TAG, TOSS & RUN: 40 CLASSIC LAWN GAMES MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–February 29, 2012. As children growing up on farms in rural Maine, Victoria Rowell and Paul Tukey say there were unaware of a social transformation that began in 1972 with the launch of the world’s first video game known as Pong. Forty[Read More…]
Day: February 29, 2012
White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, February 29, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 29, 2012 – 2:03 P.M. EST MR. CARNEY: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thanks for coming to the White House for your daily briefing. Before I take questions I’d like to give you a brief readout of the President’s lunch that ended not long ago with leaders of[Read More…]
BREAKING: Pittsburgh Steelers to Release Hines Ward
Pittsburgh, PA-(ENEWSPF)- The Pittsburgh Steelers issued a statement on their website alerting the public to their intention to release Hines Ward from his contract prior to the start of the 2012 NFL calendar year. The statement follows: “We had a conversation today with Hines Ward and informed him that we plan to[Read More…]
U.S.-DPRK Bilateral Discussions
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 29, 2012. A U.S. delegation has just returned from Beijing following a third exploratory round of U.S.-DPRK bilateral talks. To improve the atmosphere for dialogue and demonstrate its commitment to denuclearization, the DPRK has agreed to implement a moratorium on long-range missile launches, nuclear tests and nuclear activities[Read More…]
Chicago Coal Plant Closures Point to Energy Source as Risky Investment
Banks That Finance Coal Should Heed Warning From Plant Closures SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–February 29, 2012. Today, Midwest Generation, a subsidiary of Edison International, announced the retirement of the Fisk and Crawford coal plants, two of the oldest and dirtiest coal-fired power plants in the country. Agreements signed by Midwest Generation, Chicago’s[Read More…]
Coal Clunkers Closing: Public Pressure Finally Shutters Chicago’s Notorious Fisk and Crawford Plants
Coalition Succeeds in Ending Long Standing Health and Climate Threat CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 29, 2012. A deal this morning to close the Fisk and Crawford Generating Stations in Chicago brings a final chapter to one of the nation’s most noted environmental justice stories. The two nearly century-old coal plants have been magnets[Read More…]
FDA Approves First Quadrivalent Vaccine to Prevent Seasonal Influenza
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 29, 2012. FluMist Quadrivalent, a vaccine to prevent seasonal influenza in people ages 2 years through 49 years, has been approved today by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. FluMist Quadrivalent is the first influenza vaccine to contain four strains of the influenza virus, two influenza A[Read More…]
Confused by Genetic Tests? NIH’s New Online Tool May Help
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 29, 2012. An online tool launched today by the National Institutes of Health will make it easier to navigate the rapidly changing landscape of genetic tests. The free resource, called the Genetic Testing Registry (GTR), is available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gtr/. “I’m delighted that NIH has created this powerful, new[Read More…]
More Than 10,000 Participants Have Joined the GuLF STUDY
NIH seeking thousands more oil spill workers to find potential health effects of spill Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 29, 2012. Nearly two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, more than 10,000 cleanup workers and volunteers have enrolled in the Gulf Long-term Follow-up (GuLF) STUDY, a national[Read More…]
Senator Collins Amendment to Transportation Bill Puts 8,100 Lives at Risk
Legislative rider would kill limits on toxic pollution from industrial power plants Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 29, 2012. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) has introduced a proposed rider to the 2012 federal transportation bill that would effectively kill off long-overdue limits on toxic pollution from Industrial Power Plants (boiler MACT). The Environmental Protection[Read More…]
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