NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–24 February 2012. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed that only a political solution will end the crisis in Syria, where the Government’s bloody crackdown against its own people continues unabated, and urged world leaders to act quickly and coherently to stop the violence. “Each and every member of the international[Read More…]
Day: February 24, 2012
Schakowsky, Quigley, Womens Health Advocates & Religious Groups Speakout For Contraception
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2012. Today U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Mike Quigley (D-IL) joined women’s health advocates and religious groups to speak out for women’s access to contraception and in support of a final rule issued by the Department of Health and Human Services on preventive health services. On[Read More…]
USGS Releases First Shale-Oil and Shale-Gas Resource Potential Assessment for the Alaska North Slope
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2012. For the first time, the U.S. Geological Survey has estimated the potential of undiscovered, technically recoverable onshore shale oil and gas resources in Alaska’s North Slope. The estimates range from 0 up to 2 billion barrels of oil and from 0 up to 80 trillion cubic feet[Read More…]
Sierra Club Statement on President Obama’s Energy Policy
Coral Gables, FL–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2012. Yesterday President delivered a speech at the University of Miami laying out his Administration’s energy policies. In response, Michael Brune, Executive Director of the Sierra Club, issued the following statement: “The Sierra Club is encouraged by the President’s continued commitment in his speech today to[Read More…]
NOAA, NASA Activate New Satellite Instrument to Monitor Health and Recovery of Earth’s Ozone Layer
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2012 Artist rendering of the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite (NPP), which NASA launched on October 28, 2011 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (Credit: NOAA) In the near future, NOAA scientists will begin using data from an advanced instrument to monitor the health of Earth’s[Read More…]
Audubon President David Yarnold Demands BP Fines go to Restore Gulf
(David J. Ringer) A Laughing Gull oiled during the Deepwater Horizon disaster New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2012. Barrels of bile were spilled in weeks leading up to the Florida primary. But that’s just a clean-up on aisle three compared to the epic five million barrels of crude oil that paralyzed the[Read More…]
Why Diversity Still Matters: Supreme Court Revisit of College Admission Rules Threatens a Civil Rights Setback
Washington, D.C–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2012. This week, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case, Fisher v. The University of Texas, challenging the future of race-conscious admissions at our country’s colleges and universities. If the Court bars the use of race in admissions decisions, years of hard work by civil rights[Read More…]
The Top 10 Things You Should Know About Arizona’s Latinos and Immigrants
They Have Significant Economic, Cultural, and Electoral Power in the State Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2012. In advance of Arizona’s Republican caucus next Tuesday, the Center for American Progress released a list of important facts about Latinos and immigrants in the state. Since Arizona’s Republican-controlled legislature and governor passed the harsh[Read More…]
White House Announce Availability of $500 Million to Fund Partnerships Between Community Colleges and Businesses to Train Workers with Skills Employers Need
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2012. Vice President Joe Biden, Dr. Jill Biden, and Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis today announced that the Administration is making another $500 million available to create and expand innovative partnerships between community colleges and businesses to train workers with the skills employers need. This funding is part[Read More…]
Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton at the Friends of Syrian People Meeting
Tunis, Tunisia–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2012. I want to thank Tunisia for hosting this meeting today and I salute the Arab League for its leadership throughout this crisis. I want to particularly applaud the selection of Kofi Annan as a special envoy for both the UN and the Arab League. He will seek[Read More…]
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