CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 25, 2011. The results are in: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2010 Game Day Challenge college football competition diverted 130,000 pounds of waste material from landfills in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. This achievement prevented the release of 181 metric tons of carbon dioxide — equivalent to the[Read More…]
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Departments of Energy and Commerce Announce New Partnership to Further Cooperation on Renewable Energy Modeling and Forecasting
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2011. Yesterday, the Department of Energy and the Department of Commerce announced a new agreement to further collaboration between the agencies on renewable energy modeling and weather forecasting, which will help enable the nation’s renewable energy resources to be used more effectively by business and entrepreneurs. The Memorandum[Read More…]
HHS Releases $200 Million in Emergency Funding to States for Energy Assistance
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2011. Yesterday, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the release of $200 million in emergency contingency funding to help eligible low-income homeowners and renters meet home energy costs. These Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) contingency funds will provide states, territories, tribes[Read More…]
UN: Number of Cholera Deaths in Haiti Shows Signs of Falling or Stabilizing
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–25 January 2011 – The number of people dying from cholera in Haiti has been on a downward trend or has stabilized in all ten of the country’s departments affected by the outbreak, the United Nations humanitarian office reported today, adding that the number of hospitalized people has also[Read More…]
UN Welcomes Agreement on Inauguration of Afghan Parliament
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–25 January 2011 – The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today welcomed the understanding reached between the country’s President and parliamentarians to hold the inauguration of the National Assembly on Wednesday. The Mission “commends the spirit of cooperation between the Presidential Office and the recently elected members[Read More…]
Family Dollar Stores Recalls Remote Controlled Toy Tanks Due to Burn Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 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…]
Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton With Mexican Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa
Guanajuato, Mexico–(ENEWSPF)–January 24, 2011. SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very, very much, Secretary Espinosa. And it is a great pleasure and an honor to be here for this bilateral meeting. I very much looked forward to this visit and I learned that you, yourself, personally, have a connection to Guanajuato in[Read More…]
Cook County State’s Attorney Charges Seven Defendants In Ongoing Probe Of Local Public Corruption
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 24, 2011. Two Chicago Public School teachers, a parts manager for the Cook County Highway Department and two seasonal snowplow drivers with the Illinois Department of Transportation have been arrested and charged in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s ongoing crack down on cases of local public corruption, State’s Attorney[Read More…]
Michigan Businessman Pleads Guilty to Defrauding the Federal E-Rate Program
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– A Michigan businessman pleaded guilty to wire fraud in connection with the federal E-Rate program, the Department of Justice announced today. Jeremy R. Sheets pleaded guilty to a charge filed in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Dec. 9, 2010, for engaging in wire fraud in[Read More…]
Federal Jury Finds Dallas Texas Man Guilty of Robbing Two Banks
Dallas, TX-(ENEWSPF)- A bank robber, Benjamin A. Potts, who defended himself during a three-day trial before U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn, was convicted by a federal jury on all three counts of an indictment, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. Specifically, the jury[Read More…]
