NEW YORK–(ENWESPF)–7 March 2013 – Following its strong condemnation of the nuclear test conducted last month by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the United Nations Security Council today tightened sanctions on the country’s trade and banking, as well as travel by targeted officials. Detailing the new sanctions through[Read More…]
Day: March 7, 2013
Two Northern California Real Estate Investors Agree to Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging at Public Foreclosure Auctions
29 Individuals Have Agreed to Plead Guilty to Date WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2013. Two Northern California real estate investors have agreed to plead guilty for their role in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced. Felony[Read More…]
Representative Schakowsky and Senator Feinstein Introduce Health Insurance Rate Review Legislation
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2013 – Rep. Jan Schakowsky released the following statement on introducing the Health Insurance Rate Review Act: Rep. Jan Schakowsky yesterday introduced the Health Insurance Rate Review Act of 2013 to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to block or modify unreasonable health insurance rate[Read More…]
Major Electric Utilities in Federal Court for Air Pollution Violations
Corporate owners of dirty coal plant face hundreds of millions in potential fines and upgrades COLSTRIP, MT–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2013. Corporate owners of one of the largest and most polluting coal plants in the nation, Colstrip Generating Facility located in Montana, landed in federal court today for what the Sierra Club[Read More…]
SafeLawns Urges Pesticide Reduction in British Columbia
SafeLawns founder Paul Tukey gathers with Amanda Harris (Health Promotion Coordinator), Jenny Weseen (UBC Okanagan Cancer Club Volunteer), Jerilynn Maki (Health Promotion Coordinator) and Satinder Lidher (UBC Okanagan Cancer Club Volunteer) prior to the screening of A Chemical Reaction on Tuesday evening in Kelowna, British Columbia. KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(ENEWSPF)–March 7,[Read More…]
Subaru Recall of Certain Model Year 2010 – 2013 Legacy and Outback Vehicles, 2012 – 2013 Impreza Vehicles and 2013 XV Crosstrek Vehicles
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 7, 2013. SUMMARY: Subaru is recalling certain model year 2010-2013 Legacy and Outback vehicles equipped with an automatic or CVT transmission and an Audiovox remote engine starter (RES) accessory, certain model year 2012-2013 Impreza vehicles equipped with a CVT transmission and an Audiovox remote engine starter (RES) accessory,[Read More…]
Tri-Union Seafood Issues Voluntary Recall on Select 5-Ounce Chunk White Albacore Tuna in Water
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–Marcy 7, 2013. Tri-Union Seafoods LLC is voluntarily recalling a limited amount of Chicken of the Sea brand 5-ounce cans of chunk white albacore tuna in water. The seams on the lids of the cans do not meet the standard for seam quality. Cans that do not meet[Read More…]
Amnesty International: Drone Transparency Not Enough; Obama Must Follow the Law
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2013. Zeke Johnson, director of Amnesty International USA’s Security with Human Rights campaign, issued the following in response to Attorney General Eric Holder’s appearance today in front of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee: “At yesterday’s hearing, we heard from Attorney General Holder that President Barack Obama is[Read More…]
Arkansas Legislature Ignores 40 Years of Supreme Court Precedent, Overrides Governor Veto to Enact Most Extreme Abortion Ban in the Nation
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2013. Just days after Arkansas Governor Beebe vetoed a measure clearly unconstitutional under four decades of U.S. Supreme Court precedent by banning abortion at 12 weeks of pregnancy, both houses in the state legislature have now voted to override the veto and enact SB134 into law. The Center[Read More…]
Fuel Economy Remains at All-time High, March 7, 2013
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2013. For the second month in a row, fuel economy of new vehicles sold in the United States remains at a record high, say researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. Average fuel economy (window-sticker values) of cars, light trucks, minivans and SUVs purchased in[Read More…]
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