Day: July 7, 2011

State Department Briefing by Victoria Nuland, July 7, 2011

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2011.   Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Washington visit of Dalai Lama BELARUS U.S. condemns heavy-handed tactics used against demonstrators and journalists during peaceful protests Urge the Belarus government to release those detained at the protests and all other political detainees PAKISTAN Illicit proliferation activities with North[Read More…]

Durbin and Kirk Announce $50 Million in DOT Funding for O’Hare Runway Construction

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2011.  U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) today announced the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded a $50 million grant to Chicago O’Hare International Airport for runway construction. This announcement comes after the $1.17 billion agreement in March of this year between the[Read More…]

White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, July 7, 2011

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2011 – 1:06 P.M. EDT         MR. CARNEY:  Thank you all.  Get set up here.  We’ll let that be my topper and I’ll go straight to questions.         Mr. Feller.         Q    Thanks, Jay.  The President said that the talks were very constructive but also that they’re[Read More…]

Broad Coalition of Industry, Local Government and Public Interest Groups Support Electric Vehicles and Freedom from Oil

San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2011.  Today more than 180 local and national companies and organizations joined together to show their support for plug-in electric vehicle (EV) policies and infrastructure –demonstrating the groundswell of support in all regions of the country for EV innovation and the types of policies needed to[Read More…]

Changzhou Globe Tool Group Recalls Electric Log Splitters Due to Laceration or Amputation Hazard – Sold Exclusively at Lowe’s Stores

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2011.  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firms 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…]

NOAA Ship Fairweather Sets Sail to Map Areas of the Arctic

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2011. Using state-of-the-art echo sounding technology, NOAA Ship Fairweather is detecting navigational dangers in critical Arctic waterways – High resolution (Credit: NOAA) NOAA Ship Fairweather, a 231-foot survey vessel, departed Kodiak, Alaska, today on a mission to conduct hydrographic surveys in remote areas of the Arctic where depths[Read More…]

Widespread Flood Threat to Continue Through Summer

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2011.  Many rivers in the upper Midwest and northern Plains remain above flood stage, and the threat for more flooding will continue through the summer, forecasters at NOAA’s National Weather Service said yesterday. With rivers running high and soils completely saturated, just a small amount of rain[Read More…]

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