CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 18, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn today signed legislation to help protect good Samaritans who provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to a person having a heart attack or suffering cardiac arrest. Governor Quinn signed House Bill 1549, which amends the Good Samaritan Act in order to provide liability protection to individuals[Read More…]
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Three Missing World War II Soldiers Identified, July 18, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 18, 2011. The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of three servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors. Army Pfc. Lawrence N. Harris, of Elkins,[Read More…]
DOD Identifies Army Casualty, July 18, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 18, 2011. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation New Dawn. Spc. Daniel L. Elliott, 21, of Youngsville, N.C., died July 15 in Basra, Iraq, when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, July 18, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 18, 2011 – 1:36 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thanks for being here. I don’t have any announcements to make at the top, so I will start with the Associated Press. Erica. Q Thank you. So on Thursday, after the last[Read More…]
Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, July 18, 2011
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 18, 2011. Government Recommends New Regulatory Oversight Agency for Japan Reactors Plant Status TEPCO is scheduled today to install a metal cover over the turbine building of reactor 3 before Typhoon Ma-on moves toward the Japanese coast on Tuesday. The 15-foot-by-50-foot structure is meant to cover a hole[Read More…]
UN Court Orders Cambodia and Thailand to Remove Troops From Around Temple Site
The Temple of Preah Vihear NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–18 July 2011. A United Nations court today ordered Cambodia and Thailand to withdraw their military personnel from around a disputed temple site near their joint border and to agree not to engage in any further fighting in the immediate area. The International Court of[Read More…]
NOAA, the Department of Energy and Private Partners Launch Project to Reduce the Cost of Energy, Including Wind Energy
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 18, 2011 Wind Forecast Improvement Project video. VIDEO: Watch the YouTube video. (Credit: NOAA) There has not always been a need to know precisely how hard the wind blows 350 feet above Earth’s surface. Today, wind turbines occupy that zone of the atmosphere, generating electricity. So NOAA and[Read More…]
Biofuels Study Gives Clue to Forest Ecosystems
UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–18 July 2011. The genome of a dry rot fungus has revealed how it can cause severe damage to buildings. The findings could help in the development of biofuels and may explain how conifer forests evolved. In 2007 the US Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute sequenced Serpula lacrymans[Read More…]
The Limits of U.S. Assistance to Pakistan
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 18, 2011. The U.S. decision to defer nearly $800 million in counterterrorism funding to Pakistan in recent weeks was a necessary step, given the ejection of U.S. military trainers from Pakistan, ongoing concerns over the misuse of U.S. aid dollars, and mounting evidence of Pakistani complicity with insurgent[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama in Nominating Richard Cordray as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 18, 2011 – 1:15 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. It has been almost three years since the financial crisis pulled the economy into a deep recession. And millions of families are still hurting because of it. They’re trying to get by on one income instead of[Read More…]
