Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 26, 2013. SUMMARY: Nissan North America Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2013 NV200 vehicles manufactured February 6, 2013, through August 2, 2013. Due to the routing of the wiring harness that connects the fusible link to the battery fuse terminal, the wiring harness may wear through[Read More…]
Year: 2013
LIUNA General President Terry O’Sullivan: We Neglect Infrastructure at Our Own Risk
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 26, 2013. Laborers’ International Union of North America General President Terry O’Sullivan published the following op-ed in The Record: THIS WEEK marks the 81st anniversary of the opening of the Pulaski Skyway Bridge – a milestone for what was once a modern span supporting commuters, freight and commerce. While the[Read More…]
Two I Works Billing Scheme Marketers Agree to Settle FTC Charges
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 26, 2013. Two key players in the I Works scheme that allegedly took more than $275 million from consumers via deceptive “trial” memberships for bogus government-grant and money-making schemes have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they violated federal law. Bryce Payne and Kevin Pilon, along[Read More…]
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Fraud Task Force Shuts Down Five Companies in One Week
Investigators suspend web of related movers in Florida and South Carolina WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 26, 2013. The Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced today that its Moving Fraud Task Force has shut down five household goods moving companies in Florida, South Carolina and Maryland for holding customer shipments[Read More…]
Center for American Progress’ Donna Barry on SCOTUS Decision to Review Contraceptive Coverage Mandate
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 26, 2013. Today, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will review two lower court cases related to the contraceptive coverage benefit in the Affordable Care Act. In response to the court’s decision to review the cases, Donna Barry, Director of the Women’s Health and Rights Program at the Center for American Progress,[Read More…]
Sequestering Opportunities for American Indians and Alaska Natives
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 26, 2013. The month of November marks not only the Thanksgiving holiday but also Native American Heritage Month. While it marks a time to celebrate the important role that American Indians and Alaska Natives have played in our nation’s history, it also provides a unique opportunity to evaluate whether the[Read More…]
One Simple Fix Would Dramatically Reduce the Sequester
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 26, 2013. Today, the Center for American Progress released a new report urging Congress to reduce the sequester by using the revenue savings from the fiscal cliff deal passed at the end of 2012. The benefits of applying the fiscal cliff ’s deficit reduction to the sequester would[Read More…]
Close Results on GE Labeling in Washington State Raises Public Awareness of the Trouble with Modified Crops
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 25, 2013. With nearly all the votes counted for Washington State’s Initiative 522, results show the measure defeated by a razor thin margin. After somber reports on Election Day had the measure trailing by 11%, supporters of I-522 urged patience as ballots continued to stream in (Washington runs[Read More…]
ARPA-E Announces $30 Million for Distributed Generation Technologies
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 26, 2013. Yesterday, the Department of Energy announced up to $30 million in Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) funding for a new program focused on the development of transformational electrochemical technologies to enable low-cost distributed power generation. ARPA-E’s Reliable Electricity Based on ELectrochemical Systems (REBELS) program will[Read More…]
Supreme Court Accepts Challenge to Contraception Coverage Rule
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 26, 2013. The U.S. Supreme Court announced today that it will hear a challenge from an Oklahoma-based craft supply chain and a Pennsylvania furniture-making company to a federal law that requires employers to provide coverage for contraception in their employee health plans. The case the court accepted is one[Read More…]
