BP agrees to add more than $400M in pollution controls at Whiting Refinery and pay $8M Clean Air Act penalty

Source: Green Car Congress

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that BP North America Inc. has agreed to pay an $8 million penalty and invest more than $400 million to install advanced ...
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Language Access and the June 5th Election

Source: New America Media

The California Primary Election is on June 5th, and for the first time in Alameda County all election materials must be translated into Tagalog and Vietnamese, as well as Chinese and Spanish, which have be ...
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Verizon: Short-Term Selloff Could Sink Stock

Source: Seeking Alpha

Verizon (VZ), the New York-based telecommunications company, is the second largest fixed telephony provider in the United States and is comprised of several divisions of varying profitability and growth opportuni ...
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BP agrees to add more than $400M in pollution controls at Whiting Refinery and pay $8M Clean Air Act penalty

Source: Humanitarian News

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that BP North America Inc. has agreed to pay an $8 million penalty and invest more than $400 million to install advanced pollution contr ...
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Source: The Daily Beast

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BIR files charges vs. business execs, CPA

Source: Philippine Star

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Source: PC World

The U.S. government has sided with monopoly rather than competition in bringing a case of e-book price-fixing against Apple, the company said in a filing on Tuesday before a federal court. The Department of Justice filed in April an antitrust lawsuit ...
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Community groups say proposed Seattle Police reforms lacking

Source: King 5

SEATTLE - The fatal police shooting of native woodcarver John T Williams. An undercover officer kicking an African American teen who appears to be surrendering. A veteran gang detective using racially charged language. These and other cases ...
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DOJ pressures university to allow 38-year old man access to women’s restrooms

Source: Kaus Files

Watch out, you ladies at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith: Those feet under the stall next to you might just belong to a 38-year-old man. Despite opposition from female students, UAFS has decided on “advice of counsel” to al ...
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