1 Death Every 3 Days on Average Since 2012; Using Narcan During an Overdose was 100% Effective in DuPage County CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2014. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) yesterday launched the Suburban Anti-Heroin Task Force to tackle the rampant problem of heroin abuse by Illinois teenagers in suburban Chicago along[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Marking Upcoming Second Anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, Interior Secretary Jewell Tours Coastal Resiliency Projects in New Jersey
Partnerships restore and strengthen beaches and tidal marshes that provide fish and wildlife habitat, storm protection, economic opportunities CAPE MAY, NJ–(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2014. On the cusp of the second anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today toured restoration projects at Reed’s Beach and Cape May National[Read More…]
Energy Department Recognizes Cities of Beaverton and Hillsboro, Oregon, Portland Public Schools in Better Buildings Challenge
PORTLAND, ORE. –(ENEWSPF)—October 7, 2014. As a part of the Administration’s effort to support greater energy efficiency through the Better Buildings Challenge, the Energy Department today recognized the cities of Beaverton and Hillsboro, as well as the Portland Public School District for their leadership in reducing energy use. As Better[Read More…]
Sierra Club Calls on eBay to Leave ALEC
San Francisco, CA –(ENEWSPF)—October 7, 2014. Today, the Sierra Club joined a broad coalition of organizations in urging eBay to join other high tech companies that have pulled their support from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a fossil-fuel funded clearinghouse for dangerous legislation to attack worker’s rights, civil rights,[Read More…]
‘Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor’ Report Released by US Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez
$7M in funding for global project to combat child labor also announced WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2014. U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez today announced the 13th edition of the “Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor” report, prepared annually by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs.[Read More…]
Proposed Steps to Strengthen and Leverage the Earned Income Tax Credit to Lift More Americans, Including Young and Childless Workers, Out of Poverty
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2014. New reports released today by the Center for American Progress and Generation Progress propose bold new ideas for strengthening and leveraging anti-poverty tax credits such as the Earned Income Tax Credit, or EITC, to promote financial stability and economic mobility for more Americans, including young and[Read More…]
Market Forces and Geology, Not an Alleged War on Coal, Are Driving Reductions in Appalachian Coal Jobs
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2014. For years, the coal industry and its political allies have claimed that the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, is orchestrating a war on coal. Last month, two West Virginia coal-mining companies announced the layoff of hundreds of workers, prompting additional finger pointing at the EPA’s air-quality[Read More…]
Methane Pollution from Venting and Flaring of Gas on America’s Public Lands and Waters More than Doubled Since 2008
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2014. Methane pollution from venting and flaring of gas during fossil-fuel extraction activities on U.S. public lands and waters has risen approximately 135 percent since 2008, according to a new analysis of greenhouse gas, or GHG, emissions from federal lands. The analysis, presented in two papers released[Read More…]
Teachers Have Lower Expectations for Students of Color and Students from Low-Income Backgrounds
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2014. A new report published today by the Center for American Progress found that teachers have lower expectations for students of color and those from high-poverty backgrounds. The report also found that high school students who have teachers with higher expectations were more than three times more[Read More…]
Study Shows Goats as Viable Control Agent for Opportunistic Wetland Reeds
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2014. Goat grazing to control opportunistic, unwanted, and poisonous plants has taken off across the country, as researchers continue to find new value in these personable animals. According to a study published last month by an international team of scientists in the journal PeerJ, goats have an[Read More…]
