Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 8, 2013. SUMMARY: Chrysler Group, LLC (Chrysler) is recalling certain model year 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicles manufactured January 8, 2013, through August 20, 2013. Due to a disruption of computer communications and loose alternator ground wires, the affected vehicles may experience random illumination of multiple instrument cluster[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Vans Recalls Boy’s Hooded Jackets with Drawstrings Due to Strangulation Hazard
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2013. Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Recall date: November 07, 2013 Recall number: 14-015 Vans Boys Hooded Jacket – black cotton Recall Summary Name of product: Boy’s hooded jackets Hazard: [Read More…]
Audubon and Toyota Award $1.3 Million to 70 Environmentalists Through Toyota TogetherGreen
2013 Grants and Fellowships Support Conservation Innovation and Leadership in 30 States and D.C. New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2013. Toyota TogetherGreen, a conservation initiative of the National Audubon Society and Toyota, this week announced new awards of more than $1.3 million to 70 innovative and diverse conservation projects nationwide. Audubon[Read More…]
Study Finds Climate Link to ‘Atmospheric River’ Storms
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2013. A new NASA-led study of “atmospheric river” storms from the Pacific Ocean may help scientists better predict major winter snowfalls that hit West Coast mountains and lead to heavy spring runoff and sometimes flooding. Atmospheric rivers — short-lived wind tunnels that carry water vapor from tropical[Read More…]
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Releases New Study Outlining Opportunities for Returning Veterans
Experienced military truck and bus drivers will more easily be able to obtain civilian commercial driver‘s licenses under proposed FMCSA regulatory changes WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2013. A new study released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recommended a series of regulatory changes to further[Read More…]
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. Expands Recall Due to Potential Contamination with Listeria Monocytogenes, Nov. 7, 2013
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2013. Garden-Fresh Foods has initiated an expansion of previous recalls of fresh cut vegetables, ready-to-eat salads, slaws, dips and spreads sold under various brands and code dates manufactured prior to November 06, 2013. All packaging types and sizes are included. The company has not received reports[Read More…]
New Report Details the Vital Role of Immigrants in Our Nation’s Military
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2013. Today, the Center for American Progress released a new issue brief looking at how immigrants have historically played—and continue to play—a key role in U.S. military readiness. In the wake of the Senate’s passage of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, S. 744, in[Read More…]
New Report Offers Recommendations to Protect Taxpayers’ Share of Offshore Drilling Revenues
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2013. Today, a report released by the Center for American Progress finds that the leading natural resource revenue sharing proposal in Congress, called the Fixing America’s Inequities with Revenue, or FAIR, Act, would cost U.S. taxpayers more than $49 billion of lost offshore drilling revenue between 2014[Read More…]
Center for American Progress’ Economist Adam Hersh on October, 2013 Jobs Report
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2013. Today, Center for American Progress Economist Adam Hersh issued the following reaction to the announcement of October’s employment figures: Today’s data show the surprising resilience of U.S. labor markets even as extreme conservatives in Congress risked economic calamity by hijacking the political debate. The U.S. economy[Read More…]
Study Sheds Light On Soil Microbes as Key to Ecosystem Health
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2013. In a new study on ecosystems in the Midwest, scientists suggest that once-fertile landscapes dominated by tall grass prairies and supported by microbial biodiversity have been destroyed due to decades of agricultural production. The study, Reconstructing the Microbial Diversity and Function of Pre-Agricultural Tall Grass Prairie[Read More…]
