Bill Would Encourage Use of Hazardous Fuels for Low-carbon Energy Production Washington, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2015. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today introduced a bill that would spur the use of low-carbon biomass energy to heat and power homes and businesses, while reducing the risk of wildfires and creating jobs in rural[Read More…]
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Sen. Bernie Sanders Statement on Senate Rejecting Motion to Take Up Trade Deal
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2015 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after the Senate rejected a motion to take up the job-killing Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement: “The Senate vote today was an important first victory in what will be a long battle. “A major reason for the decline[Read More…]
‘They Were Wrong Then. They’re Wrong Now,’ Sen. Bernie Sanders Says of Trade Deal Backers
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2015. In a Senate floor speech on Tuesday opposing a proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) recited a litany of bogus claims by previous trade deal backers which turned out to be wildly inaccurate. Backers of the North American Free Trade Agreement, Permanent Normal[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Urges VA to Use Emergency Powers to Save Lives of Veterans with Liver Disease
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2015 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today asked the Department of Veterans Affairs to invoke emergency powers to make expensive hepatitis C drugs available at affordable prices to treat tens of thousands of veterans now being denied the most effective care. The VA recently stopped enrolling veterans in[Read More…]
As Powerful New Quake Hits Nepal, UN Races to Deliver Aide to Those Affected
Photo: UNICEF/NYHQ2015-1113/Anthony NEPAL–(ENEWSPF)–12 May 2015 – A new earthquake measuring 7.3 in magnitude has struck Nepal today killing at least 40 people, according to information received by the United Nations, just two weeks after a powerful tremor killed more than 8,000 thousand people and devastated much of the country’s infrastructure.[Read More…]
Future Jaguars Youth Basketball Camps at Governors State University
University Park, IL –(ENEWSPF)—May 12, 2015. Future basketball champs have a great opportunity to learn from the professional coaching staff and current players of the Governors State University Jaguars Basketball teams. Future Jaguars Basketball Camps will be held for both boys and girls looking to improve their skills, increase their[Read More…]
Governors State University to Award Two Honorary Degrees to a Poet and a Journalist who Exemplify University Values
UNIVERSITY PARK—(ENEWSPF)—May 12, 2015. Two innovative communicators who connect the troubles and concerns of modern America to the day-to-day lives of its people are the recipients of Honorary Degrees from Governors State University. The honorees—poet, writer, and educator Nikki Giovanni, and journalist and author Elizabeth Brackett— “exemplify GSU’s values: education,[Read More…]
South Side Community Groups Craft Community Benefits Agreement
Organizers launch Collective to embrace Obama Presidential Library and Foundation and to negotiate innovative measures for community wealth building. Chicago, IL—(ENEWSPF)—May 12, 2015. Leading community development practitioners on Chicago’s south side united to propose a package of community benefits in its June 2014 response to the Barack Obama Foundation request[Read More…]
NARAL Pro-Choice America on Contraceptive Services Guidance
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 12, 2015. Yesterday, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and the Treasury issued guidance to clarify consumers’ right to coverage of preventive services without copay under the Affordable Care Act. This includes coverage of contraception. Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, released the following statement:[Read More…]
United States: Force Against Prisoners With Mental Illness
Pain and Punishment for Symptoms Behind Bars Image of Paul Schlosser III, who is diagnosed with bipolar disorder and depression, being pepper sprayed on June 10, 2012 by a correctional officer at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham, Maine. The image is a screengrab of a video of the incident[Read More…]
