National Actions Begin with California Strikes Tuesday Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2014. Registered nurses from California to Maine will hold strikes, picketing, and other actions Wednesday, November 12 in 16 U.S. states and the District of Columbia – with possible support actions globally – as National Nurses United, the largest[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Space Station Crew Returns to Earth, Lands Safely in Kazakhstan
European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst (left), Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev (center) and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman pose for a portrait in the Harmony node of the International Space Station. The three crew members of Expedition 41 returned to Earth at 10:58 p.m. EDT Sunday, Nov. 9. Image Credit: NASA[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Park District Cut Ribbon On Boat House At River Park, Announce Fourth New Boat House On South Side
Mayor Emanuel attends River Park boat house ribbon cutting. Photo Credit: Brooke Collins//City of Chicago CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—November 10, 2014. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Alderman Deb Mell, Alderman Patrick O’Connor, Chicago Park District General Superintendent Michael P. Kelly, the Chicago rowing community and members of North and South Side neighborhoods yesterday celebrated[Read More…]
Poorly Tested Gene Silencing Technology to Enter Food Supply with Simplot Potato
A New Form of Genetic Engineering will soon be sold to unsuspecting consumers Washington, DC)–(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2014. Center for Food Safety (CFS) is warning consumers about a new genetically engineered (GE) potato that may soon enter the food supply. Because GE foods are not required to be labeled, the new[Read More…]
NYPD Poised to Stop Wasteful Low-Level Marijuana Possession Arrests; Individuals Would Instead be Ticketed and Ordered to Court
Announcement Follows Two Recent Developments: A Report Showing NYPD Is Making More Discriminatory Marijuana Possession Arrests Under de Blasio/Bratton than Bloomberg/Kelly and a Federal Court Ruling Allowing Stop and Frisk Remedies to Proceed in NYC NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—November 10, 2014. An article on the front page of today’s New York Times[Read More…]
Congresswoman Duckworth Announces HHS Grant for American Academy of Pediatrics in Elk Grove Village
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2014. Today, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) announced that the Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a grant to the American Academy of Pediatrics in Elk Grove Village in the amount of $34,977. This grant will be used to support evidence-based childhood obesity treatment and improve[Read More…]
Data Reveals More Evidence of Uneven Recovery for Cook County’s Housing Markets
Since 2009, lending to multifamily rental buildings in Cook County’s low- and moderate-income neighborhoods has significantly lagged behind lending to the county’s middle- and upper-income areas, which have seen dramatic increases in multifamily lending during the same period, according to a report released Nov. 10 by the Institute for Housing[Read More…]
GAO Report Sounds Alarm Again on Poor Pesticide Controls
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2014. According to a new Government Accountability (GAO) report, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not test food for several commonly used pesticides with established tolerance levels –including glyphosate, one of the most commonly used pesticides in the U.S. This and other disturbing findings documented[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Trans-Pacific Trade Leaders Fail to Reach a Deal on TPP
Another Missed Deadline Evidence of Big Divides Between Countries WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2014. Today, a meeting between trade ministers from the U.S. and the 11 other governments negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership in Beijing, China resulted in no agreement on the contentious trade pact. In response, Ilana Solomon, Director[Read More…]
Conservation Groups File Lawsuit to Protect Struggling Walruses from Arctic Drilling
Coalition challenges U.S. Fish and Wildlife rule allowing oil industry to harm mammals in the Chukchi Sea Walrus female and pup on an ice floe in the Chukchi Sea. Sarah Sonsthagen / U.S. Geological Survey Anchorage, AK —(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2014. A coalition of conservation organizations filed a lawsuit against the[Read More…]
