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Environmental Groups Sue U.S. Coast Guard Over Inadequate Disaster Preparedness Plan

- August 23, 2018

The U.S. Coast Guard is at the center of a new lawsuit filed by two environmental groups, the National Wildlife Federation and the Environmental Law & Policy Center. According to the two groups, their decision to sue came in response to the U.S. Coast Guards “admitted inability to respond adequately to a Great Lakes oil spill.” As a result, the lawsuit seeks to “invalidate the response plans for facilities such as Enbridge, which operates Line 5 beneath the Straits of Mackinac.”

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City of Wilmington Hit With Religious Discrimination Suit After Muslim Students, Teacher Kicked Out of Public Pool

- August 23, 2018

A lawsuit was recently filed against the City of Wilmington after it allegedly discriminated against a “teacher and her young Muslim students.” According to the lawsuit, the teacher and her students were “asked to leave a public pool in June,” and other members of the Darul Amaanah Academy, where the students attended, claim they have “been repeatedly harassed by management and staff at the Foster Brown Pool.”

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Judge Says Trump Could Be Held Liable for Security Team’s 2015 Assault on Mexican Protesters

- August 23, 2018

A New York judge discarded President Trump’s claims that his security team couldn’t be held responsible for an attack on peaceful Mexican protesters at a 2015 rally. The Washington Post reports that Bronx Supreme Court Judge Fernando Tapia denied the commander-in-chief’s motion to dismiss ‘allegations of assault and battery and destruction of property.’ While the

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Trump Travels to West Virginia, Announces Roll-Back of Regulations on Coal Industry

- August 23, 2018

Days after the Environmental Protection Agency announced a roll-back of regulations on the coal industry, President Donald Trump traveled to West Virginia to deliver the good news. The commander-in-chief’s initiative to ease corporate restrictions prompted the EPA to create its new Affordable Clean Energy rule, intended to replace the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan. Like

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Koch Foods Agrees to Pay $3.75M to Settle Discrimination Lawsuit

- August 22, 2018

Koch Food of Mississippi LLC agreed to a $3.75 million settlement earlier this week, ending a discrimination lawsuit that was filed by “11 workers at the Morton plant and another filed on behalf of the workers by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.” The settlement agreement was filed in federal court in Jackson on Tuesday with U.S. District Judge Dan Jordan signing off on the three-year consent decree outlining the settlement terms. But what happened? Why was the lawsuit filed against the company in the first place?

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Confer Plastics Recalls 100,000 Pool Step Systems Amid Drowning Hazard Concerns

- August 22, 2018

If you’re a pool owner who recently had a step system installed, you may want to pay attention to a recall recently issued by Confer Plastics. Confer Plastics manufactures and distributes pool step systems for inground and above ground pool, but the company is recalling nearly 100,000 Curve in-pool step systems over concerns that “children’s limbs can get trapped, creating a drowning hazard.” In fact, according to the recall notice, the company has already received two consumer reports claiming “children’s arms became entrapped in the side panels of the steps, causing minor abrasions.” Fortunately, no drownings have been reported.

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Sen. Ed Markey Investigates Travel Insurance Industry

- August 22, 2018

Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey is asking the $3 billion per year travel insurance industry for answers, saying many consumers never receive the coverage they pay for. Markey, a Democrat, recently released a report which cites worrying figures on claims and exceptions. According to CBS, a AAA study showed that about 40% of Americans “are likely”

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