Decision upholds compliance deadline for EPA’s regional haze requirements San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013. On Monday a federal court of appeals denied a request from the state of Arizona and four utility companies to delay installing modern pollution controls on three large coal-fired power plants. The state and power companies[Read More…]
Year: 2013
SEIU Announces Major Outreach On Healthcare Law As Key Partner With HHS
Members will target 30 cities in 14 states, with focus on African American and Latino working people Pittsburgh–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013. The president of the nation’s largest union of healthcare workers, Mary Kay Henry, today joined with Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius in announcing a major national outreach[Read More…]
Be Amazing! Toys Recalls Monster Science Growing Spiders Due to Serious Ingestion Hazard
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 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: September 10, 2013 Recall number: 13-279 Front side of the Monster Science Growing Spider with monster “spider eggs” packaging. The eggs are[Read More…]
Eco-Novelty Recalls Jumbo Size and Jumbo Multipurpose Cosmo Beads Toys Due to Serious Ingestion Hazard
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 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: September 10, 2013 Recall number: 13-278 Cosmo Beads Jumbo Size Recall Summary Name of product: Water-absorbing polymer beads Hazard: The hard and[Read More…]
NOAA, Government and Academia Partners Deploy Underwater Robots to Improve Hurricane Science
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013. A fleet of underwater robots is descending into waters off the east coast to collect data that could help improve storm intensity forecasts during future hurricane seasons. Several regions of the NOAA-led U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS®) are partnering to deploy 12 to 16 autonomous[Read More…]
NOAA Launches New Online Mapping Tool for Great Lakes Region
Scientists take samples that can inform cleanup and restoration actions for the Kalamazoo River in Michigan. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013. NOAA’s Office of Response and Restoration has launched a new online mapping tool for the Great Lakes that will give decision makers, resource managers, and environmental[Read More…]
California State Senate Passes Groundbreaking Legislation to Require the Use of Non-Lead Ammunition in Hunting
AB 711, which will help eradicate a significant source of lead in environment, clears major legislative hurdle Sacramento–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013– Important legislation requiring the use of non-lead ammunition for hunting yesterday passed the California State Senate by a wide margin. Assembly Bill 711, authored by Assemblymembers Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) and[Read More…]
Boehner’s Damaging Continuing Resolution Plan Locks in Sequester Cuts for Domestic Programs, Partially Lifts Them for Defense
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013. House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) expected stopgap funding measure would lay the foundations for another round of damaging cuts to vital programs, services, and investments, according to a new report released today by the Center for American Progress. The analysis, authored by CAP President Neera Tanden[Read More…]
Proctor and Gamble to Eliminate Triclosan from Its Products by 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013. With mounting pressure from consumers and public advocacy organizations, multinational manufacturer Procter and Gamble (P&G) announced that it will eliminate the harmful antibacterial chemical triclosan from its products by 2014. P&G’s notice is the latest in a growing trend across the county, as both governments and[Read More…]
Illinois Public Health Department Urges Awareness, Education during National Suicide Prevention Week
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013. Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, and fluctuates between the second and third leading cause of deaths among adolescents in Illinois, but Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck says that suicide is a preventable public health threat, and[Read More…]
