WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2016. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky and U.S. Representative Cheri Bustos (D-IL) will travel to Cuba on Sunday with President Obama. Obama will be only the second sitting U.S. President to visit Cuba after Calvin Coolidge’s visit in 1928. “I’m excited to join President[Read More…]
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Interior Department Announces Next Step in Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Planning Process for 2017-2022
Proposal for next Five-Year Program continues balanced approach to leasing; proposal protects sensitive resources, and asks for public comment on additional protections WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2016. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Abigail Ross Hopper today announced the proposal for the[Read More…]
Citizen Groups Challenge Plans to Green Light Huge Fossil Fuel Development in Powder River Basin
BLM Plans Span 10 Million Acres, 81 Billion Tons of Coal GREAT FALLS, Mont. –(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2016. A plan to keep open vast amounts of public land in Montana and Wyoming for fossil fuel development and drilling is short-sighted and fails to consider dramatic changes in energy markets that make such[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes Action to Shut Down Illegal Student Debt Relief Scheme
Student Loan Processing.US and Owner Charged Student Loan Borrowers Millions in Illegal Fees WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2016. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) requested that a federal district court enter a final judgment and order that would shut down a student debt relief scheme that charged borrowers millions[Read More…]
Yoga Classes Being Offered at Freedom Hall Beginning March 31
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 15, 2016. Registration is now being taken for a Yoga class for people who haven’t stretched in while or maybe have never stretched to help them to get more flexible and more pliable to perform everyday activities. Yoga class will be held at Freedom Hall 410 Lakewood[Read More…]
Treasury and Commerce Announce Significant Amendments to the Cuba Sanctions Regulations ahead of President Obama’s Historic Trip to Cuba
Amendments Expand the Ability of Americans to Visit Cuba, Bolster Trade and Commercial Opportunities, and Reduce Barriers to Financial Transactions by Cuban Nationals WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2016. Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security[Read More…]
NARAL on Senate Judiciary’s Hearing on Unconstitutional Abortion Ban, Continued Obstruction on SCOTUS Nominee
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2016. Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on an unconstitutional 20-week abortion ban and other plans to curtail Americans’ constitutional right to access abortion. This hearing comes days after Republican members of the Judiciary Committee reaffirmed their refusal to hold hearings or vote on any Supreme[Read More…]
New Study Demonstrates Need for Dual Use of Condoms and Birth Control for Teens
NEW YORK, NY —(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2016. A new study in JAMA Pediatrics yesterday found that teens who use long-acting reversible contraception, IUDs and implants, were 60 percent less likely to use condoms than teens who use the Pill. Statement from Leslie Kantor, PhD, MPH, Vice President of Education at Planned Parenthood Federation of America:[Read More…]
Fossil Study Shows How T. Rex Became King (Video)
The remains of a new species of dinosaur reveal how Tyrannosaurus rex became one of Earth’s top predators, a study shows. SCOTLAND–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2016. The discovery unearthed in Uzbekistan provides key insights into how a family of small-bodied dinosaurs evolved over millions of years to become fearsome giants. The study[Read More…]
Fish and Insects Guide Design for Future Contact Lenses
Contact lens design for presbyopia Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2016. Making the most of the low light in the muddy rivers where it swims, the elephant nose fish survives by being able to spot predators amongst the muck with a uniquely shaped retina, the part of the eye that captures light.[Read More…]
