SAN FRANCISCO—(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2014. A new study says the world’s ocean is awash in 5 trillion pieces of plastic — from tiny beads and toys to shopping bags and bottles — weighing more than 250,000 tons. One of the researchers said it’s the equivalent of two-liter plastic bottles stacked end-to-end[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Statement by President Obama on One Year of Violence in South Sudan
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 12, 2014. Last December, when a political conflict erupted into violence in South Sudan, the hope and optimism the world felt with the founding of the new nation in 2011 was overtaken by images of bloodshed and grief. Instead of seeing the promise of their struggle for self-determination[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, Dec. 11, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2014 – 12:54 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. It must be so quiet in here because there’s nothing happening anywhere really. It’s a very quiet day at the White House. In the spirit of that quiet day, I don’t have any opening remarks, so, Nedra,[Read More…]
NHTSA Report: Evidence Fails To Support Proposed DUI Impairment Levels For Cannabis
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2014. Available science fails to support the imposition of driving under the influence (DUI) impairment thresholds for cannabis in a manner that is analogous to the per se limits already in place for alcohol, according to the conclusions of a November 2014 publication published by the United[Read More…]
Poll: 60 Percent Of Americans Say States, Not Feds, Ought To Decide Marijuana Question
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2014. Six out of ten voters believe that states, not the federal government, should authorize and enforce marijuana policy, according to national polling data reported this week by the Washington, DC think-tank Third Way. When presented with the option, 60 percent of respondents said that state officials[Read More…]
‘The More We Delay, the More We Will Pay,’ Says UN Secretary General Ban, Urging Action on Climate
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) samples food prepared on fuel-efficient cook stoves at the UN Climate Change Conference in Lima, Peru. Photo: UNFCCC Lima, Peru–(ENEWSPF)–11 December 2014 – The more action that is taken today on climate change, the more likely countries will push for stronger agreements tomorrow, United Nations Secretary-General[Read More…]
Senators Applaud FHFA’s Move to Fill Affordable Rental Housing Funds
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2014. After the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) took a major step toward making affordable renting housing more available to American families, U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) today applauded FHFA’s decision to end the temporary suspension[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel and Chicago Public Schools Announce $10 Million Investment in Arts Education For 2015
Creative Schools Funds Also Dedicating $1 Million to Support Arts Programs in Schools CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Board of Education President David Vitale and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett today announced a $10 million investment in Arts Education for the 2015-2016 School Year (SY 15-16) dedicated[Read More…]
New Roosevelt University Hospitality Management Graduate Starts Company in China
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2014. Chang Guan describes herself as a dreamer, the kind who marches to her own drum. That will certainly be the case for the 24-year old Chinese student as she walks across the stage of the Auditorium Theatre for her master’s degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management on[Read More…]
Department of Defense Releases Second Quarter Suicide Information, Dec. 11, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 11, 2014. Today, the Department of Defense released the quarterly suicide report (QSR) for the second quarter of calendar year 2014. The report summarizes suicide counts for all services and components during the months of April through June of this year. Counts were down in all components from[Read More…]
