WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2014. One year ago federal agencies launched an investigation into Lumber Liquidators, the top-selling flooring retailer in America, for allegedly importing illegally sourced wood products from the Russian Far East. Now, more than 100,000 Sierra Club supporters are calling on the Obama administration to fully enforce the[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Statement of US Labor Secretary Perez on September 2014 Employment Numbers
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2014. U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the September 2014 Employment Situation report released today: “The nation’s economic recovery continued in September with the addition of 248,000 new jobs. It was the 55th consecutive month of private-sector job creation, during which[Read More…]
Court Strikes Down Environmental Review of Controversial Kern Water Bank
California Officials Failed to Consider Environmental Impacts of Bank Operation SACRAMENTO, Calif.–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2014. A California judge has struck down the environmental review of the Kern Water Bank, saying state regulators didn’t do enough in 2010 to examine how its operation effects the state’s water resources and wildlife. The ruling[Read More…]
Fifth Circuit Deals Blow to Texas Women; Only 7 Health Centers to Remain Open for Entire State
AUSTIN–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2014. The U.S Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has allowed a law to take effect that imposes medically unnecessary and prohibitively costly requirements on women’s health centers and will force them to close. This law will leave only seven women’s health centers for the state’s[Read More…]
CryoSat Unveils Secrets of the Deep
Gravity reveals seafloor EU–(ENEWSPF)–3 October 2014. ESA’s ice mission has been used to create a new gravity map, exposing thousands of previously unchartered ‘seamounts’, ridges and deep ocean structures. This vivid new picture of the least-explored part of the ocean offers fresh clues about how continents form and breakup. Carrying[Read More…]
NASA Selects Nine Space Radiobiology Research Proposals
NASA’s space radiobiology research aims to mitigate the harmful effects of the space radiation environment on astronaut health outside of the relative protection of the Van Allen belts (pictured in blue). Image Credit: NASA/SOHO Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2014. NASA’s Human Research Program will fund nine proposals for ground-based research that[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel and Chancellor Hyman Announce Chicago Star Scholarship for Chicago Public High School Students
CPS Students Have the Opportunity to Earn an Associate Degree with No Out of Pocket Costs CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) Chancellor Cheryl Hyman announced the Chicago Star Scholarship that will help ensure more Chicago Public High School students are able to pursue[Read More…]
Chicago Man Honored as Illinois Veteran of the Month
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2014. Jaime P. Pesongco, as a young man in the Philippines joined U.S. Armed Forces in the Far East (USAFFE) in the initial days of the United States’ involvement in World War II. Once Imperial Japanese troops had overrun the Allied forces in the Philippines in 1942, he[Read More…]
Colombian Traffickers Plead Guilty to International Maritime Drug Trafficking Conspiracy
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2014. Three Colombian citizens pleaded guilty today for conspiring to transport more than 1,000 kilograms of cocaine on board “go-fast boats” from the north coast of Colombia into international waters on vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of[Read More…]
Department of Justice Will Not Challenge Proposed Cyber Intelligence Data-Sharing Platform
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2014. The Department of Justice announced today that it will not challenge a proposal by CyberPoint International LLC to offer a cyber intelligence data-sharing platform known as TruSTAR. The TruSTAR platform allows members to share threat and incident data along with attack information and develop remediation solutions[Read More…]
