WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2015. Today, the U.S. Trade Representative published the text of the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a 12-nation international trade deal. This comes after years of closed-door negotiations by trade officials and select corporate advisers and years of opposition and demands of transparency from the Sierra Club[Read More…]
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Friends of the Earth: Trans Pacific Partnership Text Exposes Threat to Environment and Climate
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—November 5, 2015. After years of secret negotiations, the text of the Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement was released today. The text confirms the worst fears of environmentalists. The environment chapter, which actually only deals with a narrow range of conservation measures, is largely unenforceable and is substantially[Read More…]
Pesticide Peddler Monsanto Wins 2015 Rubber Dodo Award
TUCSON, Ariz.—(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2015. Monsanto, producer and seller of Roundup and its toxic active ingredient glyphosate, is the recipient of the Center for Biological Diversity’s 2015 Rubber Dodo Award, given annually to those who have done the most to destroy wild places, species and biological diversity. Glyphosate is now used[Read More…]
Mass Mobilization To Stop The TPP Announced, As Text Is Released
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 5, 2015. A mass mobilization in Washington, DC from November 14th to 18th has been announced to begin the next stage of the campaign to stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP was made public 10 days from the actions. The protest, co-sponsored by 59 organizations, is being[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan, FTC and States Announce Nationwide Crackdown Against Abusive Debt Collectors
30 New Actions Targeting Illegal Practices Such as Phony Debt Collection & Threats of Arrest & Wage Garnishment Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—November 5, 2015. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan yesterday joined with the Federal Trade Commission and other law enforcement authorities around the country to announce the first coordinated federal-state enforcement[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Joins Coalition of 25 States, Cities and Counties in Defense of EPA Clean Power Plan
Coalition Cites Critical Need For Rules To Protect The Public, Environment, And Grow Our Economies Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—November 5, 2015. Attorney General Madigan announced yesterday that Illinois is joining a coalition of 25 states and cities filing a motion to intervene to defend the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan[Read More…]
FDA Approves New Treatment for HIV
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Genvoya (a fixed-dose combination tablet containing elvitegravir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, and tenofovir alafenamide) as a complete regimen for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older. The CDC estimates that[Read More…]
CDC Researchers Link Cancer Cells from Parasite to Human Tumors
Unique case raises questions about misdiagnosis and treatment Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2015. Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have discovered cancer cells originating in a common tapeworm may take root in people with weakened immune systems, causing cancer-like tumors. It is the first known case of a[Read More…]
Four Men Charged with Providing Material Support to Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2015. A four-count indictment was unsealed today in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Ohio charging four men with conspiring to travel to Yemen to provide thousands of dollars to Anwar Al-Awlaki in an effort to support violent jihad against U.S. military personnel in[Read More…]
U.S. Trustee Program Reaches $81.6 Million Settlement with Wells Fargo Bank N.A. to Protect Homeowners in Bankruptcy
Settlement Addresses the Bank’s Errors Affecting Nearly 68,000 Accounts of Homeowners in Bankruptcy Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 5, 2015. The Department of Justice’s U.S. Trustee Program has entered into a national settlement agreement with Wells Fargo Bank N.A. (Wells Fargo) requiring Wells Fargo to pay $81.6 million in remediation for its repeated[Read More…]
