Separating Fact From Fiction: Model Year and Calendar Year 2012 Are Best Ever For Greenest Vehicles Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2012 –   It’s time to give unfairly maligned green cars the respect they earned in a major way in 2012, according to auto analyst Alan L. Baum and Natural Resources Defense[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–Octobr 30, 2012.  Marijuana arrests continued at near-record levels in 2011, the vast majority of which were for simple possession. According to the FBI’s annual Uniform Crime Report, 757,969 arrests were made nationwide for marijuana, more than 87% of which were for possession. This is a slight decrease from[Read More…]

ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–October 29, 2012.  This might not be a “post-racial” era after all. New research indicates that racial attitudes toward African-Americans have worsened since the election of President Barack Obama. Many people described America as accepting of all races after Obama was voted as the country’s first black president in[Read More…]

Education Effort to Help Honest Business Owners and Workers While Punishing Scofflaws Who Knowingly Break the Law CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 29, 2012.  A new initiative to level the playing field for businesses that lose work to lower bidding companies that purposefully misidentify workers as independent contractors will protect workers and reward companies[Read More…]

London, United Kingdom–(ENEWSPF)–26 October 2012.  Possessing and cultivating personal use amounts of cannabis should no longer be a criminal offense in the United Kingdom, according to the recommendations of a six-year study released last week by a coalition of leading British drug policy experts, treatment specialists, and law enforcement. The[Read More…]

GOMA, DR CONGO and WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–October 26, 2012.   Gold smuggled from eastern Congo’s war zone is now the most lucrative conflict mineral and is ending up at jewelry stores and banks, according to a new investigative report by the Enough Project. The study found that following a 65[Read More…]

Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2012.  Today the Center for American Progress released “Partisan Judicial Elections and the Distorting Influence of Campaign Cash,” showing that the eight states that still elect or nominate judicial candidates in partisan races—Alabama, Illinois, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Texas, West Virginia, Ohio, and Michigan—all rank among the top[Read More…]

ILLINOIS–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2012. By Rep. Jan Schakowsky Published in Reuters | October 24, 2012 http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2012/10/24/the-sham-of-simpson-bowles/ Erskine Bowles and former Senator Alan Simpson deserve some kind of medal for creating the widely held perception that their plan for reducing the deficit and debt is anything other than a bad proposal. It[Read More…]

New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2012.  Gains from the 2010 redistricting cycle may put theGOP in position to keep long-term control of 11 more seats than under previous congressional district lines, according to a new Brennan Center for Justice study. As a result, the existing partisan makeup of Congress is unlikely[Read More…]

NEW YORK –(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2012. Nearly 9 in 10 Americans agree that there is way too much corporate money in politics, and 51 percent strongly agree, according to a new poll released today by the Corporate Reform Coalition. The survey, conducted by Bannon Communications, found overwhelming support for strong, common[Read More…]