Encourages People of Illinois to Support Our Veterans and Servicemembers at Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn today was joined by local schoolchildren to light the state of Illinois’ annual holiday tree and launch the Illinois Heroes holiday card drive. Governor Quinn encouraged schoolchildren from across[Read More…]
Month: December 2011
DOE Awards $12 Million to Spur Rapid Adoption of Solar Energy with the Rooftop Solar Challenge
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2011. As part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s SunShot Initiative, today Energy Secretary Steven Chu was joined by Lynn Jurich, the president and co-founder of the solar power company SunRun, and Saint Paul Mayor Chris Coleman to announce $12 million in funding for the awardees of[Read More…]
Energy Department Releases Study of Electricity System Ahead of Proposed EPA Air Quality Standards
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2011. In anticipation of forthcoming Environmental Protection Agency proposals for clean air standards, the Department of Energy today released a new report examining the potential impact those proposed standards could have on the reliability of our nation’s energy systems. The report compares compliance deadlines even more stringent[Read More…]
Earthjustice Files Suit to Protect Floridians’ Right to Clean Water
State Department of Environmental Protection weakening pollution limits Tallahassee, FL–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2011. Earthjustice today filed a legal challenge against Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) because the state agency is failing to protect residents and tourists from nauseating—and dangerous—toxic algae outbreaks. Warning sign on Caloosahatchee River in June 2011. (Mike Dove)[Read More…]
Occupy to Celebrate: The Resilience of OWS
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2011. On Saturday December 3rd, 2011, at 10:00 am, Occupy Wall Street and members of the New York faith community invite the Occupy Movement to join in a celebration of our occupation at Liberty Square. We are calling on all occupiers to reenergize our movement, keep Liberty[Read More…]
Occupy Museums Goes to the Lincoln Center
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–Dec. 1, 2011 by OccupyWallSt When: Thursday December 1, 2011 at 10:30PM. What: A General Assembly at 10:30 PM at Lincoln Center. Join us in an open conversation about the effects of increased privatization and corporatization of all aspects of society, and the use of nonviolent civil disobedience around[Read More…]
Occupy Pittsburgh Announces Plan to Rebuild
Pittsburgh, PA—(ENEWSPF)—December 1, 2011. Occupy Pittsburgh has emerged as one of the most peaceful and productive occupations in the U.S. Visitors from occupied spaces across the country have come to experience a functional, intentional community. To continue as a model of stability developed through creative, forward thinking, Occupy Pittsburgh 2.0[Read More…]
EPA Releases Vessel General Permit to Improve Regulations on Ballast Discharges
Conservation groups call for stronger federal regulations to protect the Great Lakes from aquatic invasive species CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2011. Late yesterday, the federal government took another tentative step toward protecting the Great Lakes and vulnerable coastal waters from the scourge of invasive species with proposed limitations on their chief delivery[Read More…]
Bi-Coastal Governors Petition Federal Government to Reclassify Marijuana for Medical Use
Advocates applaud involvement of elected officials in urging sensible federal public health policy Olympia, WA–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2011. Governors Christine Gregoire (D-WA) and Lincoln Chafee (I-RI) announced at a press conference yesterday that they were jointly filing a federal petition to reclassify marijuana for medical use. Under the Controlled Substances Act,[Read More…]
Productivity Increases 2.3% in Third Quarter 2011; Unit Labor Costs Fall 2.5%
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 1, 2011. Nonfarm business sector labor productivity increased at a 2.3 percent annual rate during the third quarter of 2011, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today, with output and hours worked rising 3.2 percent and 0.8 percent, respectively. (All quarterly percent changes in this release are[Read More…]
