ACLU Offers Congress and the Attorney General 15 Recommendations for FBI Reform WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2013. Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been granted by Congress and assumed for itself the power to investigate and collect data about millions of people. A report[Read More…]
Analysis
US Marijuana Arrests Remain Largely Unchanged in 2012
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 16, 2013. By Erik Altieri, NORML Communications Director The FBI released their crime and arrest statistics for 2012 today and, despite the fact that a majority of Americans believe that marijuana should be legalized, the total marijuana related arrests in the United States is largely unchanged year[Read More…]
Public Opinion Analysis Shows Big Gap Between Experts and the Public on Need to Cut Medicare Spending
Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2013. As debate over the national debt and the federal budget deficit begins to heat up again, an analysis of national polls conducted in 2013 shows that, compared with recent government reports prepared by experts, the public has different views about the need to reduce future Medicare[Read More…]
States with the Most Federal Disaster Aid Sent Climate-Science Deniers to Congress
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 12, 2013. Today the Center for American Progress released an analysis showing a state-by-state breakdown of the nearly $50 billion spent by the federal government on disaster relief in fiscal years 2011 and 2012. This is the first-ever estimate of each state’s receipt of federal disaster funds during[Read More…]
Boehner’s Damaging Continuing Resolution Plan Locks in Sequester Cuts for Domestic Programs, Partially Lifts Them for Defense
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013. House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) expected stopgap funding measure would lay the foundations for another round of damaging cuts to vital programs, services, and investments, according to a new report released today by the Center for American Progress. The analysis, authored by CAP President Neera Tanden[Read More…]
DEA: Marijuana Plant Seizures Decline to Lowest Levels in Nearly a Decade
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2013. By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director DEA seizures of indoor and outdoor cannabis crops declined dramatically from 2011 to 2012 and are now at their lowest reported levels in nearly a decade, according to statistics released online by the federal anti-drug agency. According to the Drug[Read More…]
Driving and Economic Activity Link Differs Across the Nation
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2013. Driving in the Northeast and on the West Coast is associated with greater economic activity than in the South, says a University of Michigan researcher. The Midwest, Great Plains and Mountain States generally fall somewhere in between. “Despite the uncertainty about the nature of the relationship[Read More…]
University of Michigan Technical Reports Examine Hydraulic Fracturing in Michigan
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2013. University of Michigan researchers today released seven technical reports that together form the most comprehensive Michigan-focused resource on hydraulic fracturing, the controversial natural gas and oil extraction process commonly known as fracking. The studies, totaling nearly 200 pages, examine seven critical topics related to the use[Read More…]
New Analyses Find Evidence of Human-caused Climate Change in Half of the 12 Extreme Weather and Climate Events Analyzed From 2012
The “Explaining Extreme Events of 2012 from a Climate Perspective” report was published today by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. (Full report). High resolution (Credit: U.S. Navy) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2013. Human influences are having an impact on some extreme weather and climate events, according to the report[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Calls on Policymakers to Monitor the Role of Investors in the Housing Recovery
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2013. As private investors across the nation take advantage of the foreclosure crisis by purchasing tens of thousands of homes at bargain prices, often beating out potential homeowners who remain sidelined, a new report released today by the Center for American Progress calls on policymakers to closely[Read More…]
