MARYLAND–(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2015. President Obama and Heads of Delegations of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states, the Secretary General of the GCC, and members the President’s Cabinet met today at Camp David to reaffirm and deepen the strong partnership and cooperation between the United States and the GCC. The[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Illinois’ New Multi-Year Highway Construction Plan Released
SPRINGFIELD –(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2015. The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) today released a six-year, $8.4 billion highway construction plan that fixes and improves roads and bridges throughout the state, but anticipates a rapid deterioration in the overall condition of Illinois infrastructure due to a lack of sustainable investment. “While this[Read More…]
Enviro-Safe Refrigerants Agrees to Halt Sales of Unapproved Flammable Hydrocarbon Refrigerants as Direct Replacements for Ozone Depleting Substances
ILLINOIS–(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2015. Enviro-Safe Refrigerants Inc. of Pekin, Illinois, has agreed to pay a $300,000 civil penalty and cease marketing and sale of unapproved flammable hydrocarbon refrigerants as substitutes for ozone depleting substances (ODS). ODS are being phased out of production and importation because they deplete the Earth’s stratospheric ozone[Read More…]
Texas Antiques Appraiser Sentenced to 25 Months in Prison for Rhino and Ivory Smuggling Conspiracy
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2015. Ning Qiu, 43, of Frisco, Texas, an appraiser of Asian art, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Thad Heartfield, in Beaumont, Texas, to 25 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to smuggle rhinoceros horns and objects made[Read More…]
Duke Energy Subsidiaries Plead Guilty and Sentenced to Pay $102 Million for Clean Water Act Crimes
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2015. Three subsidiaries of North Carolina-based Duke Energy Corporation, the largest utility in the United States, pleaded guilty today to nine criminal violations of the Clean Water Act at several of its North Carolina facilities and agreed to pay a $68 million criminal fine and spend $34[Read More…]
Long-Term Care Pharmacy to Pay $31.5 Million to Settle Lawsuit Alleging Violations of Controlled Substances Act and False Claims Act
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2015. PharMerica Corporation has agreed to pay the United States $31.5 million to resolve a lawsuit alleging that they violated the Controlled Substances Act by dispensing Schedule II controlled drugs without a valid prescription and violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to Medicare for[Read More…]
Former Number Two of Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Charged with Obstructing Federal Investigation into Misconduct at County Jails
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 14, 2015. Paul Tanaka, 56, who was the second in command of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department (LASD) and William Thomas Carey, 56, who oversaw internal criminal investigations at the LASD, have been indicted on obstruction of justice charges for allegedly directing efforts to quash a federal investigation[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth: Senate Moves Fast Track Legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – (ENEWSPF)—May 14, 2015. Two days after the Democratic Senate rebuffed President Obama’s push for Fast Track trade authority the Senate invoked cloture on the Hatch-Wyden Trade Promotion Authority bill by a vote of 65-33. The bill would grant President Obama power to send signed trade agreements to Congress[Read More…]
In Question of Detention or Release, Immigration Officials Overwhelmingly Discriminate Against LGBT Immigrants
A corrections officer stands near a gate at Baltimore City Detention Center on November 14, 2013. SOURCE: AP/Steve Ruark Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2015. An analysis conducted by the Center for American Progress and published today has found that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, or LGBT, immigrants are consistently detained[Read More…]
Groups Sue Obama Administration Over Weak Tank Car Standards
The new safety standards issued by the Department of Transportation take too long to get dangerous tank cars off the tracks and contain loopholes that leave too many vulnerable Aerial view of clean up after a Genesee & Wyoming train carrying North Dakota crude derailed near Aliceville, AL, in November[Read More…]
