Scientists Also Warn of Food Supply Threat, More Destructive Hurricanes, Up to 10 Degrees of Warming This Century SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2014. Climate change has dangerously increased flood risk in many of America’s largest coastal cities and will drive up sea levels as much as 4 feet by 2100, according[Read More…]
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Agency Balks at Protecting Colorado and Utah Wildflowers Threatened by Oil Shale Development
SALT LAKE CITY–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2014. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a draft conservation agreement today that delays and potentially undermines federal protection for two imperiled wildflowers in Utah and Colorado that were proposed for Endangered Species Act protection last August. The draft agreement does not provide strong enough[Read More…]
Former Burnham Village Clerk Charged With Stealing At Least $650,000 From Revenue Payments and Filing False Tax Return
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2014. The former longtime elected clerk for the Village of Burnham was charged today with stealing more than $650,862 from her office at the south suburb’s village hall and using most of the cash to gamble at casinos. The defendant, NANCY DOBROWSKI, was charged with one count each[Read More…]
Remarks by Secretary Hagel at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, May 6, 2014
Chicago, IL—(ENEWSPF)—May 6, 2014. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CHUCK HAGEL: Thank you. Thank you. Good morning. I appreciate an opportunity to be back in Chicago and visit again with many friends. Ivo [Daalder], thank you for your introduction. When I see Ivo, I think it’s a NATO ministerial about ready to[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Proposes Rule to Promote More Effective Privacy Disclosures
Rule Would Benefit Companies That Limit Consumer Data-Sharing Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—May 6, 2014. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today proposed a rule to promote more effective privacy disclosures from financial institutions to their customers. The rule would allow companies that limit their consumer data-sharing and meet other requirements to post[Read More…]
Cook County: Democratic Party Wins Top Ballot Spot In Lottery
(Photo: Bryan Docter/Cook County Clerk’s Office) Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Democratic candidates running in the November 4, 2014 Gubernatorial Election will take the top spot on the ballot in Cook County, after their card was picked in a ballot position lottery held by Cook County Clerk David Orr on Tuesday. At 10:30[Read More…]
Governors State University Unveils Its New Mascot
(LOGO SUPPLIED) University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- When Governors State University athletics begins intercollegiate play in the fall, its opponents will face off against the GSU Jaguars. The university unveiled the Jaguar mascot today, after conducting a search that took several months and included input from faculty, staff, student and the surrounding[Read More…]
Observing 2014 National Nurses Week
“Nurses: Leading the Way” – A statement by Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2014. It is only fitting that the theme for this year’s National Nurses Week is “Nurses: Leading the Way.” After all, nurses lead the way in showing an elderly patient how to manage his or her[Read More…]
Inactivity Related to Chronic Disease in Adults with Disabilities
Half of adults with disability get no aerobic physical activity Inactivity related to chronic disease in adults with disabilities. Entire Infographic Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2014. Working age adults with disabilities who do not get any aerobic physical activity are 50 percent more likely than their active peers to have[Read More…]
Senator Wyden: National Climate Assessment Confirms Need to Act on Climate Change
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2014. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement on the National Climate Assessment, released today: “Today’s report adds to the ever-growing body of scientific evidence and on-the-ground proof that the effects of climate change are already being felt in every region of the United States,” Wyden[Read More…]
