WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2012. Today, President Obama will announce investments to help rural small businesses expand and hire. Home to some of the most diligent and self-reliant Americans, rural communities and our nation’s agriculture industry are vital contributors to employment and exports from the United States. Strong and secure rural[Read More…]
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Health Care Law Delivers Free Preventive Services to 665,852 People with Medicare in Illinois
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 11, 2012. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced that the Affordable Care Act helped 665,852 people in Illinois with original Medicare receive at least one preventive service at no cost to them during the first five months of 2012. This includes 45,719 who have[Read More…]
Health Care Law Delivers Free Preventive Services to Over 14 Million People with Medicare in 2012
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 11, 2012. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced that the Affordable Care Act helped 14.3 million people with in original Medicare get at least one preventive service at no cost to them during the first five months of 2012. This includes 1.1 million who[Read More…]
UnitedHealthcare Voluntarily Extends Important Health Reform Protections Regardless of Upcoming Rulings by Supreme Court
MINNETONKA, Minn.–(ENEWSPF)–June 11, 2012 – UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) company, will continue to offer important health care insurance protections that were included in the 2010 health care reform law, no matter how the U.S. Supreme Court rules in cases currently pending before the Court. UnitedHealthcare will continue provisions[Read More…]
UN-Arab League ‘Gravely Concerned’ Over Latest Reports of Violence in Syria
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–11 June 2012. The Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League for the Syrian Crisis, Kofi Annan, is gravely concerned by the latest reports of violence coming out of the Middle Eastern country and the escalation of fighting by both Government and opposition forces, his[Read More…]
Bank of America New Environment Initiative: Weak on Coal Means Weak on Climate
A Statement From Rainforest Action Network SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–June 11, 2012 —Today, Bank of America announced a new environmental initiative, which includes a commitment to $50 billion over ten years for environmental investments. While the bank is focusing on energy efficiency (largely reducing emissions from its own consumption), renewable energy and[Read More…]
Bank of America Announces New $50 Billion Environmental Business Initiative
Company to Exceed Current $20 Billion Goal by End of 2012; Sets New Internal Environmental Goals CHARLOTTE, N.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 11, 2012–Bank of Americatoday announced a new 10-year,$50 billionenvironmental business goal to help address climate change, reduce demands on natural resources and advance lower-carbon economic solutions. The company also introduced significant new[Read More…]
Nurses Across California Join Sutter RNs in Major Protest Monday at Summit Oakland
Sutter RNs strike to stop cuts and protect patients. Call on Sutter to stop its war on nurses and patients, negotiate a fair contract CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–June 11, 2012. Registered nurses from hospitals throughout Northern California are gathering in force Monday to show their support for Sutter Health RNs contract fight. A[Read More…]
Presidential Proclamation–Flag Day and National Flag Week, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 11, 2012. Ninety-six years ago, our Nation first came together to celebrate Flag Day an occasion when President Woodrow Wilson asked us to “stand with united hearts for an America which no man can corrupt, no influence draw away from its ideals, no force divide against itself.” [Read More…]
Petitioners Press FDA to Complete Environmental Impact Statement on GE Salmon
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 11, 2012. More than one year after petitioning the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to complete a mandatory environmental impact statement on the first-ever genetically engineered (GE) fish intended for human consumption, Earthjustice has submitted a letter on behalf of its co-petitioners urging the agency to meet[Read More…]
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