Friday, January 20, 2012
U.S. EPA Orders World’s Largest Metals and Electronics Recycler to Cease Illegal Discharge of Toxic Pollutants to San Francisco Bay
Posted by Linda H on 6:05:00 AM
“The EPA is committed to protecting the Bay by ensuring compliance with environmental permits,” said Jared Blumenfeld, EPA’s Regional Administrator for the Pacific Southwest. “Companies such as Sims Metal Management, engaged in recycling our finite resources, must abide by the Clean Water Act.”
Obama Admin. plans change in immigration rule
Posted by Linda H on 3:27:00 AM
Currently, illegal immigrants must leave the country before they can ask the government to waive a three- to 10-year ban on legally coming back to the U.S. The length of the ban depends on how long they have lived in the U.S. without permission.
The official said the new rule would let children and spouses of citizens ask the government to decide on the waiver request before the illegal immigrant heads to his or her home country to apply for a visa. The illegal immigrants still must go home to finish the visa process to come back to the U.S., but getting the waiver ahead of time could reduce the time an illegal immigrant is out of the country.
Apple Needs to Make it in America
