The U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Logistics Center has purchased the prototype CN235 aircraft and plans to transform it into an HC-144A maintenance training unit. The HC-144A is based on the Airbus Military CN235 tactical airlifter. More than 230 CN235s are in …
May 6, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: 212-549-2666, media@aclu.org RED LION, Pa. – The Red Lion Area School District (RLASD) has refused to change its policy regarding transgender candidates for prom court, nor will it agree to allow transgender …
Gazprom Neft to install eco-boxes at gas stations 26 April 2013 Saint Petersburg has become the first city where Gazprom Neft has begun to install containers for the collection of hazardous consumer waste as part of its program. Eco-boxes have been …
Today the State Department, the Department of Labor and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative convened a conference call with U.S. buyers in Bangladesh’s garment industry to discuss U.S. Government engagement to improve workers’ rights and working …
WASHINGTON, May 9, 2013 – A recent decision by BLM to delay oil and natural gas leasing in California is an example of counterproductive government policy that will hurt the economy and weaken U.S. energy security, API Chief Economist John Felmy told …
Deputy Secretary of State Burns arrived in Kabul, Afghanistan May 11, 2013. The Deputy Secretary will lead U.S. participation at the second meeting of the U.S.-Afghanistan Bilateral Commission, created to advance cooperation and monitor progress made in …
At this week’s UN Rotterdam Convention, lobbyists from both Russia and Zimbabwe will be attending for the first time, intent on keeping chrysotile asbestos off the convention’s list of hazardous substances. Prior to this year, Canada – which had a huge …
WASHINGTON, May 7, 2013 – EPA should follow standard Clean Air Act procedures in proposing its new and potentially massively costly Tier 3 sulfur standards, API Senior Downstream Policy Advisor Patrick Kelly told reporters this afternoon. He said the rule …
[Dari] [Pashto] At the invitation of Foreign Minister Dr. Zalmai Rassoul, Deputy Secretary William Burns and his delegation visited Kabul May 11, 2013, to convene the second meeting of the Afghanistan-U.S. Bilateral Commission, established by the …
The old Wetmore Elementary School in Utica, New York has sat abandoned for nearly 20 years, waiting for the day when someone would find a new use for the 1900s-era school building. Now, school district officials say thieves who entered the school to steal …
As leaders of organizations that advocate for religious freedom for all, we urge the Senate to support the inclusion of religion and national origin in the immigration reform bill’s prohibition against profiling by law enforcement. As written, the bill …
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 2, 2013—API today announced the appointment of Christopher Rager as the oil and natural gas trade association’s director of state relations. “Rager has a strong background in creating and running legislative, political, grassroots and …
Airbus has selected the five finalist student teams competing in the third edition of the Fly Your Ideas challenge. The teams making the final are from Australia, Brazil, India, Italy and Malaysia. The students will present their ideas to a jury of Airbus …
Throughout the last few decades, as more and more sophisticated drugs are developed to fight cancers of all types, the prices of these drugs continue to rise. Now, specialists who are disgusted at the high cost of these medications are joining together and …
Associated gas utilization level at Gazprom Neft’s Vyngapurovskoye field exceeds 95 percent 6 May 2013 Two vacuum compressor stations have come on-stream at Gazpromneft Noyabrskneftegaz's Vyngapurovskoye field, bringing associated gas utilization rate …