RIO–(ENEWSPF)–22 June 2012. At the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), some $513 billion in funding has been committed by governments, the private sector, civil society and other groups to achieve a sustainable future. “From the very beginning we have said that Rio+20 is about implementation and concrete action,”[Read More…]
Day: June 22, 2012
PSC Denies Mississippi Power Rate Increase for Kemper County Coal Plant
Jackson, MS–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2012. While a broad coalition of labor, environmental, public health, disability and low-income advocacy groups opposing the Kemper County Coal Plant looked on, the Mississippi Public Service Commission voted to deny a controversial rate hike of 15.7% for residential customers over a course of six months to[Read More…]
SEIU: President Connects with Latino Public Officials After Romney Shows Detachment from Concerns of Hispanic Voters
SEIU International Secretary-Treasurer Eliseo Medina Attends Speeches at NALEO Conference in Florida Lake Buena Vista, FL–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2012. Today, President Obama addressed the bipartisan National Association of Latino Local and Elected Officials, and proposed a credible policy agenda that supports the aspirations and concerns of working families across the U.S.,[Read More…]
Mitt Romney’s Vision for America – Profits First
Bain Capital Companies Repeatedly Sent American Jobs Overseas WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2012. Service Employees International Union (SEIU) International President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement on today’s Washington Post story detailing Mitt Romney’s role in pioneering the practice of shipping jobs overseas: “Mitt Romney’s history at Bain Capital shows[Read More…]
Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces Funding for 47 TIGER 2012 Projects as Overwhelming Demand for TIGER Dollars Continues
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2012. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that 47 transportation projects in 34 states and the District of Columbia will receive a total of almost $500 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) 2012 program. “President Obama’s support for an America[Read More…]
Two Hearings in Pilsen and Little Village Neighborhoods and New Website Will Provide Opportunity for Residents to Contribute Ideas and Feedback to Develop Coal Plant Sites
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2012. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced today that the Fisk and Crawford Reuse Task Force will hold public meetings to engage Chicagoans in developing economic development and job creation alternatives for the land on which the Fisk and Crawford power plants currently operate. The hearings are scheduled for Tuesday,[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Attends USS Illinois Naming Ceremony
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today joined Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus at the anchor of USS Chicago on Navy Pier for the ship naming ceremony in honor of USS Illinois, one of the Navy’s newest vessels. The first modern Navy vessel to be named after the state,[Read More…]
Illinois Seniors Urged to Apply for Circuit Breaker Grant by June 30; Program Ends July 1
Visit www.cbrx.il.gov or call Senior HelpLine at 1-800-252-8966 SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2012. Illinois Department on Aging Director John K. Holton, Ph.D., is reminding Illinois seniors about their last chance to get approved for Circuit Breaker property tax grants before the program ends July 1. The Circuit Breaker program provides grants to[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Victoria Nuland, June 22, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2012. Index for Today’s Briefing SYRIA UN Arab League Envoy Annan’s Comments / Iran Role in Syria / June 30 Meeting in Geneva / Reports that Syria Shot Down a Turkish Military Plane / Syrian Military Defections / Cairo Meeting / Defection of Syrian Pilot to Jordan[Read More…]
Virginia Man Pleads Guilty in Plot to Carry out Suicide Bomb Attack on U.S. Capitol
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2012. Amine El Khalifi, a 29-year-old resident of Alexandria, Va., pleaded guilty today in federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia in connection with his efforts to carry out a suicide bomb attack on the U.S. Capitol Building in February 2012 as part of what he[Read More…]
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