President Obama rejects Congress’s attempt to approve short-sighted pipeline and circumvent State department review Concerned members of the public, organized by 350.org and other groups, carry a 200-yard inflatable pipeline around the Capitol Building in 2014, demanding that the President Obama reject the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Photo by[Read More…]
Day: February 25, 2015
Airmen Missing From WWII Accounted For, Feb. 24, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 24, 2015. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced yesterday that the remains of U.S. servicemen, missing in action from World War II, have been accounted for and are being returned to their families for burial with full military honors. Army Air Forces 1st Lts. William D. Bernier[Read More…]
AEGIS Ballistic Missile Defense System Tracks, Simulates Engagements of Three Short-Range Ballistic Missiles
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 24, 2015. The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and sailors aboard the USS Carney, USS Gonzalez, and USS Barry successfully completed a flight test involving the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) weapon system. At approximately 2:30 a.m. EST today, three short-range ballistic missile targets were launched near simultaneously from[Read More…]
12-Year-Old Takes North Carolina’s Environmental Management Commission to Court Over Climate Change
Raleigh, North Carolina –(ENEWSPF)—February 24, 2015. Yesterday, in North Carolina Superior Court in Wake County, 12-year-old Hallie Turner appealed a decision by North Carolina’s Environmental Management Commission rejecting her climate change petition for rulemaking. Last December, Hallie submitted her petition to the Environmental Management Commission in an attempt to get[Read More…]
Nurses Welcome Veto of Keystone XL Pipeline Bill
Raji Ward RN speaks at KXL Veto Action ‘Next Let’s Reject Project Outright to Protect Public Health’ Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2015. National Nurses United today welcomed President Obama’s veto of the Congressional legislative efforts to force the construction of the 1,700-mile Keystone XL pipeline from the forests of Alberta[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Applauds Veto of Keystone Pipeline Bill
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2015. President Barack Obama on Tuesday vetoed legislation that would allow construction of the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to Texas. “I applaud the president for vetoing the Keystone pipeline bill,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders, a member of the Senate environment and energy committees. “This veto tells[Read More…]
Center for Biological Diversity: Obama Vetoes Keystone XL Bill, Ultimate Rejection Could Come Soon
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2015. President Obama today vetoed a Republican-backed bill that would have forced approval of the dangerous Keystone XL pipeline. The U.S. House and Senate do not have the votes to override the veto, which means the U.S. State Department will be able complete the last stages of its[Read More…]
U.S. State Dept. Updates Algeria Travel Warning, Feb. 24, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2015. The Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens against travel to the Kabylie region and remote areas of southern and eastern Algeria. This replaces the Travel Warning for Algeria dated August 13, 2014, to update information on the current security situation in Algeria. The Department of[Read More…]
U.S. State Dept. Updates Saudi Arabia Travel Warning, Feb. 24, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2015. The Department of State urges U.S. citizens to carefully consider the risks of traveling to Saudi Arabia. There have been recent attacks on U.S. citizens and other Western expatriates, an attack on Shi’ite Muslims outside a community center in the Eastern Province on November 3, 2014, and[Read More…]
U.S. State Dept. Updates Pakistan Travel Warning, Feb. 24, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2015. The Department of State warns U.S. citizens to defer all non-essential travel to Pakistan. This Travel Warning replaces the Travel Warning dated August 8, 2014, to remind U.S. citizens of ongoing security concerns in Pakistan. The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad and the U.S. Consulate General in Karachi[Read More…]
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