Photo: Berryessa Snow Mountain (California). Credit: Jim Rose. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2015. As part of the Administration’s commitment to protect our country’s significant outdoor spaces for the benefit of future generations, today President Obama will announce the creation of three new national monuments that demonstrate the wide range of historic[Read More…]
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Sierra Club: Basin and Range, Berryessa Snow Mountain, and Waco Mammoth to Become Nation’s Next National Monuments
Three New Monuments Total Over One Million Acres Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2015. The Sierra Club praised today’s news that President Obama will designate three new national monuments: Basin and Range in Nevada, Berryessa Snow Mountain in California, and Waco Mammoth in Texas. Basin and Range, composed of 704,000 acres,[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth: House Leadership Pulls Interior, EPA Spending Bill Over Confederate Flag
WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—July 9, 2015. This morning House Republican leadership pulled HR 2822, The Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Act, 2016, over a controversial amendment that would have stripped a provision barring the Confederate flag from being displayed in cemeteries and sold in stores operated by the National Park Service.[Read More…]
Army National Guard Official Sentenced to 42 Months in Prison for Accepting $30,000 Bribe
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2015. An Army National Guard official was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for accepting a $30,000 bribe in exchange for steering a $3.6 million contract to a retired sergeant major of the Minnesota Army National Guard and his consulting company. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R.[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, July 9, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 9, 2015 – 12:55 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. Let me start today by briefly noting that legislators in South Carolina came together in bipartisan fashion to vote overwhelmingly to remove the Confederate battle flag from the grounds of the state capitol. I understand that Governor[Read More…]
St. Irenaeus Community Garden Group to Host Free Community Workshop on July 11
Nancy Kreith, Master Gardener and Horticultural Educator at the University of Illinois Extension to present ‘Composting Basics’ on Saturday, July 11 Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—July 10, 2015. The St. Irenaeus Community Garden Group will host a free community workshop on ‘Composting Basics.’ The workshop will take place on Saturday, July 11[Read More…]
U.S. State Dept. Updates Worldwide Caution, July 9, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 9, 2015. The Department of State is updating the Worldwide Caution to provide information on the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against U.S. citizens and interests throughout the world. Recent terrorist attacks, whether by those affiliated with terrorist entities, copycats, or individual perpetrators, serve as a[Read More…]
Secretary of State Kerry Updating the EU/P5+1 Ongoing Negotiations With Iran, July 9, 2015
Vienna, Austria–(ENEWSPF)–July 9, 2015. SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good evening, everybody, and let me start by thanking all of you for your remarkable patience. I know – in fact, all of us involved in this know – that this has been a very difficult couple of weeks for the many journalists[Read More…]
Representative Blumenauer Applauds Inclusion of Reimbursements of End-of-Life Care Discussions in CMS Payment Rule
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 9, 2015. Today, Representative Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) applauded the proposal to create a benefit for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries who have end-of-life discussions with their doctors as included in the proposed 2016 Physician Fee Schedule by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Representative Blumenauer released the[Read More…]
Army Announces Force Structure and Stationing Decisions
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 9, 2015. The Department of the Army announced today force structure decisions and stationing plans for the reduction of the regular Army from 490,000 to 450,000 soldiers. The reduction of force structure will occur in fiscal years 2016 and 2017; the reduction of 40,000 end strength will be[Read More…]
