GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–6 March 2012. The United Nations human rights office said today that images shown by a British news programme of the alleged torture of patients in Syrian hospitals were “shocking” and similar to those received by UN-mandated investigators. “The pictures shown on Channel 4 last night are truly shocking, and[Read More…]
Day: March 6, 2012
Interior Secretary Salazar Designates Thirteen New National Historic Landmarks
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2012. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the designation of 13 new National Historic Landmarks in nine different states, including a site associated with the famed Apache scouts, the largest collection of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in the world, and an early 18th-century parish church.[Read More…]
New Ad: What if Polluter Lobbyists in Washington Were Replace With Asthmatic Children?
Seven-Figure Ad Buy Supports EPA and Obama Clean Air Protections against Industrial Carbon Pollution WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2012. If every polluter’s lobbyist around Congress was suddenly replaced by severely asthmatic children, then maybe Congress wouldn’t always be trying to gut clean air standards. On Wednesday, the Sierra Club and the[Read More…]
Fight is on to Save Connecticut’s Landmark Pesticide Bill
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2012. A group of community and health advocates and legislators will gather this Thursday, March 8, at 1 p.m. to draw attention to a bill in the state legislature that would revoke Connecticut’s 2005 law that restricts the applications of pesticides on school grounds. “Connecticut’s landmark law banning[Read More…]
Gore Recalls Ride-On Bicycle Brake Cables Due to Fall Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2012. 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…]
Koch Institute, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Announce Launch of ‘Bridge Project’ to Attack Most-lethal Forms of Cancer
Institutions, research teams, non-profit organizations join forces in novel approaches targeting pancreatic cancer, glioblastoma. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2012. The David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT and Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC) announced today that they have funded several research teams in a joint collaboration aimed at solving[Read More…]
Preventing Contamination in Recycling
New study examines ways to prevent accumulation of impurities in recycling aluminum. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2012. Aluminum has long been the poster child of recycling. About half of all aluminum used in the United States is now recycled, and this recycling has clear and dramatic benefits: Pound for pound, it[Read More…]
Center for American Progress: Rich Americans Are Not Overtaxed
Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2012. Today a new analysis by the Center for American Progress debunks the conservative talking point that the richest 1 percent of Americans are overtaxed because they pay a higher share of taxes. Conservatives often point out that the top 1 percent of income earners pay about[Read More…]
Federal Court in Illinois Shuts Down Nationwide ‘Employee Benefit Plan’ Tax Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 6, 2012. A federal court has permanently barred Tracy L. Sunderlage, Linda Sunderlage and four companies from operating an alleged scheme to help high-income individuals attempt to avoid income taxes by funneling money through purported employee benefit plans, the Justice Department announced today. Judge John W. Darrah of[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Announces Agreement to Create 1,450 Jobs and Boost Wind Manufacturing in Illinois
Supports Commitment to Renewable Energy, Job Creation CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today announced an agreement between Rock Island Clean Line LLC and Flora, Illinois-based Southwire Company that will support wind turbine and transmission manufacturing in Illinois and create 1,450 union construction jobs under a project labor agreement in[Read More…]
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