Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014. Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Recall date: April 30, 2014 Recall number: 14-166 Home Heating and Cooling Thermostats Recall Summary Name of product: Home Heating and Cooling Thermostats Hazard: [Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
NOAA-led Researchers Discover Ocean Acidity is Dissolving Shells of Tiny Snails Off the U.S. West Coast
Bongo nets are deployed up to 200 meters deep to catch marine snails (pteropods), which are indicators of the progress of ocean acidification. The pteropod samples were collected during the U.S. West Coast survey cruises in 2011 and 2013. (Credit: NOAA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014. A NOAA-led research team has[Read More…]
Shareholders and Activists Protest Duke Energy’s Political Spending, Environmental Record, at Annual Shareholder Meeting
CHARLOTTE, N.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014. A coalition of reform, environmental, faith and social justice groups rallied outside Duke Energy’s annual shareholder meeting today and called on the company to more fully disclose its political spending. Duke’s political spending, including more than $1.1 million spent in support of North Carolina Gov. Pat[Read More…]
Organic Food Consumption Leads to Dramatically Lower Pesticide Exposure
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)-May 1, 2014. A recent study, Reduction in urinary organophosphate pesticide metabolites in adults after a week-long organic diet, led by Liza Oates found lower trances of organophosphate metabolites in consumers that ate organic food for a week compared to those who ate a conventional diet. The study adds to[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending April 26, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 1, 2014. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending April 26, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 344,000, an increase of 14,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up by 1,000 from 329,000 to 330,000. The 4-week moving average[Read More…]
ACLU Files Federal Lawsuit Challenging Ohio’s Latest Attempts to Slash Early Voting Opportunities
Cuts by Ohio Legislature and Secretary of State Eliminate Opportunities Used by More than 157,000 Voters in 2012 COLUMBUS, Ohio–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) today filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to strike down a new state law and a directive from Ohio Secretary of[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, April 30, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2014 – 1:20 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: I have one brief announcement, which is that as part of the United States’ ongoing consultation with our allies, President Obama will travel to Poland, Belgium and France in June of this year. While in Warsaw, the President will hold[Read More…]
Bacai Inc. Issues Voluntary Worldwide Recall of LiteFit USA
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2014. Bacai is voluntarily recalling 13165 lot (lot number is found next to the expiration date) of LiteFit USA, to the retail and consumer level. This product is used as an herbal diet supplement and is packaged in plastic bottles of 30 softgels. Sample analysis by[Read More…]
DOD Identifies Two Army Casualties, April 30, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 30, 2014. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Pfc. Christian J. Chandler, 20, of Trenton, Texas, died April 28 in Baraki Barak District, Logar province, Afghanistan, when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire. He[Read More…]
Chicago Man Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison for Threatening Police Officers and Others Before and After 2008 Cougar Killing
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2014. A Chicago man was sentenced today to more than two years in federal prison for mailing more than 90 threatening and/or harassing letters to Chicago police officers, other government and law enforcement officials, private individuals, schools, and religious institutions in the Chicago area between November 2003 and[Read More…]
