Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 19, 2015. The Unitarian Universalist Community Church (UUCC), 70 Sycamore Drive, Park Forest, will screen the documentary film ‘Cowspiracy: the Sustainability Secret’ on Friday, April 24 at 7 p.m. A lively discussion will follow the film screening. ‘Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret’ follows intrepid filmmaker Kip Andersen as he[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Hydrant Flushing Begins in Park Forest on April 20, New Map Tracks Progress
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 19, 2015. Hydrant flushing begins in Park Forest on April 20 and will continue through Memorial Day. Flushing begins at 9 a.m., on weekdays only. No flushing will take place on weekends. Hydrants are flushed to remove rust and sediment from the water system. During hydrant flushing,[Read More…]
‘Make Global Goals a Global Reality’: UN Chief Urges Climate Action at Earth Day Concert
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon greets the crowd at the 2015 Global Citizen Earth Day Concert in Washington, D.C. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–19 April 2015 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has declared 2015 a year for global action on climate, gender and development issues, warning revellers attending the 2015[Read More…]
In Washington, UN Chief Urges Finance Leaders to ‘Plant Seeds’ of Post-2015 Agenda
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks at the International Monetary and Finance Committee Meeting in Washington, D.C. April 2015. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–18 April 2015 – Financing will be key for the creation and unveiling of an ambitious post-2015 development agenda, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared today, as he stressed[Read More…]
Afghanistan: Senior UN Official Condemns ‘Brutal’ Suicide Attack in Jalalabad
Ivan Šimonović, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–18 April 2015 – United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ivan Šimonoviæ, has strongly condemned the “brutal” suicide attack that reportedly killed at least 35 people and injured more than 100 others in the Afghan city of Jalalabad earlier[Read More…]
BMW Recalls 91,800 Mini Coopers and Cooper S Vehicles, April 18, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 18, 2015 SUMMARY: BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain model year 2005-2006 MINI Cooper and Cooper S vehicles manufactured January 5, 2005, to November 28, 2006, and 2005-2008 MINI Cooper Convertible and Cooper S Convertible vehicles manufactured January 5, 2005, to July 31, 2008. Due[Read More…]
White House Weekly Address: Climate Change Can No Longer Be Ignored
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2015. Hi everybody. Wednesday is Earth Day, a day to appreciate and protect this precious planet we call home. And today, there’s no greater threat to our planet than climate change. 2014 was the planet’s warmest year on record. Fourteen of the 15 hottest years on record have all fallen[Read More…]
Farmers Mobilize around the World Against Free Trade Agreements and for Food Sovereignty
Zimbabwe, Harare–(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 2015. Today thousands of women and men farmers of the international peasant movement La Via Campesina mobilize worldwide against Transnational Corporations (TNCs) and Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) which affect peasant and small-scale agriculture and national food sovereignty. Since April 17, 1996[1] La Via Campesina celebrates this day[Read More…]
Retired Marine Charged with Murdering His Girlfriend, Dismembering Her Body, and Dumping Her Remains in the Panamanian Jungle
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 17, 2015. Brian Karl Brimager, 37, prior boyfriend of murdered Los Angeles woman Yvonne Baldelli, was indicted by a federal grand jury in San Diego, California, today on first degree murder charges. Brimager was arraigned in court on the superseding indictment and pleaded not guilty. Brimager has been[Read More…]
Four Companies and Five Individuals Indicted for Illegally Exporting Technology to Iran
Seven Foreign Nationals and Companies Placed on Department of Commerce’s Entity List Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 17, 2015. A 24-count indictment has been unsealed today charging four corporations and five individuals with facilitating the illegal export of high-tech microelectronics, uninterruptible power supplies and other commodities to Iran in violation of the International[Read More…]
