Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2011. TEPCO Expects To Meet First Recovery Deadline Plant Status Tokyo Electric Power Co. expects to meet its self-imposed July 19 deadline to stabilize reactor cooling and mitigate radiation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear energy facility. That work includes injecting inert nitrogen gas into the reactor[Read More…]
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Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, July 15, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2011. Cantor Obstructionism Imperils Finding a Debt Ceiling Solution With little more than two weeks to go before a possible government default, congressional leaders are sounding out their members this weekend over a deal to raise the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling while cutting the overall debt[Read More…]
When minor planets Ceres and Vesta rock the Earth into chaos
Astronomy & Astrophysics is publishing a new study of the orbital evolution of minor planets Ceres and Vesta, a few days before the flyby of Vesta by the Dawn spacecraft. A team of astronomers found that close encounters among these bodies lead to strong chaotic behavior of their orbits, as[Read More…]
UN Welcomes South Sudan as 193rd Member State
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–15 July 2011. The General Assembly yesterday admitted the Republic of South Sudan as the 193rd member of the United Nations, welcoming the newly independent country to the community of nations. South Sudan’s independence from the rest of Sudan is the result of the January 2011 referendum held under the[Read More…]
To Honor Mandela, UN Asks Everyone to Devote 67 Minutes to Public Service
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–15 July 2011. Nelson Mandela in February 2005 To mark the second annual Nelson Mandela International Day, the United Nations is encouraging people around the globe to perform 67 minutes of public service – one minute for every year of the South African leader’s own service to humanity.[Read More…]
Indiana: State To Study Sentencing Reforms For Marijuana
Indianapolis, IN–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2011. A special General Assembly committee is slated to hear testimony this summer regarding whether state lawmakers should significantly liberalize criminal penalties pertaining to the possession of marijuana for medicinal or recreational purposes. Members of the interim study committee on Criminal Law and Sentencing Policy will review[Read More…]
Philadelphia: City Saves Millions By Ceasing Criminal Marijuana Prosecutions
Philadelphia, PA–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2011. The city of Philadelphia saved an estimated $2 million last year by ceasing criminal prosecutions for minor marijuana offenses, according to comments made last week by District Attorney Seth Williams to the Philadelphia Daily News. In April 2010, Williams publicly announced a citywide policy change whereby[Read More…]
NATO Remains Committed to Protect the Libyan People
ISTANBUL–(ENEWSPF)–15 July 2011. The NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen visited Istanbul on 15 July 2011 and attended the meeting of the International Contact Group for Libya. During the meeting, the Secretary General said that NATO NATO is supportive of all efforts to find a political solution to the Libya[Read More…]
Illinois & Iowa Delegation Members to General: Any Proposal to Relocate JMTC Would Face Bipartisan Resistance in Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2011. The bipartisan, bi-state delegation that represents the Rock Island Arsenal today made clear to General Ann Dunwoody, the Commanding General of the Army Materiel Command, that any proposal to close or relocate Rock Island Arsenal’s Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center (JMTC) would be met with strong[Read More…]
NASA: New Ways to Measure Magnetism Around the Sun
By analyzing the size and shape of the bow shock on this March 25, 2008 coronal mass ejection (the loop extending to the left) scientists have devised a technique to measure magnetic fields near the sun. Credit: SOHO/LASCO (ESA & NASA) NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center-(ENEWSPF)- Those who study the[Read More…]
