NIH Monitoring the Future survey shows use of most illicit substances down, but past year marijuana use relatively stable. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2016. The 2016 Monitoring the Future (MTF) annual survey results released today from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) reflect changing teen behaviors and choices in a social[Read More…]
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Clean Air, Clean Energy and Conservation Groups Move to Defend State’s Ability to Cut Carbon Pollution from Washington’s Biggest Polluters
From Devils Mountain Skagit County, Washington – wormwould / CC BY-NC 2.0 Groups join lawsuit to preserve means to enact new rules aimed at limiting greenhouse gas emissions Olympia, WA —(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2016. National and regional clean air, clean energy, and conservation groups took legal steps last Friday to defend[Read More…]
Sierra Club: EPA Report Confirms Threat Posed By Fracking
Final Report Finds Cases of Impacts Identified For All Stakes of Process Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2016. Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final hydraulic fracturing (fracking) report, finding that “cases of impacts were identified for all stakes of the hydraulic fracturing water cycle.” In response, Sierra Club[Read More…]
EPA Releases Final Report on Impacts from Hydraulic Fracturing Activities on Drinking Water
EPA’s report concludes that hydraulic fracturing activities can impact drinking water resources under some circumstances and identifies factors that influence these impacts WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2016. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing its scientific report on the impacts from hydraulic fracturing activities on drinking water resources, which provides states[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Rick Perry Tapped to Run Agency He’d Eliminate If Only He Could Name It
WASHINGTON, D.C. — (ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2016. President-elect Donald Trump will reportedly appoint Rick Perry as the head of the U.S. Department of Energy. In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement: “Rick Perry is being tapped to run an agency he would eliminate if he could[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Pipeline Spill Further Proves it’s Always a Question of When a Pipeline Will Spill, Not If
North Dakota Pipeline Spills 176,000 Gallons of Crude Oil 150 Miles From Standing Rock Belfield, ND –(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2016. Late yesterday, approximately 150 miles from where the Standing Rock Sioux, more than 300 tribes, and thousands of Water Protectors peacefully assembled to protect the Tribe’s home, history, and heritage, spilled[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Calls for Bipartisan Commission to Investigate Russian Manipulation of U.S. Election
The American flag flies in front of the capitol dome is seen at sunset on Capitol Hill, November 2016. AP/Alex Brandon Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2016. Following stunning news from U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia manipulated the American presidential election in favor of President-elect Donald Trump, the Center for American[Read More…]
Thriving Communities of Syrian Immigrants Integrate and Succeed in American Society, Are Strong Receiving Force for Syrian Refugees
Syrian American poet Amal Kassir recites her work during a gathering where immigrants spoke about their lives, Boulder, Colorado, April 2016. AP/Brennan Linsley Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2016. Today, the Center for American Progress and the Fiscal Policy Institute, or FPI, released a new joint analysis providing an overview of[Read More…]
Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden on Rex Tillerson’s Nomination for Secretary of State
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2016. Center for American Progress President and CEO Neera Tanden issued the following statement on the nomination of Exxon Mobil Corp. CEO Rex Tillerson to be the next secretary of state: President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be the next secretary[Read More…]
Statement by Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook on Coalition Strike Against ISIL External Attack Operatives
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2016 A coalition precision airstrike conducted on Dec. 4 in Raqqa, Syria, resulted in the deaths of three ISIL leaders directly involved in facilitating external terror operations and recruiting foreign fighters. Two of those targeted – Salah Gourmat, and Sammy Djedou – were involved in facilitating the[Read More…]
