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...nightmare. Industry has taken advantage of overlapping and unclear regulations to drag enforcement actions through the courts. The result is that it often takes years before utilities are forced to clean up their dirtiest plants. "Our proposal will guarantee 70% reductions of these pollutants," says Connaughton, "without having to resort to lawyers...
...response, HLS Dean Robert C. Clark, Dean of the J.D. Program Todd Rakoff and Dean of Students Suzanne Richardson sent an e-mail to faculty and students condemning the acts, and promising an investigation. Such measures are the typical University response to hate speech and resort to the formula of “condemn and conference.” But this time, the administration’s failure to take further action is unacceptable. According to the group, BLSA has “lost its patience” with the Law School’s “indifference...
Franken was not on the initial list of candidates, but members of the Class Day Committee said he was not a last resort...
...years ago, when Aimee Gelnaw and her partner Margie Brickley first took their son Zach, now 17, to Provincetown, Mass., the reception they got from beachgoers in the gay summer resort town was distinctly chilly. The Gelnaw-Brickleys still vacation in Provincetown, but now they beach, bike and attend social and educational events with hundreds of other families that look a lot like theirs. Provincetown's annual Family Week, launched in 1995 with 45 families, draws more than 400 each August...
...other hand, Reich said the decision to blow the whistle on an employer should not be taken lightly, and litigation should always be regarded as a last resort after other avenues are exhausted...