Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 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: March 26, 2014 Recall number: 14-141 SATCO KolourOne Panel Array and DUOLED Light Bulbs Recall Summary Name of product: KolourOne Brand Panel[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Statement by Alan K. Cubbage, Vice President for Northwestern University Relations, in Regard to Decision by NLRB Regional Director
EVANSTON, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2014. Northwestern University is disappointed by today’s ruling by the regional director of the National Labor Relations Board finding that Northwestern University’s football players who receive grant-in-aid scholarships are employees and directing that a secret ballot election be held to determine whether the football players should be[Read More…]
National Labor Relations Board Issues Decision in Northwestern University Athletes Case
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2014. Regional Director, Peter Sung Ohr, has issued a Decision in 13-RC-121359 finding the Grant-in-aid scholarship football players are employees under the NLRA and has directed an election to take place. The parties have until April 9, 2014 to file with the Board in Washington, D.C. a[Read More…]
Large Oil Spill in Galveston Bay Threatens Tens of Thousands of Birds
Globally Important IBA Bolivar Flats Imperiled; Oiled Birds Are Already Being Found New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2014. U.S. Coast Guard/Greenpeace A barge loaded with marine fuel oil sits partially submerged in the Houston Ship Channel, March 22, 2014. The bulk carrier Summer Wind, reported a collision between the Summer Wind[Read More…]
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Spots Mars-Bound Comet Sprout Multiple Jets
The images above show — before and after filtering — comet C/2013 A1, also known as Siding Spring, as captured by Wide Field Camera 3 on NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and J.-Y. Li (Planetary Science Institute) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2014. NASA released Thursday an image of a[Read More…]
FTC Staff Comments on Illinois Senate Bill to Repeal Prohibition on Sunday Auto Sales
Staff Favors Repeal Noting It Would Enhance Competition, Benefit Consumers Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2014. Federal Trade Commission staff, in response to a request from State Senator James Oberweis, provided written comments to the Illinois State Senate on the competitive impact of repealing the state’s prohibition on the sale or long-term[Read More…]
2013 Saw Nine More Extreme Weather Events with Huge Damage, Fatalities
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2014. Today, the Center for American Progress released an analysis of the most severe domestic extreme weather events in 2013, and found that there were nine storms, floods, and wildfires that each caused at least $1 billion in damage. These nine severe events led to 114 fatalities, and[Read More…]
Conservative Governors and Legislatures Lashing out at Courts that Order Equal Funding for Education
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2014. According to a new report released today by the Center for American Progress, conservative governors and legislatures across the country are lashing out at state supreme courts that rule in favor of equal funding for education. In response to judicial rulings in favor of students, lawmakers[Read More…]
How the United States Should Proceed with Sanctions on Russia and Support for Ukraine
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2014. Today, as congressional deliberations and meetings between President Barack Obama and his counterparts in Europe lay the groundwork for a U.S. response that simultaneously imposes sanctions on Russia and provides support to Ukraine, the Center for American Progress released a set of recommendations that should be[Read More…]
Neonicotinoid Pesticides Lack Benefits, Studies Find
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2014 – A report released by Center for Food Safety (CFS) this week refutes claims that a dangerous class of insecticides, neonicotinoids, bring greater benefits than costs to farmers. In the report, Heavy Costs: Weighing the Value of Neonicotinoid Insecticides in Agriculture, researchers analyzed independent, peer-reviewed, scientific[Read More…]
