Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2011. U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the offer of a conditional commitment for a $105 million loan guarantee to support the development of the nation’s first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant. Project LIBERTY, sponsored by POET, LLC, will produce up to 25 million gallons of ethanol[Read More…]
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Patients’ Lawsuit Forces Federal Gov’t to Answer 9-Year-Old Medical Marijuana Rescheduling Petition
Petition’s Denial Maintains Status Quo, But Gives Advocates Chance to Appeal and Argue Marijuana’s Therapeutic Value Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 8, 2011. Less than two months after patient advocates filed a lawsuit compelling the federal government to answer a 9-year-old petition to reschedule medical marijuana, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) today made[Read More…]
NATO Secretary General Praises NATO Military on the Conduct of the Operation Unified Protector
NAPLES–(ENEWSPF)–8 July 2011. Today in Allied Joint Forces Command Naples, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen received an operational briefing from senior military leaders directing the Alliance’s operation over Libya in support of the UN Security Council Resolution 1970 and 1973. He paid tribute to the service men and women[Read More…]
USDA Exempts Genetically Engineered Turf Grass from Regulations
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 8, 2011. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a decision stating that it does not consider a new type of genetically engineered (GE) turf grass to be subject to federal regulations. In the decision announced by the USDA’s Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), the[Read More…]
Cook County State’s Attorney Alvarez Announces Charges In 1993 Suburban Murder
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2011. A man currently awaiting trial in California for the murders of two women and a violent attack on a third has been charged with the murder of Tricia Pacaccio, an 18-year-old Glenview resident who was stabbed multiple times outside of her north suburban home in 1993 in[Read More…]
Employment Situation – June 2011
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 8, 2011. Nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged in June (+18,000), and the unemployment rate was little changed at 9.2 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment in most major private-sector industries changed little over the month. Government employment continued to trend down. Household Survey[Read More…]
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