CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2011. Over the next two decades, the U.S. electric grid will face unprecedented technological challenges stemming from the growth of distributed and intermittent new energy sources such as solar and wind power, as well as an expected influx of electric and hybrid vehicles that require frequent recharging.[Read More…]
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State of IL Reminding Residents of Medicare Open-Enrollment Period Ending Dec 7
Senior Health Insurance (SHIP) Counselors Available to Assist Seniors, People with Disabilities with Prescription Drug and Medicare Advantage Options, Enrollment Process SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2011. The Illinois Department of Insurance is reminding seniors, people with disabilities and caregivers that the open-enrollment period to review and change Medicare insurance benefits will end[Read More…]
Six Largest Pesticide Manufacturers Stand Trial at International People’s Court
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2011. On December 3, the 27th anniversary of the Bhopal pesticide plant disaster in Bhopal, India, a trial began in an international people’s court in India involving the world’s six largest pesticide companies: Monsanto, Syngenta, Bayer, BASF, Dow and Dupont. These companies, collectively known as the “Big[Read More…]
National Influenza Vaccination Week – Give the Gift of Health for the Holidays
It is not too late to vaccinate SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2011. To help stay healthy during the holidays and all year, give the gift of health by getting an influenza vaccination to not only protect you, but others as well. National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW), December 4-10, 2011, is a national[Read More…]
NCI Launches Smoking Cessation Support for Teens
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2011. A new effort to help teens quit smoking will use one of today’s teen’s most constant companions — the mobile phone. Developed by smoking cessation experts, SmokefreeTXT is a free text message cessation service that provides 24/7 encouragement, advice, and tips to teens trying to quit[Read More…]
UN Official Underlines Link Between Food Security and Climate Change
South Africa–(ENEWSPF)–2 December 2011. Playing a ball game at the IFAD booth at the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa Ensuring global food security while striving to save the Planet from damage are the greatest challenges of this century, a senior United Nations official said today, stressing the[Read More…]
Presidential Proclamation — International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2011. On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we recommit to ensuring people living with disabilities enjoy full equality and unhindered participation in all facets of our national life. We recognize the myriad contributions that persons with disabilities make at home and abroad, and we remember that[Read More…]
At African AIDS Conference, Doctors Without Borders Calls For Increased Funding for HIV Treatment
NAIROBI/ADDIS ABABA–(ENEWSPF)–Dec. 2, 2011 – As Africa’s AIDS Conference convenes in Addis Ababa, efforts to combat HIV in sub-Saharan Africa are under serious threat because of a massive funding crisis at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières[Read More…]
Energy Department Announces Technical Assistance Opportunity for Tribal Clean Energy Deployment
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2011. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched today the Strategic Technical Assistance Response Team (START) initiative aimed at advancing clean energy generation in Indian Country and providing federally recognized Native American and Alaska Native governments with technical assistance to accelerate clean energy project deployment. This effort[Read More…]
Judge Orders State and Regional Air Agencies to Regulate Climate Change Pollution from Big Oil
Challenge to reduce dangerous greenhouse gas emissions from WA oil refineries advances Seattle, WA–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2011. A federal judge today ruled that the Washington Department of Ecology, Northwest Clean Air Agency, and Puget Sound Clean Air Agency have unlawfully failed to regulate climate change pollution from the five oil refineries operating[Read More…]
