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Congress provides $7.7 billion in funding to combat H1N1 flu virus

Washington, DC 11/20/09 · In April, the first case of H1N1 influenza...

Soledad O'Brien, Rep. Waters, Rev. Sharpton, Other Honorees At Black Star News's

NEW YORK 11/20/09 · Soledad O'Brien, Rep. Waters, Rev. Sharpton, Other Honorees...

FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending November 20, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. 11/20/09 · 1.  Washington Field: Twenty-Six Charged in Nationwide Scheme to...

Account Director Philip Keightley Takes Clean Sweep At Punch Annual Awards

LONDON, UK 11/20/09 · Search and PR company Punch Communications has announced...

IBM Moves Closer To Creating Computer Based on Insights From The Brain

Portland, OR 11/20/09 · Scientists perform cat-scale cortical simulations and map the...

Environment and Natural Resources Division Celebrates 100th Anniversary

WASHINGTON (RPRN) 11/17/09 — By RushPRnews
—Attorney General Eric Holder, Assistant Attorney General Ignacia S. Moreno and hundreds of current and past employees celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Environment and Natural Resources Division today. “The history...

A Return to a Simpler Time

New York, NY (RPRN) 11/08/09 — By Andrea Frascione, RPRN Writer
by Andrea Frascione, staff writer Walking to the grocery store, pulling a two-wheeled personal shopping cart behind you, lined with a couple of large paper bags. Leisure bicycles with an extra-wide...

Polar Bear News: Obama Administration Takes Action

Washington, DC (RPRN) 10/19/09 — By NRDC
Yielding to pressure from conservationists, including more than 50,000 NRDC Members and online activists, the Obama Administration has just announced that it will support an upgrade in international...

NRDC: End the Poisoning of Wildlife on Public Lands

WASHINGTON (RPRN) 10/01/09 — By AneHoward
  End the Poisoning of Wildlife on Public Lands! The government is poisoning wildlife like bobcats, wolves and foxes on our public lands. Tell Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack you won’t...

Logging in National Forests Continues

Washington, DC (RPRN) 09/29/09 — By AneHoward
Tell President Obama to halt logging and other destruction in our wild national forests In 2001, the Clinton administration adopted the Roadless Area Conservation Rule to prevent logging and road building...

NRDC Urges Senators To Defeat Harmful Amendments

Washington, DC (RPRN) 09/22/09 — By NRDC
Urge your senators to defeat harmful amendments to the Interior appropriations bill The Senate will vote this week on the critical spending bill that funds the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department...

Always Green Getting Greener

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (RPRN) 09/18/09 — By Phil Jeudy, RPRN Writer
By Phil Jeudy AlwaysOn  organized three days of conference dedicated to CleanTech industry, covering different business (Water markets, Solar Markets, Bio Markets...), Financing, Marketing and providing showcases of companies, bringing them...

Eco Paints Are Important For A Healthy Environment According To Ratedpeople.com

LONDON, UK (RPRN) 09/04/09 — By BenLeuty
Ratedpeople.com, the UK’s largest match making service for home improvers and recommended tradesmen, suggests that home owners and decorators alike should consider using paints that are low in volatile organic...

Consumers Missing Out on Energy Efficiency Grants

LONDON,UK (RPRN) 09/01/09 — By David Holmes
Consumers may be missing out on thousands of pounds of government funded initiatives available across the UK, according to Home Heating Guide, the leading online resource for domestic heating and...

GE Energy and DUBAL Sign Long-Term Service Agreement to Help Reduce Cost of Alum

DUBAI (RPRN) 08/26/09 — By RushPRnews
 GE Energy has signed a multi-year service contract for more than US$45 million with Dubai Aluminium Company Limited (DUBAL), one of the world’s largest producers of premium quality aluminum. The...