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EPA Awards Environmental Education Grants to Recipients in 18 States

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 4, 2014.  Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the completion of awards for the 2013 Environmental Education Model Grants Program. Projects include community energy education, summer programs for low-income teenagers, integration of multimedia learning tools into watershed education, environmental health education on the impact of climate change and[Read More…]

United Nations Committee Recommends Global Elimination of Toxic Wood Preservative

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 4, 2014.  Last week, a United Nations committee of experts recommended the global elimination of the pesticide pentachlorophenol (PCP), widely used in the United States and elsewhere for treatment of wooden utility poles and railroad ties. Scientists cite chemical’s persistence, bioaccumulation, long-range transport, and PCP’s toxic impacts in[Read More…]

Irek Ilgiz Hamidullin Indicted for 2009 Attack on U.S. and Afghan Forces in Khost, Afghanistan

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 4, 2014. Irek Ilgiz Hamidullin made his first appearance today in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on federal terrorism offenses arising from his alleged participation in an attack on U.S. troops and Afghan Border Police in the Khost Province of Afghanistan in November[Read More…]

Guam Medical Marijuana Initiative Headed for Victory, Becomes First U.S. Territory to Approve Medical Marijuana

Crucial Election for Drug Policy Reform, as Voters in Oregon, Alaska, D.C., Florida, California, New Mexico, New Jersey and Elsewhere Vote on Marijuana Legalization, Sentencing Reform and Other Issues Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 4, 2014. Guam’s medical marijuana initiative is headed for victory, making it the first U.S. territory to approve such a law. [Read More…]

‘We All Benefit from Medicaid,’ Remarks by HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell, Nov. 4, 2014

Remarks by Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell United States Department of Health and Human Services at the National Association of Medicaid Directors Fall Conference Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–November 4, 2014. AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY Introduction Thank you, President Gordon.  I’ve very much been looking forward to meeting with you all today.  Let[Read More…]

Friends and Neighbors to Rally on Nov. 4 to Support Grandmother Facing Eviction from Failed Loan by Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc.

Foreclosure Vigil – Tuesday, November 4 at 4:15 p.m. at the Hammond Family Home, 7204 S. Union Chicago Chicago, IL—(ENEWPSF)—November 4, 2014. A member of the Englewood community is in danger of being evicted from her home: Reverse Mortgage Solutions Inc. (RMS) did not provide the necessary information for Louise Hammond[Read More…]

White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, Nov. 3, 2014

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2014 – 12:16 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  It’s nice to see you all.  I don’t have any announcements at the top, so we’ll go straight to questions.  I think we will do a little departure from the standard protocol today and we will allow[Read More…]

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