SPRINGFIELD – The State Energy Office at the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) today released program guidelines for electric and gas rebates through its Illinois Energy Now program. The Illinois Energy Now program assists communities and public schools in funding energy efficiency projects, and provides DCEO with[Read More…]
Month: May 2011
Supreme Court Rules Ashcroft Cannot Be Held Responsible for Arrest and Detention of U.S. Citizen
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 31, 2011. The United States Supreme Court today allowed Attorney General John Ashcroft to escape liability for the wrongful arrest and detention of a U.S. Citizen under the material witness law, but four justices raised serious questions about using the statute to justify preventive detention in the future. The[Read More…]
Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, May 31, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 31, 2011 – UPDATE AS OF 12 P.M. EDT. Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) said the use of remote controlled machinery is believed to have caused an oxygen cylinder to explode near reactor 4 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear energy facility. The explosion occurred outside of the building[Read More…]
HHS to Reduce Premiums, Make it Easier for Americans with Pre-Existing Conditions to Get Health Insurance
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 31, 2011. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced new steps to reduce premiums and make it easier for Americans to enroll in the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan. Premiums for the Federally-administered Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) will drop as much as 40 percent[Read More…]
Birth Control Pills Containing Drospirenone: Possible Increased Risk of Blood Clots
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 31, 2011. ISSUE: FDA is aware of two newly published studies that evaluated the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in women who use birth control pills that contain drospirenone. The two recently published studies looked at whether there is a higher risk of blood clots in women[Read More…]
Garden House Residents Share 1,000 Years of Wisdom on TV’s Windy City Live
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—May 31, 2011. Today’s Windy City Live, the new ABC Chicago program that has taken over the old Oprah Winfrey time slot at 9 a.m., included an interview where several residents of Park Forest’s Garden House shared words of wisdom with contributor and Downers Grove native Mark DeCarlo.[Read More…]
UN Rights Chief Deplores ‘Reprehensible’ Violence Against Yemeni Civilians
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–31 May 2011. The United Nations human rights chief today condemned the intensified use of force against anti-Government protestors in Yemen, amid reports that over 50 people have been killed since Sunday in the city of Taiz and hundreds more have been injured. According to unconfirmed reports received by[Read More…]
Bicycle Helmets Recalled by Bell Sports Due to Head Injury Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 31, 2011. 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 consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a[Read More…]
Bahrain: Doctors Without Borders Staff Member Remains Detained
BRUSSELS–(ENEWSPF)–MAY 31, 2011—An employee of the international medical organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been detained for weeks in Bahrain after being severely beaten upon arrest by authorities, and with no information provided about his condition and whereabouts, including to his family and lawyer. Saeed Mahdi was arrested[Read More…]
Illinois / Iowa Delegation Seeks Substantive Answers from Army on Arsenal
WASHINGTON, DC–May 31, 2011. In a letter sent today by the bi-state delegation that represents the Rock Island Arsenal, Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Congressman Bobby Schilling (R-IL-17), Bruce Braley (D-IA-01), and Dave Loebsack (D-IA-02) pushed for substantive answers to questions[Read More…]
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