CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 9, 2013. The Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee (ACRCC) today released its 2013 Asian Carp Monitoring and Response Plan (MRP). Outlining a revised and aggressive set of actions to track and remove Asian carp in the Upper Illinois River and the Chicago Area Waterway System (CAWS), the 2013 MRP[Read More…]
Day: May 9, 2013
Illinois Senate Committee Approves Medical Marijuana Bill; Full Senate Will Consider Measure
SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–May 9, 2013. Following a hearing Wednesday, the Senate Executive Committee voted 10-5 to approve a bill that would allow Illinois residents with serious illnesses to use medical marijuana if their physicians recommend it. The full 59-member Senate will now consider the measure, which received approval from the full House[Read More…]
Remarks by Secretary of State Kerry With Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh
Rome, Italy–(ENEWSPF)–May 9, 2013. SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning, everybody. It’s my pleasure to welcome Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh here to Villa Taverna. Thank you very much, Nasser, for taking time to be here. We are, I would say, old and good friends. We’ve spent a lot of time together in[Read More…]
Departments of Justice and Education Reach Settlement to Address and Prevent Sexual Assault and Harassment of Students at the University of Montana in Missoula
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 9, 2013. The Department of Justice and the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights obtained a comprehensive resolution agreement today with the University of Montana-Missoula in Missoula, Mont., to ensure that it responds swiftly and effectively to allegations of sexual assault and harassment by students. In[Read More…]
Obama Administration Launches Competition for Three New Manufacturing Innovation Institutes
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 9, 2013. The Obama Administration today announced that it is launching competitions to create three new manufacturing innovation institutes with a Federal commitment of $200 million across five Federal agencies – Defense, Energy, Commerce, NASA, and the National Science Foundation. To build off the initial success of a[Read More…]
Obama Administration Releases Historic Open Data Rules to Enhance Government Efficiency and Fuel Economic Growth
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 9, 2013. The Obama Administration today took groundbreaking new steps to make information generated and stored by the Federal Government more open and accessible to innovators and the public, to fuel entrepreneurship and economic growth while increasing government transparency and efficiency. Today’s actions—including an Executive Order signed by[Read More…]
White House Press Gaggle by Jay Carney, May 9, 2013
En Route Austin, Texas–(ENEWSPF)–May 9, 2013 – 11:0- A.M. EDT **Please see below for a follow up – marked with asterisks – to a question posed during the gaggle. MR. CARNEY: Good morning, everyone. Thanks for being with us. I have with me today, back by popular demand, Todd Park,[Read More…]
Conservation Groups Urge Interior Secretary Jewell Not to Strip Wolf Protections Across U.S.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposal to remove wolf from endangered list expected soon Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 9, 2013. The leaders of six of the nation’s most prominent conservation groups today called on the U.S. Department of the Interior to cancel plans by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to remove[Read More…]
Earthjustice Condemns Partisan Boycott of Gina McCarthy Nomination
McCarthy deserves to be confirmed as EPA administrator Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–May 9, 2013. Gina McCarthy’s confirmation vote in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee today was blocked by a Republican boycott of the committee’s scheduled meeting. By not showing up, the panel’s Republican members prevented the quorum necessary for[Read More…]
NRDC: GOP Obstructs Vote on Key Public Health and Environment Leader
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 9, 2013 – A boycott by Republicans delayed a vote planned today in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on the nomination of Gina McCarthy to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Following is a statement from Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council: “Make no[Read More…]
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