Atlanta, GA-(ENEWSPF)- An Obama administration proposal to continue allowing oil companies to dump unlimited amounts of offshore fracking chemicals into the Gulf of Mexico violates federal law and threatens endangered marine wildlife, the Center for Biological Diversity warned over the weekend. In a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency on a[Read More…]
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HRC and ENC Release Statements on HB2
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Keeping up pressure on North Carolina since passage of the infamous HB2, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, and Equality NC (ENC), the statewide organization working to secure equal rights and justice for LGBTQ North Carolinians, rejected calls for[Read More…]
Bank of America Commits to Carbon Neutrality and 100 Percent Renewable Electricity by 2020
CHARLOTTE, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)-(ENEWSPF)-Bank of America announces new environmental operations goals to be met by 2020, including plans to go carbon neutral. This announcement supports the bank’s continued efforts to reduce the environmental impacts of its operations. Bank of America will work to reduce location-based greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 50[Read More…]
Weekly Address: It’s Time for Republicans in Congress To Do Their Jobs
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- In this week’s address, President Obama called on Republicans in Congress to do their jobs. With Congress back in session there is a lot of business that needs to get done, including funding the fight against Zika, providing resources to help the flood victims in Louisiana, and giving[Read More…]
CDC: Young People Say Marijuana Is Becoming Less Available
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Fewer young people are reporting that marijuana is ‘easy’ to obtain, according to an analysis by the US Centers for Disease Control. Investigators from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the CDC evaluated annual data compiled by the National Survey on Drug Use and Health for[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton’s Comprehensive Plan to Defeat ISIS and the Threat of Radical Jihadism
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 7, 2016. The threat we face from terrorism is real, urgent, and knows no boundaries. Hillary Clinton knows that ISIS cannot be contained, it must be defeated. Doing so takes more than empty talk and a handful of slogans. It takes a real plan, real experience, and real leadership.[Read More…]
Florida Attorney General Bondi Solicited ‘Contribution’ Directly from Trump, but Trump Denies Speaking to Her
FLORIDA–(ENEWSPF)–September 7, 2016 By Mark Sumner Get ready for a statement that could not sound more guilty if it was being delivered by Steve Buscemi in a Coen Brother’s film. “I never spoke to her, first of all; she’s a fine person beyond reproach. I never even spoke to her about it at[Read More…]
Taco Truck Sets Up Next to Trump Appearance and Makes a Killing
MICHIGAN–(ENEWSPF)–September 7, 2016 By Walter Einenkel #TacoTrucksOnEveryCorner The other day, Donald Trump went to “speak” at a church in Detroit. The idea was to be able to take photographs and video in which black people and Donald Trump would share the same frame. Trump’s numbers with groups that aren’t relatively lower-middle[Read More…]
In Case You Missed It — Time Magazine (Matt Olsen): Why ISIS Supports Donald Trump
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 7, 2016 By Matt Olsen Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will take the same stage for the first time on Wednesday to address crucial questions about national security and combatting terrorism in a “Commander-in-Chief Forum” on NBC. Voters will tune in to evaluate which candidate has the temperament,[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, September 7, 2016
Vientiane, Laos–(ENEWSPF)–September 7, 2016 – 6:15 P.M. ICT MR. EARNEST: Good evening, everybody. It’s nice to see you all. Obviously this will be the — one of the briefings that we’ll do on the trip. I don’t think we have anything at the top, so I think we’ll just go[Read More…]
