BELGIUM–(ENEWSPF)–4 June 2010. Today, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, accompanied by a large government and parliamentary delegation, met with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and addressed the North Atlantic Council at NATO Headquarters. Discussions focused on the fight against terrorism, NATO-Pakistan relations, and the security situation in Afghanistan[Read More…]
Month: June 2010
Security Council Authorizes Extra Police for UN Force in Haiti
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–4 June 2010 – The Security Council today authorized the deployment of additional police officers to serve with the United Nations peacekeeping force in Haiti as part of efforts to help boost the capacity of the country’s national police to deal with the myriad challenges in the wake of[Read More…]
Audubon Launches National Oil Spill Volunteer Response Center
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—June 4, 2010. A new national Volunteer Response Center is gearing up to channel the energies of a growing force of volunteers seeking to help birds, wildlife and habitat to weather the assault of the Gulf oil spill. The National Audubon Society will use the facility in Moss Point,[Read More…]
Oil Industry Holding Gulf Jobs Hostage
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2010. As Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, Senator David Vitter and others call on President Obama to end the three-week old off-shore drilling moratorium, they are using local concerns about jobs in an effort to push for more drilling in the devastated region. The Gulf, like all of[Read More…]
Sierra Club to Obama: Move America Beyond Oil in 20 Years
Venice, Louisiana–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2010. Today, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune toured coastal Louisiana to view the impacts of the BP Disaster. Following the boat tour, Brune called on President Obama to launch a plan to move America completely beyond its dependence on oil in the next twenty years. The[Read More…]
Obama Administration Providing Strong Oversight of BP’s Claims Process
BATON ROUGE, La.–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2010. National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen today provided a briefing to inform the American public and answer questions on the progress of the administration-wide response to the BP oil spill. He discussed the administration’s aggressive oversight of the BP claims process from start to finish[Read More…]
New Effort to Collect; Review Oil Spill Response Solutions Announced
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2010. The Interagency Alternative Technology Assessment Program workgroup, newly established by the National Incident Commander for the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, announced here Friday a new effort to collect and review oil spill response solutions from scientists and vendors. The Coast Guard’s Research and Development Center, in[Read More…]
Chairman and CEO Give Assurance that BP will Meet its Obligations in Gulf Of Mexico
GREAT BRITAIN–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2010. BP’s Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg and Group Chief Executive Tony Hayward told shareholders today that the company’s response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is their top priority, along with rebuilding trust and confidence in BP and ensuring that such an accident never happens again. Both[Read More…]
LMRP Containment Operation Deployed
GULF COAST–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2010. BP announced today that oil and gas is being received onboard the Discoverer Enterprise following the successful placement of a containment cap on top of the Deepwater Horizon’s failed blow-out preventer (BOP). This follows the cutting and removal of the riser pipe from the top of[Read More…]
State Regulators Ask For Local Help in Enforcement Efforts
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2010. All too often – especially during the summer construction season or after a major storm – property owners are solicited by unscrupulous roofing contractors and pressured to accept work with high prices and low quality. As the agency responsible for licensing roofing contractors, the Illinois Department of[Read More…]
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