Day: August 13, 2010

Sierra Club: Polluters Using GOP to Push for License to Kill

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2010.  The House GOP Conference yesterday issued a statement that shamelessly echoes the oil and coal lobbies’ endless efforts to avoid cleaning up their acts despite the known health problems their dirty industries cause and the new job opportunities offered by investment in clean energy. Hiding behind[Read More…]

BP Completes MC252 Well Pressure Test, Results Being Reviewed

HOUSTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2010.   Last night BP, operating with the guidance and approval of the National Incident Commander (NIC), completed the four-hour near ambient pressure test on the MC252 well in the Gulf of Mexico. Results are under review this morning (US time)/ this afternoon (UK time) between BP and[Read More…]

Human Rights Campaign Applauds Senate Introduction of Safe Schools Improvement Act

Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, applauded the introduction of the Safe Schools Improvement Act in the U.S. Senate by Senator Robert Casey (D-PA). The Safe Schools Improvement Act (SSIA) would amend the Safe and Drug-Free Schools[Read More…]

Judge Lifts Calif. Marriage Decision Stay on Aug. 18

Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The Human Rights Campaign – the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization – commented on today’s decision by Judge Vaughn Walker to lift the stay on his ruling in Perry v. Schwarzenegger as of August 18, allowing California to once again issue marriage licenses[Read More…]

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