Quonset Point, Rhode Island–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2014 – 2:24 P.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA: (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you so much. Good afternoon. Wow. All right, can I just break with protocol and say, this is really cool. (Laughter.) I mean, come on. This is so nice. (Applause.) I want to start[Read More…]
Day: June 2, 2014
Remarks by President Obama in a Conference Call hosted by Public Health Groups on Proposed EPA Carbon Pollution Standards
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2014 – 2:10 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thanks, Gina. And thanks to all the folks at EPA who worked so hard to put this plan forward. I want to thank everybody who is on the call. We’re going to be talking about carbon pollution and the standards[Read More…]
Rep. Robin Kelly’s Youth Summit and Job Expo Draws Nearly 1,000 Youth
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—June 2, 2014. Nearly 1,000 young people from the Chicago area attended a Youth Summit and Job Expo Saturday hosted by Congresswoman Robin Kelly at Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy. Representatives from more than 50 companies and agencies, including Nike, Walmart, CVS and the Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership, were on[Read More…]
U.S. Leads Multi-National Action Against ‘Gameover Zeus’ Botnet and ‘Cryptolocker’ Ransomware, Charges Botnet Administrator
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 2, 2014. The Justice Department today announced a multi-national effort to disrupt the Gameover Zeus Botnet – a global network of infected victim computers used by cyber criminals to steal millions of dollars from businesses and consumers – and unsealed criminal charges in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Omaha, Nebraska,[Read More…]
Congressman Blumenauer Statement on Carbon Pollution Standards for Power Plants
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2014. If you accept modern science, you cannot deny the combined weight of over 10,000 peer-reviewed, published scientific studies which tell us climate change is happening, that human activity is a driving factor in rising temperatures, and the consequences are extremely serious. If you fight wildfires, farm,[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Unveils Employee Ownership Legislation
BURLINGTON, Vt.–(ENEWSPF)–June 2 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was joined this morning by representatives of Vermont-based, worker-owned businesses and an employee-ownership expert at a news conference to announce legislation to help workers who want to form their own businesses or worker-owned cooperatives. Sanders said employee ownership increases employment, productivity,[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Welcomes Carbon Limits Much: More Needed to Curb Global Warming
BURLINGTON, Vt.–(ENEWSPF)–June 2 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) welcomed an Obama administration initiative unveiled today to reduce carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants, but the senator said real progress on global warming has been blocked by Republicans in Congress who have thwarted every measure to confront a planetary crisis[Read More…]
Center for Biological Diversity: Obama Power Plant Plan Doesn’t Cut Carbon Pollution Quickly Enough
More Ambitious Emission Reductions Needed to Ward Off Warming Crisis WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2014. New rules unveiled today by President Barack Obama don’t do enough to cut planet-warming pollution from America’s power plants. Using the Clean Air Act, the president aims to reduce existing power plant emissions 30 percent below 2005[Read More…]
Clinical Trial Analysis Suggests Drug Combination May Be Highly Effective in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2014. Significant improvement with the use of a combination drug therapy for recurrent ovarian cancer was reported at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago. This is the first ovarian cancer study to use a combination of drugs that could be[Read More…]
Dating Site Fights Outrageous Trademark Claim from Mormon Church
Church Claims It Owns the Term ‘Mormon’ San Francisco–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2014. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged a federal judge to quickly resolve a dispute over the use of the term “Mormon” in an online dating site, arguing that extended litigation based on a frivolous claim could bury a small[Read More…]
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