Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 4, 2013. SUMMARY: Hyundai Motor Company is recalling certain model year 2011-2013 Elantra vehicles manufactured from November 12, 2010, through March 05, 2013. A support bracket attached to the headliner may become displaced during a side curtain airbag deployment. CONSEQUENCE: If the headliner support bracket makes contact with[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Kia Recall of Certain Model Year Rondo, Sportage, Sorento, Soul and Optima Vehicles
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 4, 2013. SUMMARY: Kia Motors Corporation (Kia) is recalling certain model year 2007-2010 Rondo and Sportage, model year 2007-2011 Sorento, model year 2007 Sedona, model year 2010-2011 Soul, and model year 2011 Optima vehicles. The stop lamp switch in the affected vehicles may malfunction. A malfunctioning stop lamp[Read More…]
Hyundai Recall of Certain Model Year Accent, Tucson, Elantra, Santa Fe, Veracruz, Genesis Coupe and Sonata Vehicles
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 4, 2013. SUMMARY: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai) is recalling certain model year 2007-2009 Accent and Tucson, model year 2007-2010 Elantra, model year 2007-2011 Santa Fe, model year 2008-2009 Veracruz, model year 2010-2011 Genesis Coupe, and model year 2011 Sonata vehicles. The stop lamp switch in the affected vehicles[Read More…]
Mitsubishi Recall of Certain Model Year 2013 Outlander Sport Vehicles
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 4, 2013. SUMMARY: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (Mitsubishi) is recalling certain model year 2013 Outlander Sport vehicles manufactured June 11, 2012, through September 11, 2012. These vehicles fail to conform to the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 108, “Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated[Read More…]
Mitsubishi Recall of Certain Model Year 2013 Outlander Sport AWD Vehicles
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 4, 2013. SUMMARY: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (Mitsubishi) is recalling certain model year 2013 Outlander Sport AWD vehicles manufactured June 11, 2012, through December 11, 2012. These vehicles may have been built without a fuel sending unit harness for the sub-sending unit. This may result in a[Read More…]
Thin, Low Arctic Clouds Played an Important Role in the Massive 2012 Greenland Ice Melt
New study shows clouds will be important in region’s future The ICECAPS Mobile Science Facility at Summit Station against a backdrop of Arctic clouds. ICECAPS is short for Integrated Characterization of Energy, Clouds, Atmospheric state and Precipitation. Download here (Credit: CIRES/University of Colorado ) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 4, 2013. Clouds over[Read More…]
A Warming World Will Further Intensify Extreme Precipitation Events
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 4, 2013. Heavy precipitation. According to a newly-published NOAA-led study in Geophysical Research Letters, as the globe warms from rising atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, more moisture in a warmer atmosphere will make the most extreme precipitation events more intense. The study, conducted by a team of[Read More…]
Hubble Breaks Record in Search for Farthest Supernova
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 4, 2013. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has found the farthest supernova so far of the type used to measure cosmic distances. Supernova UDS10Wil, nicknamed SN Wilson after American President Woodrow Wilson, exploded more than 10 billion years ago. SN Wilson belongs to a special class called Type Ia supernovae.[Read More…]
Living in a Material World
Report finds materials manufacturers will likely be unable to meet targets for carbon-emissions reductions by 2050. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–April 4, 2013. A new report by researchers at MIT and elsewhere finds that the global manufacturing sector has made great strides in energy efficiency: The manufacturing of materials such as steel, cement,[Read More…]
Report of the Campaign Practices Committee of the Committee for Non-Partisan Local Government in Park Forest Regarding Campaign Flyer that Violates NPC Rules
Candidates Deny Involvement Update April 5 at bottom of article. Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–April 4, 2013. In order to participate in candidate forums sponsored by the Committee for Non-Partisan Local Government in Park Forest, Village and Library Trustee candidates in Park Forest sign a statement that they will conduct their campaign[Read More…]
