Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2011. On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we recommit to ensuring people living with disabilities enjoy full equality and unhindered participation in all facets of our national life. We recognize the myriad contributions that persons with disabilities make at home and abroad, and we remember that[Read More…]
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Remarks by President Obama and Former President Clinton on We Can’t Wait: Better Buildings Initiative
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2011 – 11:28 A.M. EST PRESIDENT CLINTON: Well, I never got to open for The Rolling Stones, so I’ll try to do my best for the President. Thank you all for being here, and I want to thank all the people involved in the tour that we[Read More…]
New Guidance Supports Voluntary Efforts to Promote Diversity and Reduce Racial Isolation in Education
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—December 2, 2011. Today, the Departments of Justice and Education released two new guidance documents – one for school districts and one for colleges and universities – detailing the flexibility that the Supreme Court has provided to educational institutions to promote diversity and, in the case of elementary and secondary[Read More…]
At African AIDS Conference, Doctors Without Borders Calls For Increased Funding for HIV Treatment
NAIROBI/ADDIS ABABA–(ENEWSPF)–Dec. 2, 2011 – As Africa’s AIDS Conference convenes in Addis Ababa, efforts to combat HIV in sub-Saharan Africa are under serious threat because of a massive funding crisis at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières[Read More…]
Energy Department Announces Technical Assistance Opportunity for Tribal Clean Energy Deployment
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2011. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched today the Strategic Technical Assistance Response Team (START) initiative aimed at advancing clean energy generation in Indian Country and providing federally recognized Native American and Alaska Native governments with technical assistance to accelerate clean energy project deployment. This effort[Read More…]
Judge Orders State and Regional Air Agencies to Regulate Climate Change Pollution from Big Oil
Challenge to reduce dangerous greenhouse gas emissions from WA oil refineries advances Seattle, WA–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2011. A federal judge today ruled that the Washington Department of Ecology, Northwest Clean Air Agency, and Puget Sound Clean Air Agency have unlawfully failed to regulate climate change pollution from the five oil refineries operating[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, December 2, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2011. With Super Committee Deadline Passed, December Brings More Decisions The November 23rd deadline for the Super Committee to vote on a legislative proposal that achieves $1.2 – $1.5 trillion in savings has come and gone without producing any type of report. “We dodged a bullet, but[Read More…]
Cannabis Beneficial To Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
“Inhaled cannabis improves quality of life measurements, disease activity index, and causes weight gain” Tel Aviv, Israel–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2011. The inhalation of cannabis increases quality of life, mitigates disease activity, and promotes weight gain in subjects with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to clinical trial data published online in the[Read More…]
UN Human Rights Council Strongly Condemns Abuses by Syrian Authorities
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–2 December 2011. The United Nations Human Rights Council today strongly condemned the continued abuses by the Syrian authorities as part of its violent crackdown against protesters which has led to the deaths of more than 4,000 people since March, including over 300 children. The 47-member body also urged[Read More…]
ICC Prosecutor Seeks Arrest Warrant for Sudanese Minister for Darfur Crimes
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–2 December 2011. The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) today requested an arrest warrant against Sudanese Defence Minister Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Darfur. According to a news release issued by the court, the evidence led the prosecutor to conclude[Read More…]
