Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 12, 2013. For the third year in a row, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) has offered a budget plan that asks much of middle-class and low-income families but nothing at all from those at the top, according to an analysis released today by the Center for American Progress. Authored[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 12, 2013. In response to the FY 2014 House Republican budget blueprint—a plan that protects Big Oil companies at the expense of struggling American families—the Center for American Progress today released an analysis that explains exactly why Big Oil doesn’t need billions of dollars in existing and new[Read More…]

Elk Grove Village, IL–(ENEWSPF)–March 11, 2013. Relatively minor abusive injuries can precede more severe physical abuse in infants. A study in the April 2013 issue of Pediatrics, “Sentinel Injuries in Infants Evaluated for Child Physical Abuse,” (published online March 11) tracked for the first time the prevalence of such “sentinel”[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 11, 2013.  The Center for American Progress convened an event on LGBT Americans that are also undocumented immigrants featuring Define American founder Jose Antonio Vargas, and released “In Dual Shadows: LGBT Undocumented Immigrants.” In light of the Williams Institute of UCLA’s findings that there are at least 267,000[Read More…]

San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2013. Fifty-four percent of California voters support legalizing cannabis in a manner similar to alcohol, according to polling data released last week by the Field Research Corporation. The total is the highest percentage of support for legalization ever reported by the Field Poll, which began measuring[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2013. The Center for American Progress today released a proposal for the Major Economies Forum to adopt a 40 percent zero-carbon electricity target by the year 2035. The forum includes the world’s 17 largest carbon emitters, who together account for 80 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas[Read More…]

ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2013. For the second month in a row, fuel economy of new vehicles sold in the United States remains at a record high, say researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. Average fuel economy (window-sticker values) of cars, light trucks, minivans and SUVs purchased in[Read More…]

Report is first effort of “NatLab”, an Innovative Cross-Sector Partnership between the Nature Conservancy, the Natural Resources Defense Council and EKO Asset Management Partners NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2013 – In the wake of Superstorm Sandy and 2012’s unparalleled extreme weather events, a new groundbreaking green infrastructure financing guide was released[Read More…]

ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2013. The Great Recession leaves behind the largest number of long-term unemployed people, or 4.7 million, since records were first kept in 1948, according to research from the University of Michigan. “About 46 million Americans, according to our latest count, are poor. That means for a family[Read More…]

Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)–Mach 5, 2013. The public is very supportive of government action aimed at changing lifestyle choices that can lead to obesity, diabetes, and other noncommunicable diseases—but they’re less likely to support such interventions if they’re viewed as intrusive or coercive, according to a new Harvard School of Public Health[Read More…]