Previously undisclosed documents reveal requests by several companies to obtain government approval to grow controversial salmon in U.S. facilities WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. Earthjustice, Friends of the Earth, Center for Food Safety, and Food & Water Watch will join nearly 1.5 million people who have raised vehement objections, based on[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Global Experts Agree Action Needed on Space Debris
Concept for future deorbit mission EU–(ENEWSPF)–25 April 2013. There is an urgent need to remove orbiting space debris and to fly satellites in the future without creating new fragments, Europe’s largest-ever space-debris conference announced today. The findings from the 6th European Conference on Space Debris were released during the concluding[Read More…]
Obama Administration Announces 21 Million Acre Oil and Gas Lease Sale Offshore Texas
August Auction to offer all Unleased Acreage in Western Gulf of Mexico WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to continue to expand domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Acting Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management and Bureau of Ocean[Read More…]
Sierra Club Supports Path to Citizenship for Undocumented Immigrants
San Francisco, CA –(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. Today, the Sierra Club announced its support for an equitable path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. The Sierra Club Board of Directors, made up of elected volunteer leaders, has unanimously adopted the position: Currently at least 11 million people live in in the U.S.[Read More…]
D.C.-Based Washington DC Party Shuttle/Onboard DC Tours Declared Imminent Hazard to Public Safety
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Washington, D.C.-based passenger carrier Washington DC Party Shuttle, which also does business as Onboard DC Tours, to immediately cease all operations, declaring that its drivers and vehicles pose an imminent hazard to public safety.[Read More…]
New Battery Design Could Help Solar and Wind Power the Grid
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have designed a low-cost, long-life “flow” battery that could enable solar and wind energy to become major suppliers to the electrical grid. The research, led by Yi Cui, a Stanford associate[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Awards $3.3 Million to County Recorders from Settlement with ‘Robo-Signing’ Firm
Funds Distributed From National Settlement With Lender Processing Services for Faulty Practices Against Homeowners in Foreclosure Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced the distribution of $3.3 million to Illinois county recorders from the national settlement with Lender Processing Services Inc. (LPS) that resolved allegations that the[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending April 20, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending April 20, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 339,000, a decrease of 16,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 355,000. The 4-week moving average was 357,500, a decrease of 4,500 from the previous week’s revised[Read More…]
New Report Calls Into Question the Use of Nanomaterials in Our Food Chain
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. A new report by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) finds that nanomaterials added to soil via fertilizers and treated sewage waste used to fertilize fields could threaten soil health necessary to keep land productive. The report, Nanomaterials in Soil: Our Future Food[Read More…]
Drama Group’s THE WIZ Coming to Bloom in Chicago Heights
Kyrie Courter as Dorothy. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Drama Group is excited to present our next production The Wiz. Performances will be held at the Bloom’s Workman Auditorium, in Chicago Heights on: May 3rd & 4th at 7:30pm and May 5th at 2pm. The Bloom Workman Auditorium is[Read More…]
