Artist impression of European Data Relay Satellite (EDRS) system EU–(ENEWSPF)–4 October 2011 ESA PR 24 2011 – A public–private partnership contract signed with Astrium means that ESA is moving ahead with an independent, European satellite system that will speed up the transmission of large quantities of data beginning in 2014.[Read More…]
Day: October 4, 2011
Durbin to Bank of America: Choose Between Your Customers and Excessive Profits
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2011. Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) blasted Bank of America’s new debit card fee in a speech on the Senate floor and in a letter to Brian Moynihan, CEO of the nation’s largest bank. Last week, Bank of America announced it would begin charging a $5[Read More…]
Nobel Prize for Physics 2011 Announced
Stockholm-(ENEWSPF)- This year’s Nobel Prize for Physics has been awarded to US and Australian pioneers of astrophysics for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae. Saul Perlmutter from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, has been awarded half of[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, October 3, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2011 – 1:18 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Let me just start, if I may, to note that October — as anyone, who didn’t know prior to that, noticed yesterday, watching NFL games — October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This afternoon, Dr. Jill Biden, HHS Secretary[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Victoria Nuland, October 3, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2011. Index for Today’s Briefing YEMEN Al-Awlaki and Samir Khan / U.S. Consular Support to Families GCC Agreement Presents Best Route Forward for Yemen Keystone XL No Decision Made / Compliance with FOIA Request from Friends of the Earth Counselor for Energy and Environment at the[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Announces PARC Investments to 22 Communities, Creating 300 Jobs
$50 Million in Illinois Jobs Now! Capital Funding Will Help Local Communities Renovate and Build New Recreation Facilities CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn today announced that 22 communities across the state will be able to renovate and repair recreation facilities and build new facilities with support from the Illinois[Read More…]
Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, October 3, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2011. Japan’s Government to Pay for Cleanup of Lower Levels of Contamination Industry/Regulatory/Political Issues Goshi Hosono, Japan’s cabinet minister for nuclear crisis management, told the governor of Fukushima prefecture that the government would provide financial and technical assistance to clean up radioactive contamination in towns where[Read More…]
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