Day: October 6, 2011

Union Members Join Biggest (Yet) Occupy Wall Street Action

   Members of National Nurses United, Transport Workers and other unions joined yesterday’s Occupy Wall Street march and rally. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2011.  In the biggest demonstration since the Occupy Wall Street protest began Sept. 17, New York City union members, college students and other activists joined the protesters yesterday[Read More…]

EPA Announces Funding to Restore Northern Lake Michigan and Put People Back to Work

EPA provides over $1.1 million for Sleeping Bear Dunes and Grand Traverse Band watersheds Traverse City, Michigan—(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2011.  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced funding for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative projects in Northern Michigan totaling $1.1 million. The projects will help to restore the Sleeping Bear Dunes National[Read More…]

Rep. Schakowsky Statement in Support of Senate Proposal for New Tax on Millionaires

WASHINGTON D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2011. Yesterday, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) released the following statement in support of a proposal by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Democrats for a new surtax on millionaires to pay for President Obama’s jobs bill.  “I am optimistic about the proposal released today from Senate[Read More…]

Rep. Schakowsky Statement on Potential Harmful Impacts of Anti-Mercury Regulation Bill

WASHINGTON D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2011.  Yesterday, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) offered an amendment to H.R. 2681, the “Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act.”  H.R. 2681 would indefinitely delay the EPA’s ability to reduce mercury emissions from cement kilns.  Rep. Schakowsky’s amendment would include in the bill’s findings the scientific fact that mercury[Read More…]

Collectivism and Bribery

The more collective feeling in a society, the more its members are likely to offer bribes, University of Toronto professors discover TORONTO, ON–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2011. Why are some places more prone to bribery and corruption than others? Part of the answer seems to be the level of collective feeling in[Read More…]

Sierra Club: U.S. House Continues Assault on Clean Air

Latest Vote Blocks Toxic Mercury Protections Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2011.  The U.S. House of Representatives today passed legislation that would block critical protections against toxic mercury emitted by cement plants. The chamber is expected to vote on a similar bill to block toxic mercury protections for industrial boilers next week. [Read More…]

DOT Awards $196 Million to Reduce Train Travel Time by 30 Minutes Between Detroit and Chicago

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2011. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood yesterday awarded a $196.5 million grant to the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) for track and signal improvements between Detroit and Kalamazoo, MI. These improvements will allow for speeds up to 110 mph on 77 percent of Amtrak’s Wolverine and Blue[Read More…]

Defenders of Wildlife Announces New President

Former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service director, Jamie Rappaport Clark, takes the helm as president and CEO WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2011. Jamie Rappaport Clark takes the helm as president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife. Clark has been with Defenders for seven years as the executive vice president. As a woman, mother,[Read More…]

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