Day: December 2, 2016

Public Health and Environmental Groups Move to Defend Standards to Reduce Waste of Natural Gas on Public Lands

Groups Seek to Join Lawsuit to Oppose Challenges to the Standards OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2016. Fifteen national, regional, tribal and local public health and environmental groups representing millions of Americans took legal steps today to defend new standards that will reduce natural gas waste on public and tribal lands, protect public[Read More…]

Trump May Have Just Provoked a Diplomatic Incident with China

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2016 By Laura Clawson Taiwanese President Tsai Ying-wen Donald Trump’s phone call with Tsai Ying-wen, the president of Taiwan, was not like other phone calls with foreign leaders, even by the appalling standard Trump has been setting so far: The telephone call, confirmed by three people, is[Read More…]

Trump Team Seems Weirdly Afraid of Recounts in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2016 By Laura Clawson Lawyers for Donald Trump or the Republican Party are now trying to block the recounts in all three states in which Jill Stein has requested them—Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. The Trump legal team is saying “nothing to see here, folks, and it’s an outrage you’d even[Read More…]

Harry Reid On the Floor of the U.S. Senate: I Stand with Those at Standing Rock (Video)

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2016 By Walter Einenkel Senator Harry Reid took to the Senate floor today to show his support for the peaceful resolution to the protests surrounding the Dakota Access Pipeline. Standing Rock Sioux are fighting for their land right to clean water near and their history. They’re not alone Standing Rock[Read More…]

Jeff Sessions’ Heroic Effort as Alabama Attorney General to Block Freedom of Speech on LGBT Issues

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2016 By Kerry Eleveld If you’re wondering how Attorney General Jeff Sessions would use his powerful perch to defend civil rights, here’s a telling example from Andrew Kaczynski: As Alabama’s attorney general in 1996, Sessions attempted to stop the Southeastern Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual College Conference from meeting at the University[Read More…]

Former Property Management Company Agrees to Pay More Than $1.6 Million for Defrauding Military Housing Projects

VIRGINIA–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2016. American Management Services LLC, based in Seattle, agreed to pay more than $1.6 million pursuant to a deferred prosecution agreement to resolve criminal charges that the company defrauded the U.S. Army and Virginia-based Clark Realty Capital LLC (Clark) while performing property management services for military housing at[Read More…]

International Arms Trafficker Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Kill Americans and Provide Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization

Virgil Flaviu Georgescu, a Dual U.S.-Romanian Citizen, Agreed to Provide Military-Grade Weapons to be Used to Shoot Down American Aircraft in Colombia NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2016.  Virgil Flaviu Georgescu, 43, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for conspiring to sell large quantities of military-grade weaponry to the Fuerzas Armadas[Read More…]

UChicago Endowment to Invest in Startups with Roots on Campus

Photo by:  Matt Marton UChicago Startup Investment Program launches with $25 million for early-stage companies CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2016.  The University of Chicago is designating $25 million from its endowment to invest alongside established venture funds in startups led by faculty, students, staff and alumni, expanding a commitment to grow entrepreneurship[Read More…]

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