Day: December 20, 2011

Philippines: UN Agencies Boost Relief Effort for Storm Survivors as Death Toll Rises

PHILIPPINES–(ENEWSPF)–20 December 2011.   Residents of Mindanao, Philippines, survey damage caused by tropical storm Washi United Nations agencies stepped up relief efforts in the Philippines today to help survivors of tropical storm Washi, which the country’s authorities say has killed nearly 1,000 people and left hundreds of thousands of residents of[Read More…]

House Members Send Letter to FHFA Voicing Opposition to Lawsuit Against City of Chicago

WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 20, 2011. Today Rep. Jan Schakowsky and 15 House colleagues sent a letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) Acting Director Edward DeMarco calling on the agency to end legal obstructionism against states and localities with ordinances designed to protect communities from damage caused by abandoned properties.[Read More…]

Audubon Annual Count in Central Park Finds 3,000 Fewer Birds

72 Tufted Titmouse, 1 Rufous Hummingbird, But No Partridge in a Pear Tree  David Speiser www.lilibirds.com  Rufous Hummingbird seen during Audubon’s 112th annual CBC for Central Park New York NY–(ENEWSPF)–December 20, 2011. Eighty-three Citizen Scientists braved breezy below freezing temperatures this past Sunday morning to count birds in New York City’s Central[Read More…]

Governor Quinn Announces More Than $17 Million Capital Funding for College of Lake County

New Science Classroom Building for Grayslake Campus Will Create More Than 120 Construction Jobs, Prepare Students for 21st Century Careers GRAYSLAKE–(ENEWSPF)–December 20, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn today announced more than $17 million in Illinois Jobs Now! capital funding for construction of a new science building and renovation of existing science[Read More…]

NIH Statement on the NSABB Review of H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus Research

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 20, 2011. The U.S. government remains concerned about the threat of influenza, for the risks it poses seasonally, as well as its potential to cause a pandemic. Our domestic and global influenza surveillance efforts have become increasingly capable, along with expanded vaccine manufacturing capacity and assistance to other[Read More…]

Speaker Boehner Urges President Obama to Call on the Senate to Negotiate a Full Year of Payroll Tax Relief

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 20, 2011.  House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) today sent the following letter to President Obama. Dear Mr. President: You and I both understand the economic uncertainty many Americans are feeling this holiday season.  They are worried about their families and futures, and they are looking to us to[Read More…]

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