WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2015. The Clean Power Plan is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register tomorrow, which marks the beginning of the implementation of President Obama’s historic policy to curb carbon pollution from power plants. Its publication also opens the door for polluter-backed legal and Congressional challenges[Read More…]
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Legal Experts: Landmark Climate Plan Likely to Withstand Polluters’ Court Challenges
Challenges expected in at least three areas, each of which was refuted today Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2015. The rash of lawsuits by polluters and their allies triggered by publishing the Clean Power Plan in the Federal Register are highly unlikely to derail the landmark climate plan, key legal experts[Read More…]
New Report Projects Wildfire Costs to Nearly Double in Colorado and Western States in the Next 10 Years
A firefighter watches a fire burn along Morgan Valley Road near Lower Lake, California, on August 13, 2015. Source: AP/Jeff Chiu Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2015. A new report from the Center for American Progress projects that the U.S. Forest Service will have to spend 80 percent more per year[Read More…]
New Center for American Progress Report Debunks 7 Common and Persistent Myths Around Tax Reform
The sun rises behind the U.S. Capitol grounds in Washington, D.C., October 2014. Source: AP/Carolyn Kaster Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2015. It seems that nearly every day, a presidential candidate or a Capitol Hill policymaker puts forth a new tax plan or proposal, which can make it difficult for the[Read More…]
U.S. Senators to Advance Legislation to Stop States from Labeling GE Food
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2015. With increasing consumer concern about genetically engineered (GE) food, yesterday the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry held a hearing, entitled Agriculture Biotechnology: a Look at Federal Regulation and Stakeholder Perspectives, that critics called lopsided. Most witnesses characterized GE food as safe or side-stepped the issue[Read More…]
CDC Releases Combined Summary of Notifiable Infectious, Noninfectious Diseases
All nationally notifiable conditions are now in the same MMWR volume Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2015. Beginning with the Oct. 23, 2015, Supplements to Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), CDC will publish the summaries of all notifiable conditions – infectious and noninfectious – at the same time. Together, these two[Read More…]
Statement from Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook On Hostage Rescue Mission in Iraq
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2015. Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook provided the following statement: Early today in Iraq, at the request of the Kurdistan Regional Government, U.S. Special Operations Forces supported an Iraqi Peshmerga operation to rescue hostages at an ISIL prison near Hawijah, Iraq. This operation was deliberately planned and[Read More…]
Powerful Pesticide Lobby Attacks Bee-saving Regulations at Miami Trade Talks
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—October 22, 2015. An analysis released today by Friends of the Earth U.S. reveals disturbing news: U.S. and European Union trade negotiators meeting in Miami this week appear to be actively considering adopting the agenda of chemical and pesticide industry lobbyists. Under the terms of the Transatlantic Trade[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth Responds to Paul Ryan’s Bid for House Speaker
WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—October 22, 2015. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) has given the conditions under which he would enter the race for Speaker of the House. Currently the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, Ryan was chairman of the House Budget Committee and a GOP vice presidential nominee. Friends of[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Beware of Credit Card Scams During Transition to Chip Cards
Attorney General Warns of Potential Scammers Posing as Debit, Credit Card Issuers to Con Targets into Divulging Personal Information Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—October 21, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today urged Illinois residents to be on the lookout for calls or emails from individuals posing as debit or credit card issuers in[Read More…]
