MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. –(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2015 – A New Jersey court today approved a settlement between ExxonMobil and Governor Chris Christie’s administration over damages due for decades of toxic soil and water contamination in the northern part of the state. The settlement gives the oil giant a more than 98 percent[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
For Alaska Native Communities, the Devastating Effects of Climate Change Are Already Here
An abandoned house at the west end of Shishmaref, Alaska, sits on the beach after sliding off during a fall 2005 storm, December 2006. Source: AP/Diana Haecker Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2015. Alaska Native communities are already feeling the effects of climate change in a way that puts their very[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Paper Says It Is Time to Deal with the Turkey We Have, Not the One We Want
U.S. President George H.W. Bush meets with Turkish President Turgut Özal prior to talks in Ankara on July 20, 1991. Source: AP Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2015. As a NATO member and majority-Muslim, secular democracy, Turkey has often been held up as a model partner to the United States and[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Paper: EPA’s Methane Rule Would Lower Emissions in a Way Oil and Gas Industry Can Easily Afford
Pipes for the proposed Dakota Access oil pipeline are stacked at a staging area in Worthing, South Dakota, on May 9, 2015. Source: AP/Nati Harnik Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2015. Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, released a new rule to regulate methane emissions in the oil[Read More…]
Minneapolis, MN Passes Organic, Pollinator-Friendly Resolution
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2015. Last Friday, the City Council of Minneapolis, MN unanimously passed a resolution declaring Minneapolis a pollinator-friendly community and urging city residents to take steps to protect dwindling pollinator populations. A groundswell of public support from a wide range of local and national groups, including Beyond Pesticides,[Read More…]
Disastrous Animas River Mine Spill Prompts Call for Regulatory Reform
Tribes, Counties, Environmental Groups Unite to Prevent Future Mining Contamination FLAGSTAFF, Arizona—(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2015. In the wake of the toxic spill in the Animas River earlier this month, tribes, local governments and environmental groups today petitioned the Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture to reform outdated mining rules[Read More…]
Sierra Club Provides National Association of Manufacturers World-Class Re-Branding
New logo and name designed to drive results for the “National Association of Polluters” as part of its ongoing smog-for-all promotion campaign WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2015. The Sierra Club announced Tuesday that it has completed a comprehensive pro-bono re-branding effort for the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM). This initiative[Read More…]
Two Defendants Plead Guilty to Forced Labor Scheme that Exploited Guatemalan Migrants at Ohio Egg Farms
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2015. A leader of a human trafficking ring pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to charges that he lured Guatemalan minors and adults into the United States on false pretenses, then used threats of physical harm to compel their labor at egg farms in Ohio. The guilty[Read More…]
Medical Director and Three Therapists Convicted in $63 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2015. A federal jury in Miami late yesterday convicted the former medical director of, and three therapists employed by, a now-defunct health care provider of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and related charges for their roles in a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicare and Florida Medicaid[Read More…]
Statement by NSC Spokesperson Ned Price on the UN Security Council’s Historic Discussion of the Protection of LGBT Persons Targeted by ISIL
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 24, 2015. The United States welcomes today’s first-ever “Arria formula” discussion by the UN Security Council of how better to protect the lives and dignity of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) persons, who are frequently among the most vulnerable in conflict and post-conflict situations. Today’s session focused[Read More…]
