Learning from problems with Reagan-era emergency access law could help improve Obama-era Affordable Care Act, trio of U-M doctors says ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(ENEWSPF)–February 21, 2013. Two major health reform laws, enacted 25 years apart, both try to meet an ethical standard to provide broad access to basic health care. Neither[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Ukraine: EU Should Raise LGBT Rights at Summit
Condemn Homophobic Bills, Violence Brussels–(ENEWSPF)–February 21, 2013. The European Union should urge the Ukrainian government at the upcoming EU-Ukraine summit to end abuses against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Ukraine, Human Rights Watch and 23 other groups said today in a letter to EU officials. The[Read More…]
Chicago Expansion of Blue Cart Recycling Begins
First of Four Expansion Phases to Deliver Recycling Services to 131,000 Households CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 21, 2013. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced yesterday that more than 131,000 households will begin receiving blue cart recycling services in March and April as the recycling program expands citywide. Taking recycling citywide was a key 2013 budget[Read More…]
Southtown Star: Rescuers sue in 2011 gas blast in Park Forest
We knew the lawsuits would come from this one, we did not anticipate this one. Did not realize the rescuers were injured as they were, nor that the contractors ran away. From the Southtown Star: Two men hurt when they rescued a Park Forest woman from her burning townhouse after[Read More…]
Major Investors Call on JPMorgan Chase to Name Independent Board Chair
Coalition with $820 million in JPM shares seeks stronger, more independent governance and oversight New York, N.Y.–(ENEWSPF)–February 21, 2013. A coalition of investors including the AFSCME Employees Pension Plan, the Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, Hermes Equity Ownership Services and the NYC Pension Funds, has filed a shareowner proposal[Read More…]
Survey: Latinos Reject Rubio Approach to Climate Change, Clean Energy
Poll Shows Latinos Overwhelmingly Support Obama Call For Action on Industrial Carbon Pollution WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 21, 2013 – About three out of four Latinos believe that climate change is a serious problem and a substantial majority support President Obama using his authority to reduce its main cause: dangerous carbon pollution, according[Read More…]
Earthjustice: Obama Administration Delay Leaves Waters of the United States in Peril
White House Sits On Clean Water Act Guidance To Restore Protections to Waters of the United States Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 21, 2013. In April 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a policy to help restore Clean Water Act protections to waters across the country and to return common-sense safeguards to[Read More…]
Representative Russell to Formally Introduce Marijuana Legalization Bill Today in Maine
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 21, 2013. by Erik Altieri, NORML Communications Director Representative Diane Russell (D-Portland) will formally introduce legislation that would make Maine the third state to legalize and regulate the possession and sale of marijuana to people over the age of 21 at a press conference being held at noon[Read More…]
Working Families Call on Wall Street Firms to Pay Their Taxes
Detroit, MI–(ENEWSPF)–February 21, 2013. Working people passed out leaflets in front of Chase Bank on Woodward Avenue yesterday afternoon, calling on corporate special interests to pay their fair share in taxes. Wall Street CEOs, part of the misnamed “Fix the Debt” group, are pushing for cuts in lifeline benefits like[Read More…]
ESA Chooses Instruments for its JUpiter ICy Moons Explorer
JUICE EU–(ENEWSPF)–21 February 2013 The JUpiter ICy moons Explorer mission, JUICE, will carry a total of 11 scientific experiments to study the gas giant planet and its large ocean-bearing moons, ESA announced today. JUICE is the first Large-class mission in ESA’s Cosmic Vision 2015–2025 programme. Planned for launch in 2022[Read More…]
