After much controversy, U.S. and Pacific nations strike a flawed trade deal ATLANTA—(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2015. Today, the New York Times reported that the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim nations reached a trade deal for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The Sierra Club has been working tirelessly to expose the[Read More…]

Ironically results in “a big win for people and the planet” WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—October 5, 2015. Today in Atlanta, Georgia the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim countries reached agreement on the Trans Pacific Partnership, a sweeping trade deal that, if adopted, would stymie environmental regulation and ramp up[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2015. Statement of Lori Wallach, Director, Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch: If there really is a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal, its fate in Congress is highly uncertain given the narrow margin by which trade authority passed this summer, the concessions made to get a deal, and growing[Read More…]

CALIFORNIA—(ENEWSPF)—October 1, 2015. Our commitment today, and always, is to the health and safety of our patients and staff. We are grateful for the quick and thorough response of law enforcement and that no one was in the building.   We are working to assess and repair the damage and will[Read More…]

CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—October 2, 2015. Yesterday, the Illinois Pollution Control Board approved a flawed plan from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) to reduce air pollution in the Peoria and Lemont areas, leaving residents still vulnerable to pollution. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) has designated the air in parts of[Read More…]

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 2, 2015.  Center for American Progress Economist Michael Madowitz released the following statement today on the September 2015 employment situation figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, or BLS. According to the BLS, the economy added 142,000 jobs last month, and the unemployment rate remained unchanged[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—October 2, 2015.  This week, Friends of the Earth released a report, “A Flaring Shame: North Dakota & the Hidden Fracking Subsidy,” on royalty-free venting and flaring on public and tribal lands. Continental Resources, the company that has flared the most based on the data provided, is alleging[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2015.  In his October “Outrage of the Month” blog post, Dr. Michael Carome, director of Public Citizen’s Health Research Group, details how the editors of the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) have sacrificed standards to defend an unethical clinical trial. Since 2013, NEJM Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2015 – The Obama Administration today tightened the limit for ground-level ozone or smog pollution—one of the most pervasive and dangerous pollutants we inhale—to 70 parts per billion (ppb).  The following is a statement by John Walke, senior attorney and director of the Clean Air Program at the Natural[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2015.  Today, the Obama Administration will unveil an update to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for smog pollution – or ground level ozone – and set the level at 70 parts per billion (ppb). The standard was last updated in 2008 when the Bush[Read More…]