Day: July 29, 2010

HHS Announces Availability of $51 Million in Resources for States to Build New Competitive Health Insurance Marketplace

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 29, 2010.  The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced two key steps in the process of partnering with states and other stakeholders to begin establishing health insurance Exchanges.  HHS announced the availability of up to $1 million in grants per state to help states begin work[Read More…]

Sierra Club Supports Reid’s Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 29, 2010.  This week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid introduced the Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act.  The Sierra Club issued the following statement in response to the introduction. Statement of Michael Brune, Sierra Club Executive Director “The Sierra Club supports Majority Leader Reid’s Clean Energy[Read More…]

Total Claims Payments by BP Top $256 Million

BP to pay an estimated $60 million in advance payments in August New Orleans–(ENEWSPF)–July 28–BP said today it estimates it will pay at least $60 million in advance payments in August to claimants across the Gulf Coast who have lost income or net profit due to the oil spill in[Read More…]

Update on NOAA’s Oil Spill Research and Response Missions

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 29, 2010.  NOAA continues to play a vital role in the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill response, using all the scientific methods at its disposal, including satellites in space, planes in the air, ships on the water, autonomous underwater vehicles and gliders under the water, and scientists in the[Read More…]

Obama Administration In Danger Of Establishing ‘New Normal’ With Worst Bush-Era Policies, Says ACLU

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–July 29, 2010.  The Obama administration has repudiated some of the Bush administration’s most egregious national security policies but is in danger of institutionalizing others permanently into law, thereby creating a troubling “new normal,” according to a new report released today by the American Civil Liberties Union. “Establishing a[Read More…]

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