Stockholm-(ENEWSPF)- This year’s Nobel Prize for Physics has been awarded to US and Australian pioneers of astrophysics for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae. Saul Perlmutter from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, has been awarded half of[Read More…]
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White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, October 3, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2011 – 1:18 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Let me just start, if I may, to note that October — as anyone, who didn’t know prior to that, noticed yesterday, watching NFL games — October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This afternoon, Dr. Jill Biden, HHS Secretary[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Victoria Nuland, October 3, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2011. Index for Today’s Briefing YEMEN Al-Awlaki and Samir Khan / U.S. Consular Support to Families GCC Agreement Presents Best Route Forward for Yemen Keystone XL No Decision Made / Compliance with FOIA Request from Friends of the Earth Counselor for Energy and Environment at the[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Announces PARC Investments to 22 Communities, Creating 300 Jobs
$50 Million in Illinois Jobs Now! Capital Funding Will Help Local Communities Renovate and Build New Recreation Facilities CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn today announced that 22 communities across the state will be able to renovate and repair recreation facilities and build new facilities with support from the Illinois[Read More…]
Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, October 3, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2011. Japan’s Government to Pay for Cleanup of Lower Levels of Contamination Industry/Regulatory/Political Issues Goshi Hosono, Japan’s cabinet minister for nuclear crisis management, told the governor of Fukushima prefecture that the government would provide financial and technical assistance to clean up radioactive contamination in towns where[Read More…]
ICC Authorizes Probe Into Post-Election Violence in Côte d’Ivoire
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–3 October 2011. The International Criminal Court (ICC) today authorizedits prosecutor to probe alleged abuses committed during the recent post-election violence in Côte d’Ivoire – the seventh investigation in Africa and the first in a State that is not party to the treaty that set up the Court.[Read More…]
Cities on the Frontline of Global Fight Against Climate Change, UN Officials Warn
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–3 October 2011. United Nations officials today urged the international community to take action against mounting threats posed by climate change on the world’s urban areas, warning that climate-related events could force up to 200 million people worldwide to flee their homes by 2050. But the officials also[Read More…]
Report Assesses Scientific Water-Monitoring and Modeling Systems and Calls for Modernization to Help Sustain Water Supplies
Improvements Needed to Help Water Managers Address Impacts of Climate Change and Other Stressors on Water Resources WASHINGTON D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2011. The Department of the Interior today released a report that assesses the status of scientific information available to help understand the impacts of climate change and other stressors on[Read More…]
USW Supports the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Protest Movement
PITTSBURGH–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2011. Leo W. Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers (USW), North America’s largest industrial union with 1.2 million active and retired members, issued the following statement in support of the Occupy Wall Street protest movement: “The United Steelworkers (USW) union stands in solidarity with and strongly supports[Read More…]
October2011 Coalition and American99ers to Join Thousands in Occupying Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC Starting October 6
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2011. “I am a 99er whose job disappeared over 3 years ago and have gone without any income for 1 year 3 months. I advocate for the 99ers and would like to see jobs created in this country. Human needs before WAR.” So said Rhonda Taylor, referring[Read More…]
