Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2012 – 5:31 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Everybody, please have a seat. (Applause.) Thank you very much. Thank you. Well, good evening, everybody. You all look lovely. (Laughter.) Welcome to the White House on a night when I am nowhere close to being the main attraction. Thank[Read More…]
Month: December 2012
City’s First Net Zero Energy Office Building Opens Doors for New Generation of Green Entrepreneurs and Sierra Club Florida Headquarters
St. Petersburg, FL–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2012 —Today, the city of St. Petersburg—Florida’s inaugural green city—celebrated the grand opening of its first net zero energy, fully self-sustaining commercial office building located at 1990 Central Avenue in the city’s historic Grand Central District. The building now houses Sierra Club’s state headquarters and the[Read More…]
Pakistani Foreign Minister Visits NATO, Holds Talks With North Atlantic Council
BELGIUM–(ENEWSPF)–3 December 2012. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen welcomed Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar to NATO headquarters on Monday (3 December) for a discussion on issues of common interest, including stability in Afghanistan. The Secretary General stressed that NATO and Pakistan share common interests and face similar challenges.[Read More…]
Audubon Issues Winter Bird Warning
Christmas Bird Counters Brace for Invasions from Canada New York, NY –(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2012. Binocular Brigades across the country are gearing up for Audubon’s annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) with high hopes of being invaded from the north again, as happened last winter when Snowy Owls were spotted in strange places.[Read More…]
Hiding Tobacco Products May Deter Youth From Trying to Buy Them
Elk Grove Village, IL–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2012. A study using an interactive, virtual convenience store found adolescents were less likely to try to buy tobacco products when they were hidden from view. The study, “Influence of Tobacco Displays and Ads on Youth: A Virtual Store Experiment,” is published in the January[Read More…]
28 Years Later, Women in Bhopal Still Waiting for Justice
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2012. Tens of thousands of victims of India’s worst ever industrial disaster – the 1984 catastrophic gas leak at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal– are still waiting for justice, and women are suffering disproportionately, Amnesty International said. The gas leak, which occurred exactly 28 years ago[Read More…]
University of Michigan Study Shows BPA Exposure in Fetal Livers
3D chemical structure of bisphenol A. Image courtesy of Edgar181 via Wikimedia Commons ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2012. New research from the University of Michigan School of Public Health found BPA, or bisphenol A, in fetal liver tissue, demonstrating that there is considerable exposure to the chemical during pregnancy. Researchers[Read More…]
State Guaranteed Retirement Accounts a Solution to the United States’ Retirement Crisis
NEW YORK –(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2012. The United States faces a retirement crisis that threatens future retirees and the next generation of workers. The voluntary employer-sponsored retirement system covers fewer and fewer Americans often leaving Social Security, orginally intended as a supplement to other forms of retirement, as the major source[Read More…]
Congressional Lawmakers Introduce Legislation To Halt Federal Interference In State Marijuana Laws
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2012. by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Last week, the United States Representatives introduced bipartisan legislation in Congress — House Bill 6606, The Respect States’ and Citizens’ Rights Act of 2012 — to amend the US Controlled Substances Act to provide that federal law shall not preempt[Read More…]
Snow Cover Hits Record Lows
Snowy Italy EU–(ENEWSPF)–3 December 2012 Santa Claus may someday need wheels for his sleigh – satellites show a decreasing amount of snow in the Northern Hemisphere. A new analysis of snow cover observed by satellites shows record lows in Eurasia for June each year since 2008. In addition,[Read More…]
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