Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 15, 2012. The Park Forest Sustainability Plan has been moving forward rapidly over the last few months. Thanks to the feedback from the November public meeting and from the MetroQuest community visioning website, the Village’s Sustainability Plan has now been drafted, incorporating the ideas and strategies suggested[Read More…]
Day: March 15, 2012
Two Years Later: The Benefits of the Affordable Care Act for Illinois
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2012. For too long, too many hardworking Americans paid the price for policies that handed free rein to insurance companies and put barriers between patients and their doctors. The Affordable Care Act gives hardworking families in Illinois the security they deserve. The new health care law forces[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, March 15, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–12:50 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the White House for your daily briefing. Q On the Ides of March. MR. CARNEY: The Ides of March. I didn’t see the movie. Did you see the movie? (Laughter.) But I plan to. And I loved[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Victoria Nuland, March 15, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2012. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Fact Sheet on U.S. Humanitarian Assistance in Syria YEMEN Iran’s Intentions in Yemen Political Process President Saleh AFGHANISTAN Taliban Statements / Reconciliation Process Continuing Support / President Karzai’s Statement Justice for Victims of March 11th Attack IRAN Nuclear Talks Secretary’s[Read More…]
Army Releases February 2012 Suicide Information
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 15, 2012. The Army released suicide data today for the month of February. During February, among active-duty soldiers, there were 11 potential suicides: three have been confirmed as suicides and eight remain under investigation. For January, the Army reported 16 potential suicides among active-duty soldiers. Since the release[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Announces Expanded Translation Services on State Employment Website
Initiative Increases Access to Services for Job Seekers and Employers CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today announced enhanced language translation services at the Illinois Department of Employment Security’s (IDES) website. The initiative makes information more accessible to individuals and businesses, helping them accomplish their goals more quickly. Visitors to[Read More…]
Status Quo in Syria ‘Indefensible,’ Ban Says on Anniversary of Uprising
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–15 March 2012. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today marked the anniversary of the uprising in Syria by calling for an end to the ongoing bloodshed, which has claimed more than 8,000 lives since popular protests began a year ago, and for a peaceful resolution of the crisis. “It is urgent to[Read More…]
Scholars Call for Global Governance Overhaul to Ensure Earth’s Sustainability
TORONTO, ON–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2012. A group of the world’s leading environmental scholars are sounding the alarm that human societies need to transform their national and international environmental institutions into a more coherent and robust planetary stewardship model in order to steer away from rapid and irreversible changes to the Earth’s[Read More…]
NOAA Authorizes States to Remove Sea Lions That Threaten Protected Salmon
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2012 California sea lions consuming salmon just below the Columbia River’s Bonneville Dam. Download here (Credit: With permission from the U.S. Corps of Engineers) NOAA’s Fisheries Service said today it was authorizing Idaho, Oregon and Washington to permanently remove the specific California sea lions eating the imperiled salmon[Read More…]
Risk of Major Flooding in Spring is Low for the First Time in Four Years
Drought lingers in southern Plains and Southeast, expands in West and upper Midwest Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2012 U.S. Spring Flood Risk Map for 2012. Read the full National Hydrologic Assessment. Download here (Credit: NOAA) For the first time in four years, no area of the country faces a high risk of[Read More…]