Tell Bloomberg: Don’t Foreclose the Occupation.- NEED MASS TURN-OUT: 6AM FRIDAY EVICTION DEFENSE **SHOW UP AT MIDNIGHT** NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2011. This is an emergency situation. Please take a minute to read this, and please take action and spread the word far and wide. Occupy Wall Street is gaining momentum, with[Read More…]
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Commerce Department Statement on U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services in August 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2011. Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank issued the following statement today on the release of the August 2011 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services report by the Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Today’s report showed that U.S. exports[Read More…]
Astronomers Find Bounty of Failed Stars
One youngster only six times heftier than Jupiter TORONTO, ON–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2011. A University of Toronto-led team of astronomers has discovered over two dozen new free-floating brown dwarfs, including a lightweight youngster only about six times heftier than Jupiter, that reside in two young star clusters. What’s more, one[Read More…]
NOAA Awards Nearly $1 Million to University of Miami for Coral Investigation
Project will investigate role Florida’s deep coral reefs play in fisheries, ecosystems Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2011 Deep reefs, referred to as mesophotic coral ecosystems, can be found from 100-330 feet in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Pictured is a scamp grouper at 320 feet off the Dry Tortugas. High resolution (Credit:[Read More…]
Global Temperatures in September Were Eighth Warmest on Record
Annual minimum Arctic sea ice extent second smallest ever recorded Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2011 Global surface temperature Anomalies – September 2011. High Resolution (Credit: NOAA) The Earth experienced its eighth warmest September since record keeping began in 1880. The annual minimum Arctic sea ice extent was reached on September 9 and[Read More…]
New Sanctuary Research Area to Help Improve Understanding of Important Habitats
Minimal economic effects seen from closing lightly used area to fishing, diving Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2011 Black seabass swims in Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) The southern third of NOAA’s 22-square mile Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary off the Georgia coast was designated a research area, where[Read More…]
AFL-CIO Working Families Declare ‘America Wants to Work’ in Events Nationwide
Working people in the midst of hundreds of actions around the country for good jobswww.we-r-1.org Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–Oct. 13, 2011. As demonstrations against Wall Street and the top 1 percent continue, the AFL-CIO and its 12 million members are calling for jobs and a just economy in more than 200 events[Read More…]
NHTSA Announces Model Year 2012 Vehicles to be Rated Under Government 5-Star Safety Ratings Program
Auto safety agency unveils list of vehicles to be tested as part of revamped safety ratings program WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2011. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today announced the lineup of model year 2012 passenger vehicles that will be tested as part of the agency’s 5-star safety ratings program.[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama and President Lee of the Republic of Korea in a Joint Press Conference, Oct. 13, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2011 – 12:22 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Please, everybody have a seat. Good afternoon. Once again, it is a great honor to welcome my good friend and partner, President Lee, back to the White House. We had a wonderful dinner last night at one of our outstanding[Read More…]
Department of Justice Announces the Defending Childhood Task Force
Experts Will Examine and Address the Issue of Children Exposed to Violence WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2011. Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli today announced the establishment of the Attorney General’s National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence. The task force is part of the Attorney General’s Defending Childhood initiative, a project[Read More…]
