Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2014. Each year, roughly 20 million new cases of sexually transmitted infections, or STIs, are diagnosed, costing approximately $16 billion annually. Despite being a common, preventable, and treatable health problem, STIs remain a deeply troubling risk to the country’s public and economic health. Today, the Center[Read More…]
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In Their Own Words–Nation’s Top Retailers Deeply Worried About Stagnant Wages and Middle-Class Weakness, New CAP Report Shows
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2014. As politicians in Washington and state capitals debate raising the minimum wage, a new report from the Center for American Progress gathers new evidence showing that the United States’ top retailers are deeply concerned that stagnant wage growth and middle-class weakness are holding the economy back.[Read More…]
Citizens United Transformed State and Local Elections, Often Even More Than National, Report Finds
New York, N.Y. –(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2014. Big outside spenders are working “hand-in-glove” with state and local candidates for office, often with few restrictions, according to a new Brennan Center report. Unlike billionaires such as the Koch Brothers and Tom Steyer, who spend hundreds of millions on national races, wealthy donors can[Read More…]
New Report Gives World Bank an ‘F’ on Clean Energy Access
Report Finds Less Than 10 Percent Of Bank’s Energy Investment Targets Poor Populations WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2014. Today, the Sierra Club and Oil Change International released a new report highlighting the failure of the world’s top multilateral development banks (MDBs) to align their energy lending with the International Energy[Read More…]
Seafood Fraud Is an Environmental, Economic, and Public Health Risk, and Strong Executive Action Is Needed
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2014. With last month’s designation of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, President Barack Obama has made ocean conservation a major component of his environmental legacy. He now has an opportunity to build on this momentum by focusing leadership and action on the other major[Read More…]
Death of First Ebola Patient Heightens Concern – Latest Survey Results from 1,700 RNs in 35 States
Most RNs Say Hospitals Still Not Done Proper Training, Education for Confronting Ebola Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—October 8, 2014. In the tragic wake of the death of Thomas Eric Duncan in Dallas from the Ebola virus, registered nurses who would be among the first to respond and interact with other patients[Read More…]
Boston Police Data Shows Widespread Racial Bias in Street Encounters with Civilians
ACLU study details stop-and-frisk problem in Boston, urges reforms to ensure fair and effective policing BOSTON –(ENEWSPF)—October 8, 2014. Boston Police Department (BPD) officers have engaged in widespread racially biased street encounters with civilians, according to a study of four years of BPD police-civilian encounter records summarized in a report[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…]
