Billboard campaign urges utility to retire local coal plant, invest in renewable energy INDIANAPOLIS–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2013. The Sierra Club, Citizens Action Coalition, NAACP and Hoosier Interfaith Power & Light today unveiled an aggressive new billboard advertising campaign in Indianapolis urging Indianapolis Power & Light (IPL) to retire the local Harding[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Build-A-Bear Recalls Stuffed Animal Toy Due to Choking Hazard
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 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: August 29, 2013 Recall number: 13-274 Recalled Sulley stuffed animal Recall Summary Name of product: Sulley character stuffed animal Hazard: The stuffed[Read More…]
NOAA, EUMETSAT Sign Long-term Agreement for Weather, Climate Monitoring
METEOSAT image.High resolution (Credit: EUMETSAT) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2013. Building on a 30-year relationship, top officials from NOAA and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) signed a long-term cooperative agreement, ensuring continued space-based weather, water and climate monitoring. At a ceremony at the European Union (EU)[Read More…]
Study: Air Pollution Causes 200,000 Early Deaths Each Year in the U.S.
New MIT study finds vehicle emissions are the biggest contributor to these premature deaths CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2013. Researchers from MIT’s Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment have come out with some sobering new data on air pollution’s impact on Americans’ health. The group tracked ground-level emissions from sources such[Read More…]
Preparing for Potential Responses and New Threats in the Wake of a Possible Strike in Syria
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2013. As the United States prepares for a possible military strike against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria in response to the Assad regime’s large-scale use of chemical weapons on its own people last week, the Center for American Progress released an analysis planning ahead for possible[Read More…]
Doctors Without Borders Response to Government References to Syria Statement
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—August 29, 2013. Over the last two days, the American, British, and other governments have referred to reports from several groups, including Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), while stating that the use of chemical weapons in Syria was “undeniable” and designating the perpetrators. MSF today warned that its[Read More…]
Two California Firms and Owner Agree to Settle Clean Air Act Violations Stemming From Illegal Import of Vehicles
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2013. MotorScience and Zheng have agreed to have a stipulated judgment entered against them for a $3.55 million civil penalty and to pay an additional $60,000 civil penalty within six months. The United States will receive 80 percent of collected penalties, and California will receive the remaining[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Announces Illinois-Based GoHealth Expanding, Creating 450 Jobs
State’s Leading Health Insurance Exchange Doubling its Workforce to Serve More Americans Shopping for Healthcare Through the Affordable Care Act CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2013. Governor Pat Quinn and GoHealth LLC today announced that Illinois’ leading health insurance exchange is adding 90,000 square feet in the Merchandise Mart in Chicago as it[Read More…]
DoD Identifies Army Casualty, August 29, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2013. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. 1st Lt. Jason Togi, 24, of Pago Pago, American Samoa, died Aug. 26, in Hasan Karez, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised[Read More…]
Detainee Transfer Announced, August 29, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2013. The Department of Defense announced today the transfer of Nabil Said Hadjarab and Mutia Sadiq Ahmad Sayyab from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the Government of Algeria. As directed by the President’s Jan. 22, 2009, executive order, the interagency Guantanamo Review Task Force conducted[Read More…]
