Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– In the wake of any disaster many reach for their checkbooks to donate money and aid toward rescue organizations. The Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance (WGA) cautions that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is unlike previous disasters and offers specific advice to potential donors and volunteers.[Read More…]
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Red Tape Chronicles: Beware Browbeating Telemarketers Offering Money
Don’t ever be tempted to say "Yes!" to fast money offered by strangers on the phone. Or anywhere else. Bob Sullivan writes about unsolicited phone calls from telemarketers offering such calls, "which seem to hint that recipients have a government tax refund coming," Sullivan writes. The beginning of the story[Read More…]
Crate and Barrel Recalls Succulent Plant-Shaped Candles in a Pot Due to Fire Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2010. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following product. Consumers should stop using products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer[Read More…]
Funding Shortage Forces UN Air Service to Halt Aid Flights in West Africa
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–15 June 2010 – A lack of funding has forced the United Nations food aid agency to suspend humanitarian flights to three West African countries from tomorrow, the agency reported today. The UN World Food Programme (WFP), which manages the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS), said flights to Guinea,[Read More…]
Flotilla Incident Highlights Need for Radical Shift on Gaza, Says UN Envoy
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–15 June 2010 – A top United Nations official today stressed the need for a fundamental change in the situation in Gaza, noting that the recent tragedy involving an aid flotilla intercepted by Israel is just another reminder of why the blockade of the Strip is unsustainable and must[Read More…]
Admiral Allen Establishes Deputy Incident Commanders for Alabama, Mississippi and Florida
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2010. At the authorization of the President and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen has directed the establishment of three Deputy Incident Commanders to lead oil impact mitigation and cleanup efforts in Alabama, Mississippi and Florida. These officials will serve under the Mobile,[Read More…]
Admiral Allen Provides Guidance to Ensure Expedited Jones Act Waiver Processing Should It Be Needed
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2010. National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen today announced the development of specific guidance to ensure accelerated processing of requests for Jones Act waivers should they be received as a part of the BP oil spill response. Currently, 15 foreign-flagged vessels are involved in the largest response to[Read More…]
Three Gulf Research Institutions to Receive First Round of $500 Million Funding
LONDON–(ENEWSPF)–15 June 2010. BP today announced significant progress in its half-billion dollar pledge to the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GRI). Three research institutions in the Gulf region will receive a total of $25 million in fast-track funding for high-priority studies of the distribution, composition and ecological interactions of oil[Read More…]
Temporary Shut-Down on the Discoverer Enterprise, June 15, 2010
GULF COAST–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2010. At approximately 9:30 am CDT, a small fire was observed at the top of the derrick on the Discoverer Enterprise. The fire was quickly extinguished. The preliminary view is that the fire was caused by a lightning strike. There were no injuries. All procedures were followed[Read More…]
BP Announces Accelerated Payments of Commercial Large Loss Claims, June 15, 2010
LONDON–(ENEWSPF)–15 June 2010. BP today announced that it has approved initial payments toward 90% of commercial large loss claims that have been filed as a result of financial losses of the Deepwater Horizon incident and spill. Using an accelerated process BP approved payments of 337 checks for a total amount[Read More…]
