Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 4, 2014. Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Recall date: September 03, 2014 Recall number: 14-267 Recalled probes have only two crimps where connected to the braided cable. Recall Summary Name[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
BP Found Grossly Negligent in Ruling on Deepwater Horizon Disaster, Audubon Statement
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 4, 2014. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier today found BP grossly negligent for its role in the 2010 oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The National Audubon Society issued the following statement: “This means that BP will finally be forced to pay what it owes to fix[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Analysis Shows Executive Action on Immigration Will Boost Tax Revenue
Quantifies Payroll Tax Gains as Workers Come Out of Shadows Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 4, 2014. A new report released today by the Center for American Progress finds that a deferred action program that allows undocumented immigrants who have lived in the United States for at least five years to apply for[Read More…]
Canadian Beekeepers File Class Action Lawsuit Against Makers of Neonicotinoids
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 4, 2014.l Beekeepers in Ontario, Canada are tired of losing bees and have decided to take matters into their own hands by filing a class action lawsuit against two makers of neonicotinoids. According to The Globe and Mail, the lawsuit alleges that Syngenta and Bayer CropScience were negligent[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending August 30, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 4, 2014. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending August 30, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 302,000, an increase of 4,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 298,000. The 4-week moving average was 302,750, an increase of 3,000 from the previous week’s unrevised[Read More…]
Federal Court Restores Cuts to Early Voting in Ohio in Time for Midterm Election
ACLU is Challenging the Cuts, Calls Ruling Huge Victory COLUMBUS, Ohio–(ENEWSPF)–September 4, 2014. A federal judge today ruled that cuts to early voting in Ohio must be restored in time for the November election. The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging a state law and directives that have dramatically slashed[Read More…]
Project LIBERTY Biorefinery Starts Cellulosic Ethanol Production
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—September 3, 2014. Project LIBERTY, the nation’s first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant to use corn waste as a feedstock, announced the start of production today. Once operating at full, commercial-scale, the biorefinery in Emmetsburg, Iowa will produce 25 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year – enough to avoid approximately[Read More…]
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Provides Funding to Target Harmful Algal Blooms in Lake Erie
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—September 3, 2014. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy today announced that the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) will provide almost $12 million to federal and state agencies to protect public health by targeting harmful algal blooms (HABs) in western Lake Erie. The funding builds upon the GLRI’s on-going[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Urges Home Depot Customers to Take Caution, Report Unauthorized Charges
Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—September 3, 2014. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today warned consumers to be on the lookout for unauthorized charges as Home Depot investigates a possible data breach affecting stores nationwide. Madigan also said her office is looking into the possible breach of customers’ personal financial information. “Consumers who have shopped at[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Announces Federal Disaster Declaration for Six Eastern Illinois Counties
Vermilion, Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Ford and Iroquois Counties Eligible for Federal Aid After May Hail Storm Destroyed Strawberry Crop CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 4, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn today announced that United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has declared six eastern Illinois counties as federal disaster areas following a May 21 hailstorm[Read More…]
