Murray Hill, Inc., a Maryland-based progressive public relations firm, announced its candidacy for Congress after the Supreme Court’s campaign finance decision that ruled political spending by corporations may not be banned in candidate elections.

Mateel Environmental Justice Foundation, a California nonprofit organization, and two other plaintiffs are suing fish oil manufacturers and pharmacies that sell the supplements because they have failed to alert consumers of high levels of man-made industrial chemicals (PCBs) found in the supplements. The plaintiffs say this is a violation of California’s right-to-know law.

In the ongoing debate over coal ash, environmentalists fear that intense industry lobbying may prevent the EPA from adopting its preferred approach of declaring the material hazardous. Industry claims that a ruling that coal ash is “hazardous” would decimate industries that currently use the waste materials in construction materials.

While many people take fish oil supplements because of the health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids, consumers may be getting more than that with the discovery of banned industrial chemicals in the supplements. The chemicals, called polychlorinated biphenyl compounds (PCBs), are known to cause cancer and birth defects.

Described as “an environmental disaster 100 times the size of Exxon Valdez,” the spilling of more than 1.1 billion gallons of coal ash from an impoundment near the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) Kingston, Tenn., coal-burning electric power plant led the local community on a crusade to protect their environment and health. Kelley Campaigns ensured that [...]

University of Maryland’s team in the U.S. Department of Energy sponsored Solar Decathlon for student-built solar houses on the National Mall called on Kelley Campaigns for communications coaching.