Month: January 2012

White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, January 31, 2012

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 31, 2012 – 1:15 P.M. EST   MR. CARNEY:  Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for being here on this glorious Tuesday afternoon. As you probably saw in some paper that we put out today on the one-year anniversary of the Startup America initiative, the President is sending a[Read More…]

Atlantic Sturgeon Declared an Endangered Species

Ancient fish gets enhanced protection following NRDC petition  GLOUCESTER, Mass–(ENEWSPF)–January 31, 2012.  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association today designated the Atlantic sturgeon an endangered species, providing it greater legal protections, following a petition the Natural Resources Defense Council submitted in September 2009. NOAA’s Fisheries Service today announced four subpopulations[Read More…]

NIH-funded HIV Clinical Research Sites to Join Pediatric Tuberculosis Vaccine Study

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 31, 2012. Several U.S. government-funded HIV/AIDS clinical research sites in Africa will join other collaborators in an ongoing clinical trial testing an investigational tuberculosis (TB) vaccine in infants at risk for TB infection. “We are pleased to be able to tap into our existing HIV/AIDS clinical research infrastructure[Read More…]

Clean Air Advocates Cheer Court Decision on Kansas Coal Plant Expansion

Sunflower project will face thorough environmental review, new administration decision Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 31, 2012.  Judge Emmett Sullivan, in the federal district court today, effectively blocked an 895-MW coal-fired power project in western Kansas—the notorious Sunflower expansion—until a thorough environmental review of the project is finalized. The decision emphasized the significant[Read More…]

New Report Urges EPA to Abandon Proposed Air Pollution Rule

New policy would obstruct efforts to protect cherished national parks and wildernesses, and their surrounding communities from air pollution Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 31, 2012. The long-term health of national parks, wilderness areas and wildlife refuges across the eastern U.S. states, and of the communities that depend on them, could be in jeopardy[Read More…]

Durbin Announces Over $3 Million for a Rural Development Project in McDonough County

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 31, 2012. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Development division has awarded a loan of $2,192,000 and a grant of $999,200 for the Exeter-Merritt Water Cooperative under the Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant Program. The project involves[Read More…]

Durbin: Illinois in Need of Increased Rail Investment Under New Transportation Bill

Asks Committee to reject proposals in House Transportation bill that will hurt downstate Illinois rail and prevent job creation WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 31, 2012. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin today asked the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation to increase funding for job creating Illinois rail and multimodal priorities – including[Read More…]

Chicago Heights Breaks Through on Key Section of Old Plank Road Trail

Old Plank Trail. (Photo: RTC Blog) Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The saying "anything worthwhile is worth waiting for" may well have been coined by a rail-trail builder. As America’s growing community of trail supporters, volunteers, planners and managers can attest to, trails projects often take time. The complex legal, financial and[Read More…]

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