Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2015.  Today, the Obama Administration rejected the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, further cementing his climate legacy. In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune issued the following statement: “Today President Obama said yes to clean energy and public health, and no to dirty oil and dangerous[Read More…]

Earthjustice applauds president on his bold action on climate change President Barack Obama’s wave aligns with a rainbow as he boards Air Force One. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2015.  Today, President Barack Obama rejected the construction plans for the Keystone XL pipeline, an[Read More…]

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2015.  Center for American Progress Economist Michael Madowitz released the following statement today on the October 2015 employment situation figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, or BLS. The BLS announced that last month, the economy added 271,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate dropped to[Read More…]

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2015.  President Barack Obama announced today that he would not approve the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Neera Tanden, President of the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement in response to the president’s announcement: Today, President Obama rejected more than a single pipeline; he[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2015 – The long-awaited text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement was released today, revealing some fundamental problems in the proposed international trade agreement. The following is a statement from Jake Schmidt, International Program director at the Natural Resources Defense Council: “This trade agreement would allow foreign corporations to[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2015.  Today, the U.S. Trade Representative published the text of the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a 12-nation international trade deal. This comes after years of closed-door negotiations by trade officials and select corporate advisers and years of opposition and demands of transparency from the Sierra Club[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—November 5, 2015. After years of secret negotiations, the text of the Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement was released today. The text confirms the worst fears of environmentalists. The environment chapter, which actually only deals with a narrow range of conservation measures, is largely unenforceable and is substantially[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2011.  I am very proud to say that I volunteered to get arrested early this morning, October 16 2011, when the Chicago Police Department moved in on Occupy Chicago’s camp at Grant Park. I got to spend more than a good few hours in a holding cell with[Read More…]

More than 1,500 nurses and environmentalists march to send a message: Stop Keystone XL. Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 2, 2015.  National Nurses United late today welcomed the announcement that TransCanada is suspending its U.S. application for approval of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, a project NNU, the nation’s largest nurses organization,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 2, 2015.  AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka made the following statement after President Obama signed the budget agreement: Now that a bipartisan budget agreement has been signed and threats of a government shutdown temporarily eliminated, the critical appropriations process begins. Congress must implement a clean budget that invests in[Read More…]