WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2015.  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will released an ambitious suite of climate bills today. Friends of the Earth and FOE Action President Erich Pica offers the following statement: As the world watches leaders negotiate a climate deal in Paris it is clear that the United States needs[Read More…]

NEW YORK —(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2015.  The American Civil Liberties Union admonished Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for his call to bar Muslims from entering the United States. ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero said: “Donald Trump’s proposal to bar Muslims from entering our country based solely on their faith is[Read More…]

PHILADELPHIA, PA–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2015 — The Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Philadelphia) today welcomed the ongoing investigations by Philadelphia police and FBI of an incident in which a severed pig’s head was tossed at a mosque on Sunday night. Surveillance video outside the Al-Aqsa Islamic Society, in[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2015.  Today AARP praised Congress for passing, and President Obama for signing into law, the bipartisan Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) which addresses the disturbing trend of rising pedestrian fatality rates. The FAST Act will provide states and communities with the certainty they need to[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2015.   Today, Senator Sanders released a new energy plan as part of his campaign for the Democratic Nomination for President. Among other things, the plan including a commitment to cut dangerous carbon pollution 40 percent by 2030 and 80 percent by 2050; repeal fossil fuel[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2015.  The Bureau of Land Management announced today the postponement of the December oil and gas lease sale for the Eastern States. The 160 acres in Arkansas and 427 acres in Michigan will be made available at the March 17, 2016 lease sale. A number of[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 6, 2015 – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed President Obama’s rejection of Islamophobia during tonight’s prime-time address to the nation on his plans to combat terrorism and to defeat ISIS. In his address, President Obama repudiated[Read More…]

Pro-choice champions attempt to block defunding language and protect women’s health clinics Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 4, 2015. Ignoring calls from elected officials and other key leaders, the U.S. Senate today voted 52-47 to defund Planned Parenthood and repeal key pieces of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).  The measure was passed through[Read More…]

Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–December 4, 2015.   Mere days after an unthinkable tragedy in Colorado Springs, CO, where three people were killed and nine others injured from a gunman at a Planned Parenthood health center, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) pushed through an ideologically driven budget reconciliation bill. The bill[Read More…]