Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2013. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved yesterday a provision that would lift the total ban on abortion coverage for Peace Corps Volunteers in the bill that funds U.S. foreign affairs. This provision would grant women in the Peace Corps access to abortion coverage in cases of rape,[Read More…]
Day: July 26, 2013
Court Denies Coal Company’s Request for Rehearing on Spruce Mine Veto
Decision upholds the U.S. EPA’s power to protect communities from mountaintop removal mining Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2013. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has taken final action that reaffirms the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s legal power to veto a mining permit that the U.S. Army Corps of[Read More…]
Stunning Rebuke to Sutter Health in East SF Bay Area, CA Issued by Federal Judge
At Issue: Sutter’s disingenuous use of Affordable Care Act as excuse to slash nurses healthcare Oakland, CA–(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2013. A federal Administrative Law Judge with the National Labor Relations Board handed the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) a resounding victory this week, finding Sutter Bay East Hospitals engaged in[Read More…]
UN Unveils ‘Free & Equal’ Campaign to Promote Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Rights
GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–26 July 2013 – With consensual, same-sex conduct a criminal offence in more than one-third of the world’s countries, the United Nations human rights office today launched its first global public education campaign to raise awareness and respect for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality. ‘Free & Equal,’ a[Read More…]
Historic Agreement Reached for Navajo Generating Station
Plan Proposes Collaborative Path Forward for Reduced Emissions, Continued Power Generation, and Clean Energy Development WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2013. The Department of the Interior today announced it is part of an agreement reached that will allow for the continued delivery of electricity from the Navajo Generating Station (NGS) in Arizona[Read More…]
Halliburton Resolves Department of Justice Deepwater Horizon Investigation
Houston, TX—(ENEWSPF)—July 26, 2013. Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) yesterday announced that it has reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to conclude the department’s criminal investigation of the company in relation to the April 20, 2010 incident involving the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico. A Halliburton[Read More…]
Take Action: House Bill Will Prohibit EPA Ban on Sulfuryl Fluoride
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2013. Thousands of people from across the country took action last month to prevent Dow AgroSciences from using its influence to insert Farm Bill language that would allow the food uses of the pesticide sulfuryl fluoride to continue, despite a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal to[Read More…]
Third Circuit Rules Against Wood Cabinet Company’s Challenge to Contraception Coverage Rule
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2013. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit today ruled against a Pennsylvania company that makes wooden cabinets and furniture and its owners that wished to avoid compliance with the federal rule requiring employers to provide insurance coverage for contraception. The court upheld a lower court’s[Read More…]
Judge Rules Landmark Lawsuit, First to Link Bundling of Mortgage-Backed Securities and Racial Discrimination, Can Proceed
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2013. A federal court yesterday ruled that a landmark discrimination lawsuit against Morgan Stanley can move forward. Judge Harold Baer denied in part the investment bank’s motion to dismiss the case, which alleges Morgan Stanley violated the Fair Housing Act (FHA) by encouraging lenders to push high-risk[Read More…]
ACLU Comment on Justice Department Plans to Help Protect Voting Rights in Texas
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2013. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. yesterday said he will ask a federal judge to require Texas to submit all voting law changes to the Justice Department for approval due to the state’s history of discrimination. The move follows the recent Supreme Court ruling in Shelby County[Read More…]
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