Highly volatile and explosive crude on rails puts residential community at risk San Francisco–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. Environmental justice and conservation groups today filed a lawsuit against Kinder Morgan and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) to halt the shipment of highly explosive and toxic crude oil into the[Read More…]
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Jobless Rate Down in 29 States, Up in 10 in Feb 2014.; Payroll Jobs Up in 33 States, Down in 17
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 28, 2014. Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed in February. Twenty-nine states had unemployment rate decreases from January, 10 states had increases, and 11 states and the District of Columbia had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-nine states and the[Read More…]
Backing Ukraine’s Territorial Integrity, UN Assembly Declares Crimea Referendum Invalid
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–28 March 2014 – In a vote that reaffirmed Ukraine’s unity and territorial integrity, the United Nations General Assembly yesterday adopted a measure underscoring that the mid-March referendum in Crimea that led to the peninsula’s annexation by Russia “has no validity” and that the parties should “pursue immediately a[Read More…]
Obama Administration Announces Plans to Rein in Methane Pollution Across Multiple Agencies
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. The Obama Administration announced today a plan to develop a strategy for controlling methane emissions from the oil and gas sector across multiple agencies. The President’s climate action plan, announced last June, called for the Environmental Protection Agency and the Departments of Agriculture, Energy, Interior, Labor, and Transportation to[Read More…]
Lenovo Recalls Battery Packs for ThinkPad Notebook Computers Due to Fire Hazard
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Recall date: March 27, 2014 Recall number: 14-142 Lenovo battery pack Recall Summary Name of product: ThinkPad notebook computer battery packs Hazard: The battery[Read More…]
Excel Industries Recalls BigDog and Hustler Mowers due to Risk of Injury
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Recall date: March 27, 2014 Recall number: 14-726 BigDog Diablo Recall Summary Name of product: Hustler and BigDog riding mowers Hazard: The seat switch[Read More…]
Eating Organic Food Doesn’t Lower Your Overall Risk of Cancer
UK–(ENEWSPF)–28 March 2014. Women who always or mostly eat organic foods have the same likelihood of developing cancer as women who eat conventionally produced foods, according to an Oxford University study. Kathryn Bradbury and colleagues in Oxford’s Cancer Epidemiology Unit found no evidence that regularly eating a diet that was[Read More…]
Fandango, Credit Karma Settle FTC Charges that They Deceived Consumers By Failing to Securely Transmit Sensitive Personal Information
Mobile Apps Placed Credit Card Details, Credit Report Data, Social Security Numbers at Risk Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. Two companies have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they misrepresented the security of their mobile apps and failed to secure the transmission of millions of consumers’ sensitive personal information[Read More…]
European Union Set to Strengthen Organic Standards
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. The European Commission released a new proposal this week to impose stricter regulations for organic food produced within the European Union (EU). The initiative would harmonize standards within the 29-member bloc, eliminate many exceptions currently allowed in organic agriculture while simultaneously improving consumer trust and addressing[Read More…]
ALCU: Appeals Court Upholds Harmful Texas Abortion Restriction
NEW ORLEANS–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. A federal appeals court yesterday upheld a provision of a Texas anti-abortion law that was previously struck down by a district court. The provision caused approximately one-third of the state’s licensed health centers to stop offering abortion when the law took effect. The original lawsuit was[Read More…]
