Conservation groups look to states and Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen standards, shortening timeline, and address loopholes CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2012. After more than a decade of debate, the Coast Guard is taking steps to address the scourge of invasive species that have been damaging America’s most vulnerable coastal and inland[Read More…]
Day: March 22, 2012
NIH Study Finds Interventions to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes Give Good Return on Investment
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2012. Programs to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes in high-risk adults would result in fewer people developing diabetes and lower health care costs over time, researchers conclude in a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health. Prevention programs that apply interventions tested in the[Read More…]
Central American Presidents to Hold Historic Meeting to Discuss Strategies to Reduce Prohibition-Related Crime, Violence and Corruption
First Time Ever that Sitting Presidents are Calling for All Options, Including Legalization and Decriminalization, To Be Put on The Table; Momentum Builds for Unprecedented Debate at Summit of The Americas in Colombia in April NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2012. This Saturday, a historic meeting will take place when presidents from Central[Read More…]
Kirk, Dold, Quigley, Lipinski Applaud Final Passage of STOCK Act
Bipartisan, bicameral legislation strengthens public corruption laws, denies federal pension for convicted lawmakers WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2012. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today joined with U.S. Representatives Robert Dold (R-Winnetka), Mike Quigley (D-Chicago), and Dan Lipinski (D-Western Springs) in applauding the Senate’s final passage of the Stop Trading on Congressional[Read More…]
Obama Administration Announces $450 Million to Design and Commercialize U.S. Small Modular Nuclear Reactors
COLUMBUS, Ohio–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2012. Today, as President Obama went to Ohio State University to discuss the all-out, all-of-the-above strategy for American energy, the White House announced new funding to advance the development of American-made small modular reactors (SMRs), an important element of the President’s energy strategy. A total of $450[Read More…]
Obama Administration Announces $14.2 Million in New Funding to Develop Lightweight Materials for Advanced Vehicles
COLUMBUS, Ohio–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2012. Today, as President Obama went to Ohio State University to discuss the all-out, all-of-the-above strategy for American energy, the White House announced a new $14.2 million effort at the Department of Energy to accelerate the development and deployment of stronger and lighter materials for advanced vehicles[Read More…]
Obama Administration Announces New Funding for Biomass Research and Development Initiative
COLUMBUS, Ohio–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2012. Today, as President Obama went to Ohio State University to discuss the Administration’s all-out, all-of-the-above strategy for American energy, the White House announced up to $35 million over three years to support research and development in advanced biofuels, bioenergy and high-value biobased products. The projects funded[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth: President Obama Abdicates Responsibility to Lead with ‘All of the Above’ Energy Strategy
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 22 – Friends of the Earth’s president, Erich Pica, had the following statement in response to President Obama’s speeches today on his “all of the above” energy plan, including expediting review of the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline and investing more taxpayer funds into risky nuclear reactors: “President[Read More…]
Audubon President says Keystone Decision Wrong for the Environment
New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2012. “The decision to expedite half of the Keystone pipeline is not half wrong, it is all wrong. And worse, it’s all about politics,” said David Yarnold, President & CEO of the National Audubon Society. “Experts have proven this pipeline may save a penny on a gallon[Read More…]
Interior Moves Forward with Efforts to Preserve and Interpret World War II Japanese American Internment Sites
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2012. The Department of the Interior today announced that the National Park Service is awarding funding to help preserve and interpret the U.S. confinement sites where more than 120,000 Japanese Americans were detained during World War II. The 17 grants, totaling nearly $2.9 million, are part of[Read More…]
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