Children First Plan Enters Second Week And Continues to Have Capacity to Serve Over 160,000 Students; Full-Day Opportunities Are Available At Over 450 School Sites, Parks, Libraries, Community and Faith Centers Across the City CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2012. Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is announcing it is expanding activities that are available[Read More…]
Day: September 17, 2012
‘No More Solyndras’ Means Lots More Dirty Energy
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2012. On Friday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 6213, the “No More Solyndras Act,” which allows uneconomical and dirty coal and nuclear projects to remain eligible for loan guarantees through the Department of Energy’s Title XVII program while precluding new applicants, including those from more[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Takes Action Against Pipeline Companies for Spills Near Palos Park, Lockport
Owner/Operator Must Assess Environmental Impact of August Spill in Cook County; Pay Civil Penalty for 2010 Spill in Will County Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2012. Last week, Attorney General Lisa Madigan obtained a preliminary injunction requiring two pipeline companies to clean up a jet fuel spill that occurred in late August along[Read More…]
Pesticides Show Up in Oregon Resident’s Urine After Aerial Spraying of Forests
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF—September 17, 2012. Citizens in rural Oregon are concerned for their health after discovering that several major timber companies –Weyerhaeuser, Roseburg Resources, Stimson Lumber, Seneca Jones and others– have been spraying millions of pounds of herbicides on their private forestland since the 1970s. The pesticides were aerially sprayed after[Read More…]
International Day of Peace Celebration to be Held in Pittsburgh on September 21
INTERFAITH EFFORT HIGHLIGHTS THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE AND NON-VIOLENCE Pittsburgh, PA—(ENEWSPF)—September 17, 2012. The International Day of Peace, observed globally every year on September 21st, has a history of positive influences and peaceful gatherings throughout the world. This year, the Pittsburgh observance will highlight the need to curb violence[Read More…]
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