Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2015. Negotiators Reach a Deal on TPP – Alliance Members Focus on Stopping it After five years of secret negotiations, representatives from 12 countries came to an agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on Monday. If implemented, the deal would allow drug companies to lock in patent protections on[Read More…]
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Ibsen’s ‘The Lady from the Sea’ Launches Season on the Healy Stage at DePaul University
Henrik Ibsen’s “The Lady from the Sea” will be presented by The Theatre School at DePaul University as the first production of the season in the Sondra & Denis Healy Theatre. The work premieres Oct. 23 and runs through Nov. 1. (Artwork courtesy of Grip Design) CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—October 9, 2015.[Read More…]
NRDC: Exporting U.S. Crude Oil Would Boost Climate Pollution and Risks to Communities
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2015 –The following is a statement by Franz Matzner, director of the Beyond Oil Initiative at the Natural Resources Defense Council, on a pending House bill—which faces a presidential veto—to remove the four-decade-old prohibition on U.S. exports of crude oil: “Lifting the oil export ban is a[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Launches National Grassroots Effort to Raise Awareness for Nutrition Assistance Programs
Grapes are served during preschool lunch at the Latin American Community Center in Wilmington, Delaware, 2009. Source: AP/Steve Ruark Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2015. The Center for American Progress—along with its partners Witnesses to Hunger, the Coalition on Human Needs, the Food Research & Action Center, Feeding America, and the[Read More…]
Statement by the Defense Dept. on Syria, Oct. 9, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 9, 2015. Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook provided the following statement: Last year the Department of Defense received authorization from Congress to train and equip moderate opposition forces in Syria as one of several lines of effort to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).[Read More…]
California Report Finds ‘Systemic Problems’ in Oversight of L.A.-area Oil Wells
Oil Regulators Permitted Underground Injection Wells Before Assessing Water Pollution Threats LOS ANGELES—(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2015. California oil regulators today released a report that found “systemic problems” in the state’s regulation of oil industry underground injection in the Los Angeles area. The report admits that oil companies have been allowed to[Read More…]
Governor Brown Signs Historic Legislation Banning Polluting Plastic Microbeads From Beauty Products in California
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2015. California Gov. Jerry Brown today signed into law Assembly Bill 888, phasing out the use of plastic microbeads in beauty products by 2020. Importantly, the new law closes a loophole in microbead bans passed in other states, including Indiana and New Jersey, allowing companies to replace[Read More…]
Lawsuit Filed to Protect People, Wildlife From Toxic Soot Pollution in California, Arizona, Idaho, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Utah
SAN FRANCISCO—(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2015. The Center for Biological Diversity, Center for Environmental Health and Neighbors for Clean Air sued the Environmental Protection Agency today for failing to enforce air quality standards that limit dangerous particulate pollution from coal-fired power plants, cars and other sources. Today’s lawsuit seeks to force the[Read More…]
Public Citizen: WikiLeaks Publication of Complete, Final TPP Intellectual Property Text Confirms Pact Would Raise Costs, Put Medicines Out of Reach
Final Deal Rolls Back Bush-Era “May 2007” Access to Medicine Protections WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2015. WikiLeaks’ publication today of the final Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Intellectual Property chapter text verifies that the pact would harm public health by blocking patient access to lifesaving medicines, Public Citizen said today. The latest[Read More…]
Ohio Hospital to Pay $4.1 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2015. Cincinnati-based West Chester Hospital and its parent company, UC Health, have agreed to pay $4.1 million to settle allegations that West Chester Hospital violated the False Claims Act by billing federal health care programs for costs associated with medically unnecessary spine surgeries, the Justice Department announced[Read More…]
