OREGON—(ENEWSPF)—January 25, 2016. Following her son’s arrest last week for domestic violence, Sarah Palin blamed his drunken and dangerous episode on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and inferred that somehow President Obama was also to blame for his outburst. Chris Mark is a former enlisted US Marine and US Navy[Read More…]
Commentary
Sierra Club: Supreme Court’s Demand Response Decision a Major Win for Consumers, Public Health, Clean Energy Economy
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2016. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a key building block of America’s clean energy economy today by finding that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has the authority to regulate demand response payments in wholesale energy markets run by regional grid operators. Demand response[Read More…]
Earthjustice: Supreme Court Ruling a Win for Clean Energy
Victory: Decision helps reduce barriers to critical clean energy resource, reducing rates and enhancing grid reliability The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. Architect of the Capitol Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2016. Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision that ensures that a critically important clean energy resource[Read More…]
Environment America: Proposed Methane Limits Good, But Do Little to Staunch Climate Impacts of Fossil Fuels
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–January 22, 2016. Today the Obama administration announced a draft rule to limit methane emissions from some 100,000 fracking and drilling wells on public lands. Methane, a climate-warming pollutant many times more potent than carbon dioxide, makes up about a tenth of U.S. global warming pollution. Anna[Read More…]
What Iowa and New Hampshire Do, and Do Not, Predict About the November Election
Commentary By John A. Ostenburg While lots of media attention is given every four years to the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary election, those events appear to be only minimal predictors at best of what else will occur in the presidential contests. The first-in-the-nation status of the New[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Senate Republicans Launch Renewed Attack on Clean Water
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2016. Senate Republicans failed to advance a motion to overrule President Obama’s veto of a bill designed to halt the finalized Clean Water Rule. In response, Dalal Aboulhosn, Senior Washington Representative for the Sierra Club, released the following statement: “Senate Republicans have launched yet another failed[Read More…]
NRDC: Coal Leasing Moratorium is Good for Taxpayers and Climate
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 15, 2016 –The following is a statement by Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, on the Obama Administration’s moratorium on issuing new leases for coal extraction on federal lands: “The president is right to stop this handout to big coal companies, which has cost American taxpayers[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Obama Administration Makes Historic Change To Coal Leasing Program on America’s Public Lands
The President Continues to Build His Climate Legacy by Placing a Suspension on Coal Leasing on Public Lands Albuquerque, NM –(ENEWSPF)–January 15, 2016. Today, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced that the Obama Administration will be compiling a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on coal leasing on public lands and[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth Praises President Obama’s Decision to Keep Coal in the Ground
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–January 15, 2016. The Obama administration announced today it will conduct a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement to examine the impacts that the federal coal leasing program has on the environment, including climate change. The administration also announced that a moratorium on new coal mining will be put[Read More…]
Failure of Emanuel Administration to Push Through Swap Payments a Victory for Working Families
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 206. The Emanuel Administration’s plan to voluntarily pay $106 million in predatory interest rate swap termination penalties failed to gain City Council approval Wednesday. Thanks to the bold efforts of the Progressive Caucus and grassroots leaders, $200 million in water revenue bonds, which included funds to pay[Read More…]
