Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2014. Beyond Pesticides joined Center for Food Safety (CFS) in filing a lawsuit late Tuesday against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the agency’s failure to regulate novel nanomaterial pesticides. In 2008 more than 13 organizations filed a legal petition demanding the agency take action on this[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Endangered Species Protection Sought for Oklahoma’s Disappearing Horned Lizards
Protection Petition Spurred by Concerns of 15-year-old Boy in Moore, Okla. Photo by Robert Burton, USFWS. OKLAHOMA CITY— (ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2014. The Center for Biological Diversity, concerned scientists and a 15-year-old lizard enthusiast filed a formal petition today seeking state endangered species protection in Oklahoma for the Texas horned lizard.[Read More…]
Petition Filed to Reintroduce Grizzly Bears to Selway-Bitterroot of Idaho and Montana
Proposal Would Revive Stalled 14-year-old Federal Grizzly Repopulation Plan VICTOR, Idaho—(ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2014. The Center for Biological Diversity filed a petition today requesting that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service develop a new rule to reintroduce grizzly bears to the Selway-Bitterroot ecosystem in central Idaho and western Montana. The[Read More…]
ACLU Sues Ferguson-Florissant School District, Charging Electoral System Undermines African-American Vote
ST. LOUIS —(ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2014. The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a federal lawsuit against Missouri’s Ferguson-Florissant School District, charging the district’s electoral system is locking African-Americans out of the political process. The case, brought on behalf of the Missouri NAACP and African-American residents, is challenging the district’s at-large system[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending Dec. 13, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 18, 2014. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending December 13, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 289,000, a decrease of 6,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up by 1,000 from 294,000 to 295,000. The 4-week moving average[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan, ICC Warn Utility Customers of Scam Artists Posing as Utility Company Reps, Demanding Payment, Dec. 18, 2014
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—December 18, 2014. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the Illinois Commerce Commission issued an alert to utility customers about a scam targeting residents in the Chicago area and Northern Illinois in which someone claiming to be a utility employee asks for immediate payment of a bill either at a[Read More…]
Former Rite Aid Vice President and New Jersey Businessman Charged in $14.6 Million Fraud & Kickback Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 18, 2014. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a former Rite Aid Corporation Vice President and a New Jersey businessman have been charged in connection with a $14.6 million, surplus inventory sales/kickback scheme. According to United States Attorney Peter Smith,[Read More…]
Criminal Charges Filed Against U.S. Citizen in Connection with a Multi-Million Dollar International Cyber Counterfeiting Scheme Based in Uganda
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 18, 2014. U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton for the Western District of Pennsylvania and U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Eric P. Zahren of the Pittsburgh Field Office today announced the filing of a criminal complaint in Pittsburgh charging a U.S. citizen with leading an international counterfeit[Read More…]
Former Police Officer Indicted for Multiple Incidents of Assault
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 18, 2014. The Justice Department announced that a federal grand jury in Shreveport, Louisiana, returned an indictment against former Homer Police Department Officer Willie Fred Knowles, 64, charging him with violating the civil rights of multiple individuals during three different incidents, as well as with making false statements[Read More…]
California Investment Manager Sentenced to 225 Months in Prison for $33 Million Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 18, 2014. A California investment manager was sentenced yesterday to serve 225 months in prison for orchestrating a $33 million Ponzi scheme resulting in $15.2 million in losses to investors. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Acting U.S. Attorney Carlie Christensen of[Read More…]
