New Delhi –(ENEWSPF)–25 August 2014 – Mr. Suresh P. Prabhu, head of the Advisory Group for Integrated Development of Power, Coal and Renewable Energy, and former Union Minister, released a series of reports on Renewable Energy Jobs and Finance published by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Council[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2014.  A new report released today by the Center for American Progress highlights the value of improving Social Security’s long-term finances while lowering unemployment, raising earnings, reducing disability incidences, and cutting premature mortality risks in communities of color. It is undeniable that the rate at which communities[Read More…]

CORVALLIS, Oregon—(ENEWSPF)—August 22, 2014. The economic impact of legalizing marijuana in Oregon is difficult to estimate because the potential market will depend in large part on what kind of policies would be adopted if a proposed ballot measure passes in November, according to an Oregon State University sociologist who studies[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 21, 2014. Sixty-six percent of Americans believe that an adult ought to legally be able to consume cannabis in the privacy of one’s own home, according to results of a newly released nationwide HuffingtonPost/YouGov survey. Seventy-two percent of self-identified Democrats and 70 percent of Independents said that the[Read More…]

Harrisburg, PA–(ENEWSPF)–August 21, 2014.  Nearly seven out of ten Pennsylvania voters believe that marijuana should be legal for either medicinal or recreational purposes, according to the results of a statewide survey released by Keystone Analytics. Sixty-nine percent of respondents said that cannabis should be made legal under state law, with[Read More…]

Ottawa, ON–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2014.  Drinking water, beluga habitat, and fishing and swimming holes are all at risk if TransCanada’s proposed Energy East pipeline is approved, says a new report. Energy East: Where Oil Meets Water estimates that Energy East could spill more than one million litres of crude oil, including[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2014.  On the heels of a setback yesterday for the coal industry’s plans to build a new export facility near Boardman, Oregon, the Center for American Progress released an analysis finding that proposed coal-export projects on the West Coast of the United States would—if approved—cause an increase[Read More…]

ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2014.  Saying “I do” at a young age isn’t always the best career option for women. After the wedding vows are said, gender inequality with wages begin as marriage is associated with fast wage growth for men but slow growth for women, a new University of Michigan[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2014.  The uptick in the number of children fleeing to the United States has focused attention on the conditions in the Central American countries of Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. In total, these nations have seen 62,998 kids flee to the United States and other neighboring countries.[Read More…]

Brennan Center Files Amicus Brief With Arkansas Historians, Political Scientists, and Law Professors Little Rock, Ark.–(ENEWSFP)–August 11, 2014.  Arkansas’s restrictive photo ID law violates the state constitution and must be struck down by the state Supreme Court, argued the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law in an[Read More…]