Sierra Club and Public Justice Say Industry is Responsible for Increased Seismic Activity; Suit Comes in Wake of One of the Strongest Earthquakes in State History Oklahoma City, OK –(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2016. Sierra Club and Public Justice have filed a federal lawsuit against three energy companies engaged in hydraulic[Read More…]
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Red Wolf Population Plunges to as Few as 50 as Feds Gut Recovery Program
Anti-wildlife Groups Spur Halt to Recovery Efforts, Poaching Investigations WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)– February 16, 2016. The nation’s only population of red wolves is in an alarming free-fall, declining by 27 percent from 2014 to 2015 to as few as 50 individuals, according to new population counts released by the U.S. Fish and[Read More…]
New Rate Survey of 500 U.S. Water Systems Finds Private Water Providers Charge 58% More
Comprehensive new water survey finds that 10 most affordable water systems are publicly owned and operated. Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2016. In the largest U.S. water rate survey of its kind, Food & Water Watch released a comprehensive review of the 500 largest U.S. community water systems that found that large, for-profit[Read More…]
United States, Cuba Sign Arrangement Restoring Scheduled Air Service
DOT Launches Process to Award the New Flights HAVANA –(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2016. Today, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Charles Rivkin, Cuban Minister of Transportation Adel Yzquierdo Rodriguez and President of the Cuban Civil Aviation Institute (IACC), Ministry of Transportation Colonel Alfredo Cordero Puig[Read More…]
International Foodsource, LLC Issues a Voluntary Recall of Various Raw Pistachios Products Due to Possible Salmonella Risk
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2016. International Foodsource, LLC Issues a Voluntary Recall of Various Raw Pistachios Products due to Possible Salmonella Risk. Salmonella is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected[Read More…]
Tall Grass Arts Association to Present 58th Annual Beaux Arts Ball on March 19
Pictured: Dudley and Glenna Elvery Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—February 16, 2016. Tall Grass Arts Association would be honored by your presence at its 58th Annual Beaux Arts Ball fundraiser to benefit the Tall Grass Gallery and School located at 367 Artists Way in Park Forest. The event will be held on[Read More…]
The Knowledge Exchange Course ‘Freedom Seekers and the Underground Railroad in the Chicago Region’
UNIVERSITY PARK–(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2016. The Knowledge Exchange is now accepting registrations for its course ‘Freedom Seekers and the Underground Railroad.’ Join author Larry McClellan in this special 4-week course for an exploration of the movement of freedom seekers and the networks of the Underground Railroad that supported them in the[Read More…]
Incredible Turnout at Rally in Michigan, Bernie Sanders Meets Flint Families (Video)
https://youtu.be/LlAImmN3-Tc YPSILANTI, Mich. –(ENEWSPF)–February 15, 2016. Bernie Sanders received a rousing ovation on Monday from a capacity crowd of about 9,400 supporters at Eastern Michigan University’s Convocation Center. “What an incredible turnout,” Sanders said. The Democratic Party presidential candidate laid out detailed proposals to create jobs, make college affordable,[Read More…]
After the Drug Wars: Colombian President and Nobel Prize Winners Declare End of the War on Drugs and Recommend It Be Replaced by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in new London School of Economics (LSE) report
London, UK–(ENEWSPF)–15 February, 2016 — Five Nobel Prize recipients and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos today endorsed a new London School of Economics (LSE) report recommending a radical overhaul of international policies that would move countries beyond the existing singular ‘war on drugs’ focus on eradication and repression and towards[Read More…]
Two Southland College Prep Charter High School Speech Team Members Earn IHSA Sectional Medals; Advance to State Tournament
RICHTON PARK, ILLINOIS—(ENEWSPF)–February 15, 2016—Two Southland College Prep Charter High School Speech and Forensics team members earned medals at the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) South Sectional tournament that drew teams from 25 high schools this weekend at Reavis High School, Burbank, Illinois. Janessa Colquitt, a senior who resides in[Read More…]
