Plaza Nursing Home Faces Federal Funds Cut Amid Union Dispute
Three state health department officials inspected Plaza Nursing Home after February findings. Union Local 2004 protested suspensions and a firing, while management extended the May 13 deadline to August 13 to correct violations to avoid loss of Medicaid and Medicare payments.
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State Health Department
Norm Andrzejewski
Office of Health Systems Management
Syracuse
Andrzejewski
Leffler
Service Employees International Union Local 2004
Nursing Home
National Labor Relations Board
Monica Williams
Global dream of wealth fuels Latin America growth
The Rio conference focuses on environmental costs of U.S. style consumption as Latin American cities surge in urbanization. Sao Paulo reports high pollution days while countries like Mexico push cattle feeding and malnutrition persists. World Bank notes a billion live on under $1 a day amid eco debates.
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Latin America
U.S
Europe
Mexico
Sao Paulo
Brazil
New York City
San Salvador
Tegucigalpa
Managua
Domino’s Pizza
Alan Durning
Worldwatch Institute
World Bank
Dennis Anderson
Liverpool school guards safety after potential exposure case
A school principal Dr. Thomas Pendergast said the district acted quickly to protect students after a potential exposure was identified. Officials stressed authorities are reviewing what happened to prevent future incidents.
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Thomas Pendergast
Atary School
Summit Oace Exposes Burnout At Rio Environment Forum
Carl Mrozek reports from Rio de Janeiro where the Earth Summit enters its second week. Participants race between sessions from Cousteau to Onondaga leader Lyons, facing fatigue, hunger, and a push for multinational solutions. Proposals include a world peoples assembly an international environmental court and a defender for environmental justice.
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Carl Mrozek
Syracuse
Rio de Janeiro
Amazon
Zaire
Janques Cousteau
Oren Lyons
Onondaga Nation
Forum
People's Assembly
UN General Assembly
Noel Brown
United Nations Environmental Program
International Court For the Environment
Amedo Postiglione
Italy
International Court For the Environment Foundations
Raul Montegro
Argentina
United States proposes global flora and fauna inventory
In Washington a senior Bush official unveiled an inventory initiative to catalog the world's biodiversity as part of Earth Summit efforts. The plan would map and assess biological resources, with no details disclosed, while Europe pressed to strengthen a global warming treaty and limit carbon dioxide emissions.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
United States
White House
Bush
Rio
Europe
U.S
Washington
Germany
Japan
European Community
Clinton sidesteps Arkansas environmental issues in 1990s drive
The article links Bill Clinton's governorship to Arkansas environmental debates facing poultry industry pollution in the White River watershed. It notes high bacterial counts from chicken waste, calls out delays in agenda, and cites critics and environmentalists on his record and stance.
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Clinton
Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
White River
Bill Clinton
Texas
Washington, D.C
George Bush
Ross Perot
Bush
Perot
Jim Marston
Texas Office of the
Environmental Defense Fund
Ledbetter
John Giese
Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission
Chuck Cremeen
Arkansans For Environmental Reform
Cremeen
State Capitol
Cremesa
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Houston
Knight-Ridder News Service
New York Harbor
L.A. Law
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Liverpool Ete
Fariq Aziz
Iraq
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