Remarks by the President at Laborfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 6, 2010: “…today, I am announcing a new plan for rebuilding and modernizing Americas roads and rails and runways for the long term. I want America to have the best infrastructure in the world. We used to have the best infrastructure in the world. We… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: September 2010
USDA – National Farmers Market Search Engine
Bringing the Market to You, Hakim Fobia, Agricultural Marketing Service Public Affairs Specialist on September 3, 2010 “Have you ever wanted fresh, local produce but didnt know how to find the nearest farmers market? The USDAs Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) makes it easy with the National Farmers Market search engine, which lists more than 6,100… Continue Reading
DOE National Laboratory Releases Annual Accomplishments Report
National Energy Technology Laboratorys (NETLs) 2009 accomplishments report, released September 2, 2010. “Energy research and technology development achievements, including advances in clean fossil-based systems with carbon capture and storage (CCS), are highlighted in the just-released National Energy Technology Laboratorys (NETL) 2009 Accomplishments report. This years report, which details research and development (R&D) projects and activities… Continue Reading
Coalition Demands FDA Deny Approval Of Controversial Genetically Engineered Fish
News release: “A coalition of 31 consumer, animal welfare and environmental groups, along with commercial and recreational fisheries associations and food retailers submitted a joint statement criticizing an announcement this week by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that it will potentially approve the long-shelved AquAdvantage transgenic salmon as the first genetically engineered (GE)… Continue Reading
Presidential Proclamation–National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
Presidential Proclamation–National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month One of the greatest responsibilities we have as a Nation is to safeguard the health and well-being of our children. We now face a national childhood obesity crisis, with nearly one in every three of America’s children being overweight or obese. There are concrete steps we can take right… Continue Reading
CRS Report – Sudan: The Crisis in Darfur and Status of the North-South Peace Agreement
Sudan: The Crisis in Darfur and Status of the North-South Peace Agreement, Ted Dagne, Specialist in African Affairs, August 5, 2010 Sudan, geographically the largest country in Africa, has been ravaged by civil war intermittently for four decades. More than 2 million people have died in Southern Sudan over the past two decades due to… Continue Reading
Economic Policy Institute: Recession hits workers paychecks
Economic Policy Institute Briefing Paper #277 – Recession hits workers paychecks, Lawrence Mishel Heidi Shierhol, August 31, 2010 “Since the recession started in December 2007, a great deal of attention has been paid to the dramatic loss of jobs, decline in hiring, and the resulting high unemployment in the U.S. labor market. It is important… Continue Reading
More Transit = More Jobs: New Report
News release: “New data released by the Transportation Equity Network reveals that investment in public transit can create hundreds of thousands more jobs than highway projects. More Transit Equals More Jobs examines official project lists from 20 federally authorized Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) and concludes that if [they] shifted 50 percent of their highway funds… Continue Reading
EIA: Peak Underground Working Natural Gas Storage Capacity
Peak Underground Working Natural Gas Storage Capacity Sep 3, 2010: “This report provides estimates of aggregate peak working gas capacity and working gas design capacity for the U.S. underground natural gas storage as of April 2010. The estimates for national and regional peak working gas capacity are based on the demonstrated maximum working gas… Continue Reading
The Employment Situation – August 2010
News release: “Nonfarm payroll employment changed little (-54,000) in August, and the unemployment rate was about unchanged at 9.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Government employment fell, as 114,000 temporary workers hired for the decennial census completed their work. Private-sector payroll employment continued to trend up modestly (+67,000). The number of… Continue Reading
Committee Releases Details on BP's Advertising Expenditures Related to the Gulf Oil Spill
Follow up to previous postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill, this news release: “Chairman Henry A. Waxman and Subcommittee Chairman Bart Stupak released information from BP regarding its spending on corporate advertising and marketing following the April 20, 2010, explosion at the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. At the suggestion of Representative Kathy Castor, on… Continue Reading
EIA: Australia Country Analysis Brief
Australia Country Analysis Brief Sep 2, 2010: “Australia has considerable petroleum, natural gas and coal reserves and is one of the few countries belonging to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) that is a significant net hydrocarbon exporter. In 2009, the country was the world’s largest coal exporter and the fourth largest… Continue Reading
