New York –(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2014. Yesterday St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison ruled that denying marriage for same-sex couples in Missouri is unconstitutional. Marc Solomon, national campaign director of Freedom to Marry and Kansas City native, released the following statement: “We can be sure that in the ‘Show Me’ state,[Read More…]
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Toyota Recalls Certain 2014 Camry and Avalon Vehicles
TORRANCE, Calif.–(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2014. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., announced plans to conduct a voluntary safety recall of approximately 5,650 Model Year 2014 Toyota Camry, Camry Hybrid, Avalon and Avalon Hybrid vehicles. In the involved vehicles, the left front suspension lower arm may have an improperly manufactured bolt hole where it[Read More…]
Nissan Recalls 5,412 Infiniti Vehicles
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 6, 2014. SUMMARY: Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2014 Infiniti Q50 hybrid vehicles manufactured December 10, 2012, to June 25, 2014, and Infiniti Q70 hybrid vehicles manufactured November 7, 2013, to May 7, 2014. Due to a software error, the electric motor may[Read More…]
Chicago Man Indicted On Federal Charges For Allegedly Illegally Selling And Possessing Firearms
CHICAGO ― A Chicago man was indicted on federal firearms charges alleging that he illegally sold firearms and illegally possessed nearly two dozen firearms, including assault rifles, handguns, and shotguns earlier this year. All of the firearms were seized by ATF agents following alleged purchases by an undercover confidential source,[Read More…]
Suburban Chicago Man Sentenced To 37 Months In Prison For Failing To Pay Taxes On $3.1 Million In Income Over Eight Years
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2014. A southwest suburban man was sentenced to just over three years in federal prison for failing to report more than $3.1 million in gross receipts and gambling income and failing to pay more than $582,000 in federal income taxes. The defendant, PAUL WEST, was sentenced after[Read More…]
Representative DeFazio Applauds Federal Grant for Eugene Innovator
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2014. Rep. Peter DeFazio is pleased to announce the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded a $100,000 grant to mAbDx Inc., an early stage Eugene-based technology firm founded by former University of Oregon science researcher, Michael Marusich, Ph.D. The company[Read More…]
EPA, DOE Release 2015 Fuel Economy Guide for Car Buyers
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2014. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) today released the 2015 Fuel Economy Guide, providing consumers with a valuable resource to help them choose the most fuel-efficient and low greenhouse gas emitting vehicles that meet their needs. In comparison to previous[Read More…]
NRDC Report Exposes Big Oil’s Smoke and Mirror Tactics
Front Groups & Extensive Spending Aimed at Curbing California’s Clean Energy Action SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2014 – Major oil companies are propping up at least eight front groups in a last-ditch campaign to subvert California’s climate action law requiring them to pay for their carbon pollution beginning in January 2015,[Read More…]
A First Look at the Fossil-Fuel and Anti-Environment Agenda of the Next Congress
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2014. A new analysis released today by the Center for American Progress examines how massive political spending by the Koch brothers and other special interests in yesterday’s election will guide an aggressive fossil-fuel and anti-environment agenda in the next Congress. Although media coverage has largely focused[Read More…]
Center for Constitutional Rights Outraged by ICC Refusal to Investigate Israel War Crimes in Flotilla Attack that Left Nine Dead
New York –(ENEWSPF)—November 6, 2014. The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following response to the news that the International Criminal Court (ICC) would not be opening a full investigation into the 2010 Israeli attack on a humanitarian flotilla to Gaza. Israeli forces killed nine people, including 18-year-old U.S.[Read More…]
