Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 23, 2014. The Unitarian Universalist Community Church (UUCC), 70 Sycamore Drive, Park Forest, will host a screening of the documentary film ‘United States of ALEC’ on Friday, June 27 beginning at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Journalist Bill Moyers looks at the[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Global Day of Action on June 26: More than Eighty Cities Protest the Drug War
Citizens Take to the Streets on June 26 to Protest Current Drug Policies and to Call for an End to the Senseless Criminalization of Drug Users; NY Event at United Nations Headquarters at 2 p.m. NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2014—Thousands of activists will take to the streets in more than 80[Read More…]
‘Food Origins, Good Decisions, Good Health’ Free Community Event on June 29
PEOTONE—(ENEWSPF)—June 23, 2014. Please join our grassroots group for a free community event, ‘Food Origins, Good Decisions, Good Health’ on Sunday June 29 beginning at 2:30 p.m. at the Peotone Park District Fieldhouse, 10 Blue Devil Drive. The P.E.T.A. documentary ‘Meet your Meat’ will be screened followed by a discussion[Read More…]
U.S. Conference of Mayors Calls on U.S. Supreme Court to Promptly Rule in Favor of Marriage
New York–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2014. At its annual meeting today in Dallas, the U.S. Conference of Mayors overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling on federal courts, including the Supreme Court, to expeditiously bring an end to marriage discrimination against gay couples nationwide. Mayors from states that still ban marriage for same-sex couples,[Read More…]
Million Hearts and Eating-Well Magazine Launch Heart-healthy Nutrition Resource
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2014. The Million Hearts initiative announces the launch of a new Healthy Eating and Lifestyle Resource Center, developed in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Eating-Well magazine. The resource center features lower-sodium, heart-healthy recipes and family-friendly meal plans, with an emphasis on managing[Read More…]
Al-Aulaqi Case Attorney Responds to DOJ Drone Kill Memo
“Program built on gross distortions of law” New York–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2014. Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) released the following statement by Senior Attorney Pardiss Kebriaei in response to the release of the Department of Justice memo outlining the Obama administration’s legal justification for the drone killing of U.S.[Read More…]
NRDC Poll: Latinos Want the Government to Protect Water From Pollution
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2014— As Senate Republicans try to kill recent steps by the Environmental Protection Agency to protect water supplies, a new poll finds that Latinos in four states overwhelmingly want the federal government to keep our water safe and clean. The survey of Latinos in Colorado, Florida, Illinois and[Read More…]
Supreme Court Reaffirms EPA Authority to Curb Power Plant Carbon Pollution
Clean Air Act Ruling Buttresses President’s Climate Action Plan WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2014 — Building on two prior decisions affirming the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to set carbon pollution standards like those recently proposed for power plants, the Supreme Court today upheld the core of EPA’s associated permitting requirements for new[Read More…]
Removal of Syria’s Chemical Weapons Material Complete, Announces OPCW-UN Mission
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–23 June 2014 – The Joint Mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations (OPCW-UN) announced today that the removal of Syria’s chemical weapons material is now complete. The removal of the most critical material for destruction began in early January, in line[Read More…]
Statement by American Honda Regarding Front Airbag Inflator Market Actions, June 23, 2014
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2014. Honda will voluntarily recall certain vehicles in the United States in three separate market actions to replace one or both front driver’s and passenger’s airbag inflators, free of charge. Two of the market actions are specific to states and U.S. territories with high absolute humidity. It is[Read More…]
