Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. At a Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing yesterday on strengthening the federal student loan program for borrowers, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren questioned witnesses about the profits the government makes off the student loan program and the Department of Education’s lax[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Rare Alaskan Wolf Closer to Endangered Species Act Protection
Alexander Archipelago Wolf Threatened by Logging in Tongass National Forest ANCHORAGE, Alaska–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that Alaska’s Alexander Archipelago wolves may need protection under the Endangered Species Act because of unsustainable logging in the Tongass National Forest and elsewhere in southeast Alaska. The[Read More…]
Congresswoman Kelly Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Decision to Bar Domestic Abusers from Possessing Firearms
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—March 28, 2014. Congresswoman Robin Kelly issued the following statement yesterday in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling in United States v. Castleman that federal law prohibits convicted domestic abusers from possessing guns: “I applaud the Supreme Court for taking a stand for domestic violence victims in[Read More…]
Consumer Confidence in March 2014 Survives Harsh Winter
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. Consumer confidence has remained largely unchanged in the past three months despite the hard winter as well as a severe drought. Consumer finances were just as strong in March as in December 2013, and more importantly, consumers viewed their financial prospects for the year ahead much[Read More…]
New Study Confirms 4.1 Million African Americans Would Benefit from a Minimum Wage Increase
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014– A new study conducted by the AFL-CIO confirms 4,123,000 African American workers would benefit if the federal minimum wage were increased to $10.10 per hour. The study, “Closing the Gap to the American Dream,” which uses information provided by the Economic Policy Institute, found that while[Read More…]
NRDC: Obama’s Plan to Curb Methane Emissions is a Big Step in Climate Fight
Strategy also will cut other toxic pollutants tied to oil, gas development WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014 – The White House’s Interagency Methane Strategy to curb the emissions of this powerful greenhouse gas, released today, is a big step in the right direction, the Natural Resources Defense Council said. The following is[Read More…]
Groups Challenge Crude-by-Rail Shipments to Bay Area City
Highly volatile and explosive crude on rails puts residential community at risk San Francisco–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. Environmental justice and conservation groups today filed a lawsuit against Kinder Morgan and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) to halt the shipment of highly explosive and toxic crude oil into the[Read More…]
Jobless Rate Down in 29 States, Up in 10 in Feb 2014.; Payroll Jobs Up in 33 States, Down in 17
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 28, 2014. Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed in February. Twenty-nine states had unemployment rate decreases from January, 10 states had increases, and 11 states and the District of Columbia had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-nine states and the[Read More…]
Backing Ukraine’s Territorial Integrity, UN Assembly Declares Crimea Referendum Invalid
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–28 March 2014 – In a vote that reaffirmed Ukraine’s unity and territorial integrity, the United Nations General Assembly yesterday adopted a measure underscoring that the mid-March referendum in Crimea that led to the peninsula’s annexation by Russia “has no validity” and that the parties should “pursue immediately a[Read More…]
Obama Administration Announces Plans to Rein in Methane Pollution Across Multiple Agencies
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. The Obama Administration announced today a plan to develop a strategy for controlling methane emissions from the oil and gas sector across multiple agencies. The President’s climate action plan, announced last June, called for the Environmental Protection Agency and the Departments of Agriculture, Energy, Interior, Labor, and Transportation to[Read More…]
