2020 Action Plan highlights how pollution hazards go hand in hand with racial and economic inequality. Flaring at a refinery located next to homes in Wilmington, CA. Photo courtesy of Jesse Marquez Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2016. Earthjustice commends the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for recognizing the need for a[Read More…]
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Bathroom Laws Targeting Transgender People Further Criminalize Their Lives
New report examines how transgender people suffer higher rates of incarceration and abuse in the criminal justice system. Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–May 24, 2016. Bathroom laws targeting transgender people contribute to a pattern of criminalizing individuals solely based on their gender identity, according to a landmark report released today. The[Read More…]
Report: Two FBI Agents Shot; Man Found Dead Inside Home On Rich Court
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- According a report in the Chicago Sun-Times, “Two FBI agents were shot and a man they were seeking was found dead in a Park Forest home, authorities said.” The incident happened in Rich Court, north and to the west of Rich East High School. According to the[Read More…]
Plans to Address Zika Transmission Must Include a Comprehensive Approach to Reproductive and Maternal Health
An Aedes aegypti mosquito is photographed through a microscope at the Fiocruz Institute in Recife, Brazil, on Janurary 27, 2016. Source: AP/Felipe Dana Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–May 24, 2016. As lawmakers in Congress continue to debate funding levels to fight the Zika virus, the Center for American Progress released a[Read More…]
Legal Action to Shut Down Indian Point Nuclear Reactors
Emergency legal filing to the NRC demands reactor 2 not restart, immediate shut down of reactor 3 WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–May 24, 2016. The disappearance and disintegration of more than 1 in 4 critical bolts holding the Indian Point nuclear reactor cooling system together is far more serious than owner[Read More…]
Four U.S. Freshwater Turtles Receive International Trade Protection
WASHINGTON— (ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2016. Coinciding with World Turtle Day, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a final rule today to regulate and monitor international trade of common snapping turtles and three softshell turtles. The rule, which responds in part to a 2011 request from the Center for Biological Diversity documenting the[Read More…]
ACLU Sues to Obtain Federal Complaints Against Catholic Hospitals That Refuse Women Care
Growing Concern About Prevalence of Catholic Hospitals After Report Finds 1 in 6 Hospital Beds Are in Facilities Bound by Religious Directives WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2016. The American Civil Liberties Union today filed suit to obtain complaints from the federal government about women refused emergency care because of the religious[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Known Gang Member Indicted on Gunrunning Charges
Defendant Charged in Gunrunning Scheme with Stolen Firearms Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced charges against a Romeoville man for gunrunning and money laundering following a joint investigation by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Illinois State Police Metropolitan Area Narcotics[Read More…]
Protesters to Urge Federal Officials Not to OK Offshore Fracking in California
Camarillo, CA-(ENEWSPF)- Coastal residents and members of three conservation organizations will rally today outside the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management office in Camarillo against a federal proposal to let oil companies resume offshore fracking near the California coast. The protest — organized by the Center for Biological Diversity, Food &[Read More…]
Emergency Petition Filed to Save Plummeting Red Wolf Population
Stronger Regulations Needed to Stem Illegal Shootings, Expand Where Wild Wolves Can Roam Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Conservation groups submitted an emergency petition today calling on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to take immediate steps to bolster flagging protections for the world’s only wild population of red wolves, which has declined by[Read More…]
