WASHINGTON, May 1 [Category: Energy] -- The American Petroleum Institute posted the following news release: * * * API Welcomes Department of Justice Action to Quash New York and Vermont "Superfund" Legislation WASHINGTON, May 1, 2025 -- The American Petroleum Institute (API) today issued the following statement from Senior Vice President and General Counsel Ryan Meyers after the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed complaints challenging a number of state lawsuits and laws that threaten American  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * BREAKING: CAIR Welcomes Release of Columbia Student Mohsen Mahdawi as 'Major Victory' for Free Speech on Gaza Genocide The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a federal court's order to release of Mohsen Mahdawi, a permanent United States resident and green card holder fr  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Welcomes Vermont Hate Crime Bill Expansion, Urges South Carolina to Pass Hate Crime Bill The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the signing of an expanded hate crime bill in Vermont. Washington, D.C., based CAIR also urged lawmakers in South Carolina to pass a hate c  more

NEW YORK, April 30 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, posted the following news release: * * * Free Speech Vindicated as Judge Releases Detained Columbia Student Mohsen Mahdawi (NEW YORK)-Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia University student detained in Vermont since April 14, has been released from detention by a Federal District Court judge. Mahdawi was detained by immigration officials  more

NEW YORK, April 29 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., posted the following news release: * * * Next Week: Appeals Court to Consider Stay of Rumeysa Ozturk's Transfer to Vermont NEW YORK - The Second Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday issued an administrative stay while it considers the government's request for an emergency stay of  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Responds to Trump Lawsuit Against New York Climate Superfund Law NEW YORK \-- The Trump administration filed lawsuits against New York and three other states this week to try to stop them from holding fossil fuel companies accountable for their role in damaging the climate and polluting communities. Trump's Department of Justice announced it's suing New York and Vermont, challen  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, May 2 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Sues to Shield Big Oil, Attacks Vermont's Climate Superfund Law DOJ lawsuit threatens states' right to make polluters pay for escalating climate disasters The U.S. Department of Justice sued Vermont challenging the state's first-in-the-nation Climate Superfund law. The law is meant to protect the wallets of Vermont families and businesses who are currently paying to cle  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Trump Attempts to Undermine State Climate Lawsuits in Aim to Protect Big Oil WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration on Thursday filed a series of lawsuits against the states of Michigan, New York, Hawaii, and Vermont, in an attempt to challenge moves by attorneys general to litigate against fossil fuel companies. In New York and Vermont the administration is arguing the states' Superfund laws th  more