Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 31, 2014. The Department of Justice filed a civil lawsuit today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada to stop Bill Sunga Modina, who allegedly does business as 5M Financial and 6M Financial, from preparing federal tax returns. According to the complaint, Modina has prepared[Read More…]
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U.S. EPA Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Carbon Sequestration Permits in Southern Illinois
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2014 – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is accepting public comment on proposed permits that would allow the FutureGen Industrial Alliance Inc. to inject carbon dioxide deep underground near Jacksonville, Illinois. This process – known as “carbon sequestration” – is a means of storing carbon dioxide, a greenhouse[Read More…]
Medical Marijuana Dropped from NY State Budget, Leaving Patients to Suffer
Advocates: To Alleviate Patient Suffering in New York, State Senate Must Immediately Bring Compassionate Care Act to Floor for a Vote Albany—(ENEWSPF)—March 31, 2014. On Saturday, Governor Cuomo, Speaker Sheldon Silver, and Senate Co-Presidents Dean Skelos and Jeffrey Klein announced that they had reach a budget agreement, but the deal[Read More…]
HealthCare.gov Experiencing Record Volume, March 31, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 31, 2014. From HHS spokeswoman Joanne Peters: We are experiencing record volume on HealthCare.gov today. 1.2 million visits through noon and 125k plus concurrent users at peak so far today. The waiting room is up to meet demand. Consumers may wait, or may leave their email and they[Read More…]
This Week: Meet the SD 227 Superintendent Candidates at Public Forums
Olympia Fields, IL-(ENEWSPF)- High School District 227 is introducint the three finalists for the position of superintendent to the public this week. Tne finalist will be introduced to the public in a forum over the next three days, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, April 1, 2, and 3. The following is[Read More…]
UN Panel Calls into Question U.S. Corn Ethanol Mandate
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2014. A new report by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change highlights the risks biofuels present to food security and the environment and questions the ability of U.S. biofuels policy to slow climate change, Environmental Working Group said in a statement today. Emily Cassidy, EWG[Read More…]
Vita Food Products Issues Voluntary Recall of ELF Herring Fillets in Wine Sauce Containing Undeclared Milk
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2014. Vita Food Products, Inc. of Chicago, Illinois is notifying the public that it is recalling 2,280 individual plastic jars of 12 ounce Elf Herring Fillets in Wine Sauce that actually contains herring fillets in sour cream and therefore contains undeclared milk. People who have an[Read More…]
Arizona State Senator Blocks Funding for Long-Sought Medical Marijuana Research
Clinical Trial for Veterans with PTSD Has Already Obtained Approval from U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U. Arizona Institutional Review Board, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Rally to be Held in Arizona on Wed., April 2 ARIZONA—(ENEWSPF)—March 31, 2014. After 22 years of hard-fought efforts, the non-profit pharmaceutical company[Read More…]
Researchers Develop Technique to Measure Quantity, Risks of Engineered Nanomaterials Delivered to Cells
Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2014. Thousands of consumer products containing engineered nanoparticles — microscopic particles found in everyday items from cosmetics and clothing to building materials — enter the market every year. Concerns about possible environmental health and safety issues of these nano-enabled products continue to grow with scientists struggling to[Read More…]
Seasonal Arctic Summer Ice Extent Still Hard to Forecast, Study Says
An image of an area of the Arctic sea ice pack well north of Alaska, captured by the MODIS instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite on Sept. 13, 2013, the day before the National Snow and Ice Data Center estimated Arctic sea ice to have reached its minimum extent for the[Read More…]
