Are today’s workers any safer than they were in 1989? Watch the video.

eNews Park Forest received an email from Merle Savage that included a link to the video above. In the video, she references her Web site, Silence in the Sound. Her plea is simple: give respirators to those working to clean the oil hemorrhaging from the Gulf of Mexico, because the[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2010. PAST 24 HOURS Admiral Allen Provides Operational Update on the BP Oil Spill Response National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen provided a briefing to inform the American public and answer questions on the progress of the administration-wide response to the BP oil spill. Skimming Capabilities Reach[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 1, 2010. PAST 24 HOURS The President Receives a Briefing From Senior Officials on the BP Oil Spill Response President Obama and Vice President Biden received a briefing today from National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar,[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 1, 2010.  The US Environmental Protection Agency today released peer reviewed results from the first round of its own independent toxicity testing on eight oil dispersants. EPA conducted testing to ensure that decisions about ongoing dispersant use in the Gulf of Mexico continue to be grounded in the best[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 1, 2010.  Today, the U.S. Coast Guard, with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency agreement, issued a directive to BP on how the company should manage recovered oil, contaminated materials and liquid and solid wastes recovered in cleanup operations from the BP oil spill.  The U.S. Coast Guard, along with EPA,[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 1, 2010.  NOAA ship Gordon Gunter will depart today to continue its mission to evaluate the effects of the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill on whales and dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico, including the endangered sperm whale. This project includes leading researchers from Cornell University, Oregon State University,[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 1, 2010 – 1:46 P.M. EDT MR. GIBBS:  Good afternoon.  We are lucky to be joined today by our National Incident Commander — and I’m sure you all read the press release yesterday, newly retired Admiral Thad Allen, joining us today sans his several decades of uniform, to[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 1, 2010.  President Obama and Vice-President Biden received a briefing today from Secretary Napolitano, Secretary Chu, Secretary Salazar, Administrator Jackson, Administrator Lubchenco, Carol Browner and other senior administration officials on the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Secretary Napolitano and National Incident Commander Allen provided a situational update and[Read More…]

New York, NY—(ENEWSPF)–July 1, 2010. For the next six months, beginning in early July, tens of millions of shorebirds, waterfowl and other migratory birds will land on oiled beaches, in sullied coastal wetlands and on tainted ocean waters. For some, the Gulf marks a rest stop, an opportunity to take[Read More…]