Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2010. Yesterday, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill that downgrades the possession of up to one ounce of marijuana from a misdemeanor to a civil infraction. This new law means that the more than 60,000 people who are arrested in California every year for small-time marijuana[Read More…]
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Sierra Club Responds to GOP Pledge
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 23, 2010. Launches “Paid for By Big Oil” Animated Twitter Site to Track Polluters’ Influence on Politicians As the GOP releases its “Pledge to America,” including a pledge to continue bowing to Big Oil and fighting clean energy, the Sierra Club has launched a new web tool, www.paidforbybigoil.org,[Read More…]
Strong and Sustainable—How to Reduce Military Spending While Keeping Our Nation Safe
Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—September 23, 2010. Total defense spending in real terms is now higher than at any time since the end of World War II, more than throughout the entire Cold War, and even 10 percent higher than the peak of the Reagan defense buildup. The baseline defense budget has been[Read More…]
Nazi Sign Protestor Says He Has No Connection to Dem. Campaign
Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Bill Preston, the man holding signs portraying Fox News’ Glenn Beck and Illinois Republican congressional challenger Adam Kinzinger with Hitler moustaches in a video circulating in the right-wing blogosphere, tells Media Matters that he has no connection to the campaign of Rep. Debbie Halvorson (D-IL) or the Democratic protestors whose[Read More…]
Marijuana Use Increases While Arrests Approach Record Levels
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2010. Marijuana arrests accounted for more than half of all U.S. drug arrests in 2009, while its use among Americans increased by 8 percent, according to two reports released this week by government officials. According to the FBI’s 2009 Uniform Crime Report released yesterday, U.S. law enforcement[Read More…]
Under Obama, Raids on State-Legal Medical Marijuana Entities Continue, But Officials Stay Mum
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2010. Federal raids on state-legal medical marijuana entities have continued under the Obama administration, despite repeated assurances that they would end. But there has been one noticeable difference from how the raids were carried out under the Bush administration: officials are no longer publicizing them. Mike Riggs[Read More…]
Mayor Race Wide Open As Daley Steps Aside
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Suddenly, the race for Chicago mayor is on. Mayor Richard M. Daley has thrown the competition for the city’s top job wide open by announcing he won’t run for a seventh term, ending 21 years of token opposition and prompting speculation about who’s next in line to lead[Read More…]
Appeals Court Decision Denies Extraordinary Rendition Victims Their Day In Court
SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–Septmeber 7, 2010. A federal appeals court today dismissed a case against Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen DataPlan, Inc. for its role in the Bush administration’s extraordinary rendition program. The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Northern California filed the lawsuit in May 2007 on behalf of five men[Read More…]
AARP: Brand Name Drug Retail Prices Skyrocketing
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2010. AARP’s first-ever analysis of retail price trends of prescription drugs finds prices for widely used brand name drugs skyrocketed in 2009, climbing more than eight percent even as general inflation remained negative. The AARP Rx Price Watch report findings align with the Association’s earlier Rx Watchdog reports,[Read More…]
Gulf Coast Marks Katrina Anniversary, Copes with BP Disaster, Leads on Clean Energy
New Orleans–(ENEWSPF)–August 24, 2010. As the fifth anniversary of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita approaches, Gulf Coast residents are continuing to cope with the damage wrought by the latest tragedy, the BP oil disaster. Gulf Coast communities are also leading the way in clean energy solutions that will prevent future oil[Read More…]
