New Delhi –(ENEWSPF)–25 August 2014 – Mr. Suresh P. Prabhu, head of the Advisory Group for Integrated Development of Power, Coal and Renewable Energy, and former Union Minister, released a series of reports on Renewable Energy Jobs and Finance published by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Council[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Diablo Canyon: Secret Document Details Federal Safety Inspector’s Alarm Over Plant’s Vulnerability to Earthquakes
Agency expert says reactors must be shut until proven safe WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—August 25, 2014. In an explosive document kept secret for a year, a former federal inspector charges that the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in California is more vulnerable to earthquakes than initially known and should be shut[Read More…]
Rosetta: Landing Site Search Narrows
Philae candidate landing sites EU–(ENEWSPF)–25 August 2014. Using detailed information collected by ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft during its first two weeks at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, five locations have been identified as candidate sites to set down the Philae lander in November – the first time a landing on a comet has ever[Read More…]
Iraqi Civilians Suffering ‘Horrific’ Persecution, Ethnic Cleansing – UN Rights Chief
GENEVA—(ENEWSPF)–25 August 2014 – The United Nations human rights chief today condemned the appalling and horrific crimes against humanity being committed daily in Iraq by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and associated armed groups. “[ISIL] is systematically targeting men, women and children based on their ethnic,[Read More…]
Vikings Add $46 Million to Stadium Budget but $0 for Bird-Safe Glass
Birds Left Out in the Cold in ‘Slap in the Face’ to 73,000 Petition Signers MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.—(ENEWSPF)—August 25, 2014. At Friday’s Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority (MSFA) board meeting, it was announced that the Minnesota Vikings would contribute an additional $46 million to the construction of the new Vikings Stadium. This[Read More…]
New CAP Report Explores Changing the Economics of Communities of Color and Improving Social Security’s Long-Term Outlook
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2014. A new report released today by the Center for American Progress highlights the value of improving Social Security’s long-term finances while lowering unemployment, raising earnings, reducing disability incidences, and cutting premature mortality risks in communities of color. It is undeniable that the rate at which communities[Read More…]
California Passes Bill That Mandates Response to Bee Crisis, but Delays Action until 2020
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2014. In a blow to the adoption of urgently needed protections for pollinators, the California State Senate voted 35-1, after an earlier Assembly vote of 75-0, to delay a requirement for action on bee-harming neonicotinoid (neonic) pesticides until 2020. While advocates want mandates for regulatory action to protect bees,[Read More…]
ACLU and News Organizations Sue Over Closed Blinds During Botched Lockett Execution
Lawsuit Seeks Uncensored Access to Executions, Citing First Amendment Press Freedom OKLAHOMA CITY –(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2014. The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Oklahoma, and two newspapers filed a federal lawsuit today seeking to stop Oklahoma prison officials from selectively filtering what journalists can see during an execution. The[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Investigating Immigrant Worker Abuse at Chinese Buffet Restaurants in Illinois
Attorney General & Illinois Department of Labor Issue Subpoenas, Urge Immigrant Workers to Report Discrimination, Wage Violations Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—August 25, 2014. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced a joint investigation by her office and the Illinois Department of Labor into wage violations and discriminatory practices against immigrant workers employed at Chinese[Read More…]
Attorneys General Zoeller, Madigan Team Up to End Youth Smoking
INDIANAPOLIS–(ENEWSPF)—August 24, 2014. Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan are teaming up to help end youth smoking, as part of a bold new national youth smoking prevention effort. The two leaders are working with Legacy®, the public health foundation that works to prevent youth smoking[Read More…]
