Residents Call for Local Clean Energy Development to Replace Outdated Power Plant OMAHA –(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2013. Today, a broad coalition of North Omaha residents, health professionals and students delivered nearly 1,000 signatures at the Omaha Public Power District’s (OPPD) monthly meeting, calling on the public power utility to address public[Read More…]
Year: 2013
SEIU: House Committee Ignores Senate Progress on Border Security
Committee on Homeland Security passes border security Band-Aid bill despite the public’s call for commonsense immigration reform WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2013. After the House Committee on Homeland Security held a markup and passed the Border Security Results Act of 2013, Eliseo Medina, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Secretary-Treasurer, released[Read More…]
Lawn Care Should Be This Safe and Simple
Aimee, 6, applies organic fertilizer made of natural ingredients to our lawn in Rhode Island. RHODE ISLAND–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2013. PERHAPS DUE TO HER FATHER’S vocation, or her mother’s natural flair with flowers and other plants, my daughter Aimee has always been fascinated with growing things. At 4, she knew the[Read More…]
Subaru Recall of Certain Model Year 2013 Outback and Legacy Vehicles Manufactured From February 15, 2012, Through June 15, 2012
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 16, 2013. SUMMARY: Subaru is recalling certain model year 2013 Outback and Legacy vehicles manufactured from February 15, 2012, through June 15, 2012. In the affected vehicles, the inner and outer shafts of the steering column assembly may become disengaged from one another. CONSEQUENCE: If the shafts[Read More…]
Optimus Recalls Portable Electric Heaters Due to Fire Hazard
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 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: May 15, 2013 – Recall number: 13-191 Optimus heater H-5210 Recall Summary Name of product: Portable Infrared Radiant Quartz Electric Space[Read More…]
NOAA Releases Final Report of Sandy Service Assessment
This image was taken on October 29, 2012 from NOAA/NASA’s Suomi NPP polar-orbiting satellite. Using its Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite, or VIIRS, the satellite provides forecasters more information about the storm’s cloud structure. Download here (Credit: NOAA/NASA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2013. After a thoughtful and deliberate review, today NOAA[Read More…]
Nanotechnology Could Help Fight Diabetes
Injectable nanogel can monitor blood-sugar levels and secrete insulin when needed. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2013. Injectable nanoparticles developed at MIT may someday eliminate the need for patients with Type 1 diabetes to constantly monitor their blood-sugar levels and inject themselves with insulin. The nanoparticles were designed to sense glucose levels[Read More…]
First, Carbon Footprints… Now You Can Calculate Your ‘Nitrogen Footprint’
UK–(ENEWSPF)–16 May 2013. Researchers have calculated that beef generates about twice as much nitrogen as pork, and almost three times as much as chicken or fish. Scientists at Lancaster, Virginia and Oxford universities have produced a web-based tool that allows anyone living in the UK to see their own ‘nitrogen[Read More…]
FTC Testifies on Fraud Against Older Americans
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2013. The Federal Trade Commission testified before a U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce subcommittee about consumer protection issues facing older Americans, including the agency’s efforts to combat fraud and its education and outreach efforts to help seniors protect themselves. Testifying on behalf of the Commission,[Read More…]
Corporate Campaign Cash Stacks Courts Against Injured Consumers and Workers in Favor of Big Business
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2013. A new study released yesterday by the Center for American Progress finds that as corporate campaign cash floods judicial elections around the country, individuals who have been injured or wronged by the mistakes of corporations, such as a negligent hospital, an unsafe employer, or a callous[Read More…]
