SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2011. The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and Illinois State Police (ISP) officials today launched the You Drink & Drive. You Lose campaign and announced their efforts to boost enforcement over Super Bowl weekend. As part of the mobilization, nearly 100 local police departments and county sheriff offices[Read More…]
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Six ARPA-E Projects Illustrate Private Investors Excited About Clean Energy Innovation
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2011. In a little over one year, six projects that received a total of $23.6 million in seed funding from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Project Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) have generated more than $100 million in outside private capital investment, Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today.[Read More…]
DOE Facilitates Market-Driven Solutions to Develop and Deploy New High-Efficiency Commercial Air Conditioners
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2011. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced that the Department of Energy is joining with the private sector to support market-based efforts to develop and deploy next-generation high-efficiency air conditioners for commercial buildings. As part of a voluntary program, the Department worked with members of the DOE[Read More…]
Two Year Anniversary of Children’s Health Insurance Law Sees Millions of Newly Insured Children, Families
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2011. Two years after President Obama signed the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced that more than two million more children were served by Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) at some point over the past year. Together, the[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending January 29, 2011
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2011. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Jan. 29, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 415,000, a decrease of 42,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 457,000. The 4-week moving average was 430,500, an increase of 1,000 from the previous week’s revised[Read More…]
Ford Recall of Certain Model Year 2009 and 2010 F-150 Vehicles
Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—February 3, 2011. Summary: Ford is recalling certain model year 2009 and 2010 F-150 vehicles manufactured from January 18, 2008, through November 30, 2009. The interior door handle housing embossment retaining the interior door handle spring may fracture during normal usage resulting in insufficient spring force to return the[Read More…]
DeVilbiss Recalls Air Compressors Due to Fire Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2011. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.[Read More…]
President Obama’s ‘Better Buildings Initiative’
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2011. In his State of the Union, President Obama laid out his vision for winning the future by investing in innovative clean energy technologies and doubling the share of electricity from clean energy sources by 2035. Alongside that effort, the President is proposing new efforts to improve[Read More…]
Cold Weather Health Tips
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2011. As Illinois recover from this week’s snowstorm, the state now faces bitterly cold temperatures. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) reminds people of the health dangers of extreme low temperatures and tips on how to stay warm. Frostbite/Hypothermia Without heat, exposure to cold temperatures can lead[Read More…]
One Truck Clears a Metra Lot During Blizzard
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Commissioner Dan Karwatka, chairman of the Park Forest Cable Commission, sends these pictures with the following comment, "Our faithful Park Forest employees at work keeping the 211th street parking lot clear. Pics taken at 9:26 this morning." For the record, most of our Public Works employees have not[Read More…]
