November 5 protest to commemorate birthday of Rekia Boyd, an unarmed bystander killed by off duty CPD officer Dante Servin in 2012. Chicago, IL—(ENEWSPF)—November 3, 2014. On Wednesday November 5, families and loved ones of people who have lost their lives at the hands of Chicago Police will rally with supporters outside[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Marathon Ventures, Inc. Announces Voluntary Recall of Raw Macadamia Nuts Due to Possible Health Risk
Bellevue, Nebraska –-(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2014. Marathon Ventures, Inc. announced today that it is voluntarily recalling various retail and bulk packages containing raw macadamia nuts as a precautionary measure because the product may be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail[Read More…]
IPCC Report is Roadmap for Collective Action to Curb Climate Change, NRDC Says
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–November 2, 2014 – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is scheduled on Sunday to release its “synthesis report” documenting the expert consensus on climate change and its growing impacts around the world. The following is a statement by Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council: “This[Read More…]
Sierra Club: IPCC Report Makes Case for Clean Energy Economy
Copenhagen, Denmark –(ENEWSPF)–November 2, 2014. Today, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) — a Nobel Peace Prize-winning organization comprised of the world’s foremost climate scientists — released the final component of its Fifth Assessment Report, the Synthesis Report. The report compiles findings on all aspects of the climate crisis,[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth, Citing IPCC Report, Calls for a New Era of Renewable Energy
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—November 2, 2014. Today, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the final report of its Fifth Assessment Report, a synthesis of three previous IPCC reports. The synthesis report summarizes findings by thousands of scientists from around the world and delineates the extent to which human-caused climate change[Read More…]
Concluding Instalment of the Fifth Assessment Report: Climate Change Threatens Irreversible and Dangerous Impacts, But Options Exist to Limit Its Effects
COPENHAGEN—(ENEWSP)–November 2, 2014. Human influence on the climate system is clear and growing, with impacts observed on all continents. If left unchecked, climate change will increase the likelihood of severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts for people and ecosystems. However, options are available to adapt to climate change and implementing stringent[Read More…]
‘Leaders Must Act,’ Urges UN Secretary General Ban, as New UN Report Warns Man’s Impact on Climate May Soon Be ‘Irreversible’
By absorbing much of the added heat trapped by atmospheric greenhouse gases, the oceans are delaying some of the impacts of climate change. Photo: WMO/Olga Khoroshunova NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–2 November 2014 – Citing “clear and growing” human influence on the climate system, a United Nations report issued today has warned that[Read More…]
White House Weekly Address: It’s Time to Help Women and Working Families
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 1, 2014. Hi, everybody. On Friday, I had a discussion with working women in Rhode Island about the economic challenges they face in their own lives — challenges shared by many of you. Thanks to the work we’ve all put in, our economy has come a long way[Read More…]
Ebola: UN Envoy Says Response Must be Sustained ‘Until Every Last Case is Contained and Treated’
Cuban health care workers receive training at a WHO-supported Ebola Treatment Unit training Centre in Liberia. Photo: WHO GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–31 October 2014 – The Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Ebola, David Nabarro, appealed today for the global response to the deadly virus to be sustained “until every last case is contained and[Read More…]
City Of Chicago Launches Capital Access Center Pilot Program To Help Small Businesses Access Loans Up To $250,000
Centers Will Connect Small Businesses to Lending Programs and Will Prepare Them to Successfully Take on Larger Loan; Builds on the Success of the City’s Microloan Program CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 31, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the City of Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP), in partnership with Accion[Read More…]
