3,000 megawatt Wyoming wind energy project and Rhode Island, Massachusetts Wind Energy Area take key steps forward WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2012. As part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to developing the nation’s vast renewable energy resources, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that two major wind energy initiatives[Read More…]
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House Majority PAC and SEIU Partner to Make Substantial Fall TV Ad Reservations
HMP and SEIU Partner Reserve Almost $20 Million Covering 38 Television Markets Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2012. Today, House Majority PAC and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) announced that they are reserving nearly $20 million of television ad time in 38 markets. The ad buys, $16 million by House Majority PAC and $3.7[Read More…]
Mars Petcare US Announces Voluntary Recall of Limited Range of Pedigree® Brand Wet Dog Food
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2012. Mars Petcare US announced a voluntary recall of a limited range of three varieties of PEDIGREE® weight management canned dog food products due to a potential choking risk. Affected product may contain small pieces of blue plastic, which entered the food during the production process.[Read More…]
New NOAA Website Offers Tips to Prepare for Coastal Flooding
Views of inundated areas of New Orleans following breaking of the levees surrounding the city as the result of storm surge from Hurricane Katrina (2005). Download here. (Credit: NOAA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2012. NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey has announced a new website — www.stormsurge.noaa.gov — designed to provide vital information[Read More…]
PHMSA Announces Enforcement Action Against Enbridge for 2010 Michigan Oil Spill
Largest Civil Penalty Ever Proposed by Agency WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2012. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today proposed a record $3.7 million civil penalty and 24 enforcement actions against Enbridge Energy for the July 25, 2010, crude oil spill near Marshall, Mich. “We[Read More…]
DOT Announces $29 Million to Help Veterans and Military Families Connect to Jobs and More by Tapping Local Transportation
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2012. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced $29 million in grants to provide improved access to local transportation for veterans and their families, wounded warriors and other military personnel, helping them find affordable rides to work, school, shopping, medical care and other destinations in their communities. The[Read More…]
Tennessee Gives Free Pass to Dirty TVA Coal Plant
Environmental groups take legal action to protect clean water Nashville, TN–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2012. Community and environmental groups appealed a pollution permit issued to Tennessee Valley Authority (“TVA”) for its Gallatin coal-fired power plant to prevent toxic discharges of heavy metals and other harmful waste byproducts of burning coal. The plant’s[Read More…]
3,500 Bay Area Sutter Nurses to Strike Tuesday
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2012. Registered nurses at seven Alameda and San Mateo county hospitals operated by the Sutter corporation will begin a one-day strike Tuesday morning, once again protesting a long list of concession demands that they say would undermine patient care protections as well as health and living standards for[Read More…]
Leader of the IAEA Fact-Finding Mission to Japan Shares Lessons Learned from Fukushima
Mike Weightman tours Fukushima Daiichi (Click to enlarge.) Global Nuclear Industry Takes Steps to Improve Safety at Facilities Worldwide AUSTRIA–(ENEWSPF)–2 July 2012. As a leader in creating and promoting standards for nuclear safety, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) spearheaded the global response to the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi[Read More…]
Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, July 2, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2012. Japanese Shareholders Uphold Utilities’ Nuclear Use; Ohi 3 Starts Up Industry/Regulatory/Political At shareholder meetings last week of all nine Japanese nuclear utilities, proposals to reduce or eliminate the use of nuclear energy were voted down. Tokyo Electric Power Co. shareholders approved the government taking over 75[Read More…]
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