AScribe Law News Service articles from June 2009

AScribe Law News Service archives from June 2009

Environmental Working Group Calls on Coca-Cola to Protect Customers From BPA; Coca-Cola Rep Discussed 'Fear Tactics' to Save BPA at Infamous 'Cosmos Club' Confab.
June 10, 2009... Byline: Environmental Working Group WASHINGTON, June 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Environmental Working Group (EWG) today called on The Coca-Cola Company's chairman and chief executive officer Muhtar Kent to take immediate steps to reduce...

John Jay College Launches 'National Network for Safe Communities' to Reduce Violent Crime and Overt Drug Markets and to Build a New Standard of Practice for Reducing Crime in the U.S.
June 15, 2009... Byline: John Jay College of Criminal Justice PROVIDENCE, R.I., June 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Center for Crime Prevention and Control of John Jay College of Criminal Justice today officially launched the National Network for Safe...

Consumer Specialty Products Association Urges Stakeholder Approach to Complex Issue of U.S. Chemicals Management Policy Reform.
June 18, 2009... Byline: Consumer Specialty Products Association WASHINGTON, June 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Discussions to reevaluate the United States' approach to chemicals management policy have begun on Capitol Hill, and the Consumer Specialty Products...

John Jay College Professor Amy Adamczyk Receives $75,000 Grant From Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Grant Will Support Research on Health-Related Behavior of Young Latino and African American Men.
June 19, 2009... Byline: John Jay College of Criminal Justice NEW YORK, June 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Professor Amy Adamczyk, Assistant Professor of Sociology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, was awarded a $75,000 two-year grant from the New...

Seventy-Seven Members of Congress Urge Obama to Suspend Gay Ban; New Strategy Links Immediate Executive Action Followed by Long Term Congressional Repeal.
June 22, 2009... Byline: Michael D. Palm Center SANTA BARBARA, Calif., June 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a letter sent to President Obama today, seventy-seven members of Congress called on the White House to issue a moratorium suspending gay discharges from...

Facts and Findings About Foreclosures, Families, and Communities.
June 22, 2009... Byline: The Urban Institute WASHINGTON, June 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- "The Impacts of Foreclosures on Families and Communities," a new Urban Institute report, details what is known about how foreclosures adversely affect households and...

Internet Now a Door to a Masters Degree for Criminal Justice Professionals.
June 26, 2009... Byline: Sam Houston State University HUNTSVILLE, Texas, June 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Working full-time, supporting a family and you still want to earn a promotion to a management level position in law enforcement? Police officers, federal...

Obama Undercuts Leverage on Climate Enforcement - by Jeffrey Laurenti.
June 29, 2009... Byline: The Century Foundation NEW YORK, June 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is an op ed by Jeffrey Laurenti. Laurenti is a senior fellow and director of foreign policy programs at The Century Foundation, a public policy research...

Marin Community Foundation Unveils $10 Million, Five-Year Affordable Housing Plan; Initiative Supports Rehabilitating Vacant Homes, Facilitating Land-Use Planning, Upgrading Farm Worker Housing.
June 30, 2009... Byline: Marin Community Foundation NOVATO, Calif., June 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Marin Community Foundation (MCF) has announced a $10 million, five-year plan aimed at increasing the amount of affordable housing for low-income families,...