Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 31, 2014. While the vast majority of federal contractors play by the rules, every year tens of thousands of American workers are denied overtime wages, not hired or paid fairly because of their gender or age, or have their health and safety put at risk by corporations contracting[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Suzuki Recall of Certain Model Year 2004 – 2006 Verona Vehicles
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 31, 2014. SUMMARY: Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. (Suzuki) is recalling certain model year 2004-2006 Verona vehicles manufactured June 2003 to October 2005. In the affected vehicles, there may be heat generated within the DRL module located in the instrument panel, which could melt the DRL module. CONSEQUENCE:[Read More…]
Hubble Shows Farthest Lensing Galaxy Yields Clues to Early Universe
The farthest cosmic lens yet found, a massive elliptical galaxy, is shown in the inset image at left. The galaxy existed 9.6 billion years ago and belongs to the galaxy cluster, IRC 0218.Image Credit: NASA and ESA Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 31, 2014. Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have unexpectedly discovered[Read More…]
NASA Announces Mars 2020 Rover Payload to Explore the Red Planet as Never Before
Image Credit: NASA Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 31, 2014. The next rover NASA will send to Mars in 2020 will carry seven carefully-selected instruments to conduct unprecedented science and exploration technology investigations on the Red Planet. NASA announced the selected Mars 2020 rover instruments Thursday at the agency’s headquarters in Washington. Managers[Read More…]
80 Organizations Come Together To Highlight Plight of The Drug War’s Youngest Victims At Home and Abroad — Protect the Kids: End the Drug War
Broad Coalition Comprised of Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Immigration, Racial Justice, Human Rights Organizations NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—July 31, 2014. A diverse coalition of more than 80 civil rights, immigration, criminal justice, racial justice, human rights, libertarian and religious organizations are joined by notable figures such as Michelle Alexander in calling for[Read More…]
U.S. Department of Transportation Issues New Standards to Improve Safety of Lithium Battery Transportation
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 31, 2014. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today issued new standards to strengthen safety conditions for the shipment of lithium cells and batteries. These changes, some of which focus specifically on shipments by air, will better ensure that lithium cells and batteries are able to withstand normal transportation[Read More…]
FTC Obtains $26.9 Million Judgment Against Work-at-Home Scammer Who Tried to Hide His Assets from 2010 Court Judgment
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 31, 2014. At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court has imposed a $26.9 million judgment against the operator of a phony work-at home scheme who lied about his financial assets in an effort to hide them from the FTC when he agreed to settle with the[Read More…]
Environmental, Landowner and Consumer Groups Ask State Department to Revise its Market Analysis of the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
Groups demand pipeline decision include new evidence WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 31, 2014. Today, 12 environmental, landowner and consumer organizations asked the State Department to consider recent developments that highlight Keystone XL’s critical role in enabling tar sands expansion in its Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement. In their letter, the groups argue that[Read More…]
Report Highlights the Importance of Kurdish Political Groups in Combating Threats Including ISIS
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 31, 2014. As centralized political power continues to erode in Iraq and Syria amid ongoing civil war and the rise of violent jihadi groups such as the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, or ISIS, the influence of Kurdish political and military actors in Turkey, Iraq, and Syria[Read More…]
New Report Unpacks Obstacles Facing Military Servicewomen to Accessing Reproductive and Sexual Health Care
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 302, 2014. A new report out today from the Center for American Progress examines the obstacles women in the military face to accessing reproductive and sexual health care. The report’s findings make the case for why newly introduced legislation that would improve access to contraception for women who[Read More…]
