Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- An arrest has been made in the July 28 armed robbery of M&S Swag, a former clothing store in Park Forest’s DownTown. The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office approved two counts of armed robbery against Rayshawn Hunt, 20, of the 100 block of Indianwood in Park Forest[Read More…]
Day: September 24, 2012
Obama Administration Announces 38 Million-Acre Oil and Gas Lease Sale in the Central Gulf of Mexico
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2012. As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to expand safe and responsible domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Tommy P. Beaudreau today announced that BOEM will offer 38 million acres in the Central Gulf of[Read More…]
Faith and Environmental Groups Challenge Proposed Coal Export Terminal in Plaquemines Parish
Terminal Will Threaten Historic Communities, Wetlands Restoration NEW ORLEANS, LA –(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2012. The Sierra Club, Christian Ministers Missionary Baptist Association of Plaquemines, and Louisiana Environmental Action Network are challenging the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality’s approval of a Clean Air Act permit for a proposed coal export terminal in[Read More…]
Sierra Club Joins Prop 2 Coalition in Support of Michigan Working Families
Lansing, Mich.–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2012. Today the Sierra Club joined a broad coalition of groups in support of Proposal 2, an important initiative that will protect and strengthen middle class families in Michigan. Prop 2, the Protect Working Families Initiative, will be voted on by Michiganders on November 6. “Prop[Read More…]
Sunland, Inc. Announces Voluntarily Limited Recall of Almond Butter and Peanut Butter Products Due to Possible Health Risk
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2012. Sunland, Inc. today announced a voluntary limited recall of its Almond Butter and Peanut Butter products, manufactured between May 1, 2012 and September 24, 2012, because these products may be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young[Read More…]
Study Finds That Ocean Acidification is Accelerated in Nutrient-Rich Areas
Marine resources, coastal economies put at risk Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2012. Carbon dioxide released from decaying algal blooms, combined with ongoing increases in atmospheric carbon emissions, leads to increased levels of ocean acidification, and places additional stress on marine resources and the coastal economies that depend on them, according to[Read More…]
Count Ohio’s Votes: Court Must Reject Ohio Provisional Ballot Rules
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2012. Ohio election officials must count all provisional ballots cast in the wrong precinct due to poll-worker error, the Brennan Center for Justice argued in an amicus brief submitted Friday. Voters are entitled to cast a provisional ballot if their name does not appear on the voter[Read More…]
Conservation Leaders Echo Oregon Governor’s Call for Solution to Columbia/Snake Salmon and Dam Controversy
Water for fish, transportation and power achievable Portland, OR–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2012. In an op-ed published on Saturday, September 22rd in the Oregonian, Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber, M.D., has called on the federal government to take a new path to recover endangered salmon and steelhead in the Columbia/Snake River Basin. The[Read More…]
Massachusetts’ Lawrence General Hospital Announces Layoffs, Service Closures and Patient Care Restructuring
Nurses Hope to Convince Management to Work with Them to Ensure Safe Patient Care – Vow to Warn Public of Changes that Compromise their Safety LAWRENCE, MA –(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2012. The nurses of Lawrence General Hospital are outraged by a recent decision from hospital management to lay off staff, close services[Read More…]
National Nurses United Endorses President Obama
Nurses have a fundamentally different view of a civil society than the one expressed by Gov. Romney Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2012. National Nurses United (NNU), the nation’s largest union and professional association of registered nurses, has endorsed President Barack Obama for a second term. The 185,000 member organization’s national[Read More…]
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