Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2010. The following op-ed by John D. Podesta, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for American Progress, ran today in POLITICO: The New START treaty has genuine bipartisan support and ratification is crucial to restore the verification system, which lapsed when the original agreement expired[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Arizona’s Immigration Law and the Cost of Cancelled Conferences and Conventions
WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—November 18, 2010. The lucrative convention and conference business is the backbone of Arizona’s tourism industry and it has been significantly hurt by the state’s enactment in April of harsh anti-immigration legislation. The industry’s losses will cost the state $253 million in economic output and more than $86 million[Read More…]
UN committed to democratic transition in Myanmar, Ban tells Aung San Suu Kyi
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–18 November 2010 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed that the United Nations will continue to support efforts towards a democratic transition in Myanmar, as he spoke with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi following her long-awaited release. Ms. Suu Kyi, the head of the National League for Democracy[Read More…]
Audubon And Toyota Announce Third Annual ‘Pennies for the Planet’ Campaign
New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2010—Kids around the country are gearing up for the third season of Pennies for the Planet, an environmental education and action campaign to protect wildlife and habitat. Pennies for the Planet is made possible by support from TogetherGreen, an Audubon initiative – in alliance with Toyota.[Read More…]
Hundreds of Concerned Citizens Protest Poison Tar Sands Oil Pipeline
Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—November 18, 2010. Today, the Sierra Club released a new report, “Toxic Tar Sands: Profiles from the Front Lines,” exposing the risks Americans face from expanded imports of Canada’s dirty tar sands oil. The State Department is currently considering approval for the massive Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry[Read More…]
Officials Brief Parish Presidents on Gulf Response
NEW ORLEANS–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2010. The Federal On Scene Coordinator for the BP oil spill response and experts from the Unified Area Command provided Louisiana parish presidents with an operational update Wednesday, as part of an ongoing dialogue between the response organization and community leaders. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Paul Zukunft,[Read More…]
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) is ‘A Big Fan of the DEA’
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2010. There are now 15 states with medical marijuana laws, but at a Senate committee hearing yesterday to confirm the next head of the DEA, not a single person asked nominee Michele Leonhart how she would address this growing divide between state and federal marijuana policy. Sen.[Read More…]
Department of Energy Announces Five Awards to Modernize the Nation’s Electric Grid
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2010. U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu yesterday announced an investment from the Department of Energy of more than $19 million for five projects aimed at optimizing the nation’s electric grid. Collectively, these projects will apply technologies, tools and techniques that are capable of transforming the electric grid[Read More…]
New Rules Grant Greater Medical Rights For Same-Sex Partners
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2010. The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare issued new rules yesterday that require all hospitals that participate in Medicaid and Medicare to allow patients to designate who shall be allowed to visit them and make medical decisions on their behalf. The order will allow for same-sex partners[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at a Meeting on the New START Treaty
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2010 – 10:36 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: I want to begin by thanking the incredible leaders who are around this table, not only the Vice President and the Secretary of State, but also some of the most able statesmen from both parties that we’ve had in modern[Read More…]
