the bottles in which these lots of Lipitor were packaged.[Read More…]
BabyLegs Recalls Baby Socks and Leg Warmers with Heart Appliqué Due to Choking Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2010. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a[Read More…]
QVC Recalls Spinning Candle Holders Due to Fire Hazard
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2010. The following product safety recall was voluntarily conducted by the firm in cooperation with the CPSC. Consumers should stop using the product immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Name of Product: Metallic spinning candle holders[Read More…]
STIHL Inc. Recalls Chain Saws Due to Laceration Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2010. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.[Read More…]
Afghanistan: It May Get Worse Before It Gets Better, Top UN Envoy Warns
NEW YORK–(ENWESPF)–23 December 2010 – In the face of increased successes by international forces and the national army in Afghanistan, the Taliban may attempt spectacular attacks in the coming weeks, the top United Nations envoy in the country warned yesterday. “In other words, our sentiment is: before it gets better[Read More…]
Côte d’Ivoire: UN Substantiates Reports of Killings, Torture, Arrests and Disappearances
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–23 December 2010 – Human rights officers in Côte d’Ivoire have substantiated allegations of more than 170 killings, hundreds of arrests and dozens of cases of torture, ill treatment and enforced disappearance of people over the past one week, a senior United Nations rights official said today. The West[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending December 18, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2010. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Dec. 18, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 420,000, a decrease of 3,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 423,000. The 4-week moving average was 426,000, an increase of 2,500 from the previous week’s revised[Read More…]
Joint US-EU Statement on Post-Presidential Elections’ Situation in Belarus
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2010. The following is a joint statement by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton on the post-presidential elections situation in Belarus. “The United States and the European Union reiterate their call for the immediate release of the presidential candidates and the[Read More…]
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