CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2014. Fraser Smith entered the Master’s in Training and Development Program at Roosevelt University to improve his teaching methods. On Friday, Dec. 12, he will graduate with the know-how to help many, many others improve on what they learn as well. An associate professor and assistant dean at[Read More…]
Day: December 12, 2014
Sierra Club Appeals FutureGen Decision from the Illinois Pollution Control Board
Coal Plant’s Permit Still Does Not Reflect the Project’s Promise to Illinois Citizens SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2014. Yesterday, the Sierra Club filed an appeal in Illinois’ Fourth District Appellate Court, appealing the Illinois Pollution Control Board’s (IPCB) decision to allow the FutureGen project to move forward as permitted. The Sierra Club argued[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Announces Settlement Over Allegations that Digital Advertising Firm Breached Internet Privacy
Attorneys General Allege PointRoll Inc. Circumvented Privacy Settings to Expose More Consumers to Internet Ads Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—December 11, 2014. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced a $750,000 settlement with PointRoll Inc. resolving a multistate investigation over whether the company violated consumers’ privacy by unlawfully circumventing privacy settings in Apple’s Safari[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Opposes Spending Bill
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2014. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement on a massive $1.01 trillion spending bill that the Senate plans to take up later today: “At a time when the middle class continues to disappear, and the gap between the very rich and everyone else grows wider,[Read More…]
In Federal Spending Bill, Christmas Comes Early for Polluters, Oil and Gas Industry, and Wall Street High Rollers
Bill for 2015 Funding Guts Protections for Rivers and Wildlife, Cuts Regulatory Oversight of Financial Sector, Exposure to Toxic Chemicals, Children’s Nutrition WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2014. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a 2015 omnibus spending bill yesterday larded with dozens of riders and funding cuts that favor corporate profits over[Read More…]
Oregon Refuses to Protect Public From Oil Terminal’s New Air Pollution
Increased Pollution from Oil Train Facility on Columbia River Remains Unchecked PORTLAND, Ore.—(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2014. Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality yesterday rejected a petition submitted on behalf of tens of thousands of Oregonians asking the agency to protect Oregon’s air from harmful new oil terminal pollution by requiring Global Partners[Read More…]
Study Revealing 5 Trillion Pieces of Plastic in World’s Oceans Adds Urgency to Call for Action
SAN FRANCISCO—(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2014. A new study says the world’s ocean is awash in 5 trillion pieces of plastic — from tiny beads and toys to shopping bags and bottles — weighing more than 250,000 tons. One of the researchers said it’s the equivalent of two-liter plastic bottles stacked end-to-end[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on One Year of Violence in South Sudan
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 12, 2014. Last December, when a political conflict erupted into violence in South Sudan, the hope and optimism the world felt with the founding of the new nation in 2011 was overtaken by images of bloodshed and grief. Instead of seeing the promise of their struggle for self-determination[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, Dec. 11, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2014 – 12:54 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. It must be so quiet in here because there’s nothing happening anywhere really. It’s a very quiet day at the White House. In the spirit of that quiet day, I don’t have any opening remarks, so, Nedra,[Read More…]
NHTSA Report: Evidence Fails To Support Proposed DUI Impairment Levels For Cannabis
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2014. Available science fails to support the imposition of driving under the influence (DUI) impairment thresholds for cannabis in a manner that is analogous to the per se limits already in place for alcohol, according to the conclusions of a November 2014 publication published by the United[Read More…]
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