Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 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: December 10, 2013 Recall number: 14-047 efco model 8421 T Recall Summary Name of product: efco brandGasTrimmers from Emak USA Hazard: [Read More…]
Year: 2013
Toro Recalls TimeMaster and TurfMaster Lawn Mowers Due To Injury Hazard
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 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: December 10, 2013 Recall number: 14-046 Recalled Toro TimeMaster mower Recall Summary Name of product: TimeMaster and TurfMaster lawn mowers Hazard: The[Read More…]
Exmark Recalls Commercial Walk-Behind Mowers Due to Injury Hazard
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 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: December 10, 2013 Recall number: 14-045 Recalled Exmark commercial walk-behind mower Recall Summary Name of product: Commercial Walk-Behind Mowers Hazard: The mower’s[Read More…]
Long-term Warming and Environmental Change Trends Persist in the Arctic in 2013
Though not as extreme as last year, new report by NOAA and partners finds that the Arctic continues to show evidence of a shift to a new warmer, greener state Temperature anomalies for June-August 2013 compared to the 2007-2012 average. Many areas of the Arctic got a reprieve from the[Read More…]
Hubble Space Telescope Sees Evidence of Water Vapor Venting off Jovian Moon
This is an artist’s concept of a plume of water vapor thought to be ejected off the frigid, icy surface of the Jovian moon Europa, located about 500 million miles (800 million kilometers) from the sun.Image Credit: NASA/ESA/K. Retherford/SWRI Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2013. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has observed water[Read More…]
Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Operation Quick Strike Removed 52 Unsafe Bus Companies From the Road
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2013. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced today that 52 bus companies and 340 vehicles were put out of business and removed from the road as a result of Operation Quick Strike, an eight-month intensified effort to shut down unsafe motorcoach companies.[Read More…]
Why America Needs Sen. Gillibrand and Rep. DeLauro’s FAMILY Act
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2013. Today, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced the FAMILY Act of 2013, and the Center for American Progress released a package of analyses that make the case for why Americans need paid parental leave and illustrate the economic benefits of family and[Read More…]
Congresswoman DeLauro, Senator Gillibrand Introduce Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act
FAMILY Act Would Establish National Paid Family and Medical Leave Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—December 12, 2013. U.S. Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced new legislation today that would create paid family and medical leave. The Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act would establish a national paid[Read More…]
New Analysis Finds Voluntary Buyouts of Flood-Prone Properties Are a Critical Step to Protect Our Communities
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2013. With sea levels anticipated to rise at accelerated rates and catastrophic flood events occurring at great frequency, the Center for American Progress released an analysis of the value of a coastal buyout program both to communities and the environment. “Buyouts turn floodplain lands from a massive[Read More…]
Organic Milk Healthier for the Heart
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2013. Milk lovers everywhere may feel a little less guilty the next time they indulge in that usually taboo glass of creamy, whole milk —as long as it is organic, that is. A new study, Organic Production Enhances Milk Nutritional Quality by Shifting Fatty Acid Composition: A[Read More…]
