Nurse practitioners go over a patient’s chart at Ingalls Family Care Center in Flossmoor, Illinois, June 2013. Source: AP/M. Spencer Green Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2015. Yesterday, a new brief released by the Center for American Progress and the National Partnership for Women & Families recommends states proactively respond to political interference[Read More…]
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In Climate Talks, Loss and Damage Is an Often Misunderstood but Critical Concept
Strong waves threaten coastal houses as Typhoon Hagupit pounds Legazpi, Albay Province, in the eastern Philippines on December 7, 2014. Source: AP/Aaron Favila Washington, D.C. — As the parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or UNFCCC, work to craft a new international climate agreement to be finalized[Read More…]
Department of Defense Press Briefing by Secretary Carter, Sept. 30, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 30, 2015. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ASH CARTER: Good afternoon, everyone. Appreciate your being here today. Let’s see, I have several topics I want to cover today. Let me begin with Syria. Last week, I observed from this podium, as I had observed privately to Russian Minister of Defense[Read More…]
Department of Defense Releases Second Quarter 2015 Suicide Information
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2015. Today, the Department of Defense released the Quarterly Suicide Report (QSR) for the second quarter of calendar year 2015. The report summarizes confirmed suicide counts for all services and components during the months of April through July of 2015, and also includes total suicide counts for[Read More…]
A Flaring Shame: New Report Exposes Hidden Fracking Subsidy
WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—October 1, 2015. A new, peer-reviewed, report from Friends of the Earth brings to light one of Big Oil’s most overlooked subsidies: royalty-free flaring on public and tribal lands. As the fracking boom spreads across the country, companies eager to tap profitable shale oil are burning away —[Read More…]
After Volkswagen Scandal, Legal Petition Seeks Better Smog Testing, Bigger Fines
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2015. Following revelations that Volkswagen used “defeat devices” for years to cheat emissions testing and evade limits on dangerous air pollution, the Center for Biological Diversity filed a legal petition with the federal government today to require on-road tests for all cars and light trucks. The petition also[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Orders Indirect Auto Finance Company to Provide Consumers $44.1 Million in Relief for Illegal Debt Collection Tactics
Westlake Services and Wilshire Consumer Credit Pressured Borrowers with Illegal Threats and Phony Caller IDs WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2015. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced an enforcement action against an indirect auto finance company and its auto title lending subsidiary for pressuring borrowers using illegal debt collection[Read More…]
Court Denies USDA Motion to Stop Legal Challenge to Rulemaking on Pesticide-contaminated Compost in Organic
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2015–Yesterday a federal court in California denied a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) motion to dismiss Center for Food Safety’s (CFS) lawsuit challenging its allowance of pesticide-contaminated compost in organic food production without a formal rulemaking and a public comment period . USDA had argued that[Read More…]
Basic Nurse Assistant Training Classes Starting October 19th at South Suburban College
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL–(ENEWSPF)—October 1, 2015. The South Suburban College non-credit Basic Nurse Assistant Training Program (CNA) is running a daytime cohort session from October 19th through December 10th at the Oak Forest Center. Successful completion of this non-credit course is required in order to become eligible to take the State[Read More…]
Senate Reaches Significant Deal to Reduce Prison Population and Reform Mandatory Minimums
Criminal Justice Legislation Lowers Drug Sentences, Increases Early Release and Returns Some Discretion to Judges; Bipartisan Compromise Bill Backed by Top Democrats And Republicans Amid Public Demands to End Mass Incarceration Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 1, 2015. Today, a bipartisan group of Senators announced a historic deal on criminal justice reform, rounding[Read More…]
