Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 22, 2014. This week, the State Department released documents revealing a scheme by Canadian tar sands giant Enbridge to bypass the Presidential Permit process for expansion of its Alberta Clipper tar sands pipeline. Enbridge has applied to double the capacity of the pipeline, also known as Line 67, to put[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
WilliamsRDM Recalls StoveTop FireStop Microhood Due to Safety Hazard
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 22, 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: August 21, 2014 Recall number: 14-745 StoveTop FireStop Microhood Model 677-1 (black) Recall Summary Name of product: The StoveTop FireStop® Microhood™[Read More…]
SolarWorld Recalls Solar Systems with Copper Grounding Lugs Due to Electrocution, Electric Shock or Fire Hazard
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 22, 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: August 21, 2014 Recall number: 14-260 Improper Bare-Copper Lugs Installed on Roof Recall Summary Name of product: SolarWorld Solar Systems Hazard: SolarWorld[Read More…]
Town Bans Land Application of Sewage Sludge, or Biosolids
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 22, 2014. The Town Board in Wheatfield, New York unanimously voted last month to amend its biosolids law to ban any application of sewage sludge and other similar materials from the treatment of municipal wastewater to any land in town, even for those who already have permits from[Read More…]
Department of Defense Press Briefing by Secretary Hagel and General Dempsey, August 21, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 21, 2014. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CHUCK HAGEL: Good afternoon, everybody. As the U.S. Central Command continues to provide regular updates about our military support to Iraq and Kurdish forces, this afternoon, I want to say a few words about what this assistance has accomplished over the last two[Read More…]
California Firm Recalls Chicken Caesar Salad Kits For Possible Listeria Contamination
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–AUG. 21, 2014 – APPA Fine Foods, a Corona, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 92,657 pounds of fully cooked chicken Caesar salad kit products due to concerns about possible Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) contamination, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The salad kits were[Read More…]
Gov. Nixon Orders the Missouri National Guard to Begin Systematically Withdrawing from the City of Ferguson
St. Louis County, MO—(ENEWSPF)—August 21, 2014. Gov. Jay Nixon today ordered the Missouri National Guard to begin a systematic process of withdrawing from the City of Ferguson. The Missouri National Guard will coordinate with the Missouri State Highway Patrol in carrying out this order. “I greatly appreciate the men and[Read More…]
Federal Court Rules that Florida Ban on Marriage for Same-Sex Couples is Unconstitutional
Lawsuit filed by ACLU of Florida on behalf of 8 couples, Ft. Myers widow and SAVE challenged ban; Judge holds that ban violates due process and equal protection TALLAHASSEE, FL–(ENEWSPF)–August 21, 2014. Today, a federal district court judge in Tallahassee held that Florida’s discriminatory marriage ban cannot be enforced in[Read More…]
Record Decline of Ice Sheets: For First Time Scientists Map Elevation Changes of Greenlandic and Antarctic Glaciers
Bremerhaven–(ENEWSPF)–20th August 2014. Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), have for the first time extensively mapped Greenland’s and Antarctica’s ice sheets with the help of the ESA satellite CryoSat-2 and have thus been able to prove that the ice crusts of both[Read More…]
DoD Identifies Army Casualty, August 21, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 21, 2014. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Sgt. 1st Class Matthew I. Leggett, 39, of Ruskin, Florida, died Aug. 20, in Kabul, Afghanistan, of injuries received when he was engaged by the enemy. He was assigned[Read More…]
