Water flows through a series of retention ponds near the Gold King Mine in Silverton, Colorado, August 12, 2015. SOURCE: AP/Brennan Linsley Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 17, 2015. Amid growing public concern over abandoned hardrock mines and the management of resource extraction on America’s public lands, the Center for American Progress[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Roundup Damages Earthworms and Soil Biota, Contributes to Nutrient Pollution
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 17, 2015. A study published in Scientific Reports has found that glyphosate, the controversial and toxic active ingredient in Roundup, reduces activity and reproduction in two species of earthworms and increases soil nutrient concentrations to dangerous levels. Earthworms are excellent indicators of soil health, and provide vitally important ecosystem[Read More…]
U.S. to Mexico: Stop Sea Turtle Deaths or Suffer Sanctions
Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons/Brian Gratwicke. WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–August 17, 2015. The National Marine Fisheries Service, a U.S. federal agency, announced on Friday that Mexico’s fisheries are killing too many endangered loggerhead turtles. As a result the United States will levy an embargo on Mexican seafood imports if Mexico fails to tighten its[Read More…]
Rags of Honor Named As The Illinois Veteran Business Partner of the Year
Springfield –(ENEWSPF)–August 16, 2015. Rags of Honor, the Chicago-based non-profit company committed to employing improving the lives of homeless veterans, was honored as the Illinois Veteran Business Partner of the Year today as part of the Veterans Day events at the Illinois State Fair, with Governor Bruce Rauner and Illinois[Read More…]
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Statement on the Passing of Civil Rights Leader Julian Bond
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 16, 2015. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch released the following statement Sunday on the passing of civil rights leader Julian Bond: “Throughout his remarkable life, Julian Bond was a leader, a trailblazer, and an icon in this country’s enduring fight for civil rights and equal justice for all[Read More…]
In and Around Park Forest Week of August 17, 2015
“Gear of War” by artist and Purple Heart Recipient Folleh Tamba is one of works featured in Union Street Gallery’s ‘Art as Artifact’ exhibit. Source: www.unionstreetgallery.org. Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—August 17, 2015. The south suburbs has an array of many interesting art galleries. Among them is Union Street Gallery in Chicago[Read More…]
Unitarian Universalist Community Church to Screen Documentary Film ‘The House I Live In’ on August 28
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—August 15, 2015. The Unitarian Universalist Community Church (UUCC), 70 Sycamore Drive, Park Forest, will screen the documentary film ‘The House I Live In’ on Friday, August 28 at 7 p.m. A discussion will follow the film screening. For over 40 years the War on Drugs has[Read More…]
Nissan Recalls 5,458 Maxima Vehicles, Aug. 15, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 15, 2015 SUMMARY: Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2016 Nissan Maxima vehicles manufactured March 19, 2015, to June 2, 2015. In the affected vehicles, due to an improperly installed o-ring that may not have been seated correctly at the time of assembly, fuel[Read More…]
Volkswagen Recalls 420,000 Vehicles, Aug. 15, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 15, 2015 SUMMARY: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain model year 2010-2014 Volkswagen CC, Passat, and Tiguan, 2010-2013 Eos and Jetta, 2011-2014 Golf and GTI, and 2011-2013 Jetta Sportwagen vehicles. In the affected vehicles, debris may contaminate the air bag clock spring, a spiral wound,[Read More…]
White House Weekly Address: Continuing Work to Improve Community Policing
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2015 Hi everybody. It’s now been a year since the tragic death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. His death—along with the events in Cleveland, Staten Island, Baltimore, Cincinnati, and other communities—sparked protests and soul searching all across our country. Over the past year, we’ve come to[Read More…]
