Group points to the disproportionate placement of DUI checkpoints in Latino communities as anti-immigrant and contrary to the city of Chicago’s commitment to be a Sanctuary city for immigrants. CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—June 4, 2015. On Monday, June 8, from 11 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., local residents and community organizers convene outside the[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Study Finds Reverse Mortgage Advertisements Can Create False Impressions
CFPB Issues Advisory Warning Consumers Not To Be Deceived WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—June 4, 2015. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released results of a focus group study on reverse mortgage advertisements that found many participants were left with misimpressions about the product. After viewing the ads, consumers were confused[Read More…]
More Than 1.2 Million Visits and Counting to Environmental Working Group’s 2015 Sunscreens Guide
Global Attention Underscores Consumer Demand for Safer Products WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2015. Consumers are demanding more information about the sun protection products they are using and the chemicals they are putting on their bodies, as evidenced by the overwhelming response to EWG’s 2015 Guide to Sunscreens. The guide, released May[Read More…]
Audubon Society: ‘Bird Killer Amendment’ Infects Appropriations Bill
Language Would Prohibit Enforcement of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2015 – Yesterday, Representative Jeff Duncan (R-SC) successfully introduced an amendment to the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 2578) that would restrict the Department of Justice from prosecuting violators of the Migratory Bird[Read More…]
Air Pollution Below EPA Standards Linked with Higher Death Rates
Photo: iStockphoto.com Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2015. A new study by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that death rates among people over 65 are higher in zip codes with more fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) than in those with lower levels of PM2.5. It is[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Orders RPM Mortgage to Pay $19 Million for Steering Consumers Into Costlier Mortgages
RPM CEO Erwin Robert Hirt to Pay Additional $1 Million Civil Penalty WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2015. Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a complaint in federal district court against RPM Mortgage, Inc. and its CEO, Erwin Robert Hirt, for illegally paying bonuses and higher commissions to loan[Read More…]
DOT Joins Members of Congress, Industry and Safety Advocates to Highlight the Life-saving Potential of Groundbreaking Technology to Prevent Drunk Driving
Alcohol-impairednology could potentially save driving crashes kill nearly 10,000 people annually; this alcohol-detection vehicle tech thousands of lives each year WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2015. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today joined with members of Congress, safety advocates and industry representatives at the U.S. Department[Read More…]
Major Funding Gap Has Left Iraq on Brink of ‘Catastrophe,’ UN Warns as New Humanitarian Appeal Launched
Baharka IDP camp for displaced Iraqis on the outskirts of Erbil, northern Iraq. Photo: © UNICEF/Philip Hazou GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–4 June 2015 – Critical aid operations supporting millions of people affected by the conflict in Iraq are at risk of shutting down unless funds are made available immediately, the United Nations official[Read More…]
SEIU: Patriot Employer Tax Credit Act Shows Fight for $15 Has Attention of Congress
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2015. In response to the introduction of the Patriot Employer Tax Credit Act by Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement: “This bill would encourage employers to do the right thing and[Read More…]
NASA’s Hubble Finds Pluto’s Moons Tumbling in Absolute Chaos
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2015. If you lived on one of Pluto’s moons, you might have a hard time determining when, or from which direction, the sun will rise each day. Comprehensive analysis of data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows that two of Pluto’s moons, Nix and Hydra, wobble unpredictably.[Read More…]
