Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2015. Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act: Today we commemorate the 50th anniversary of one of the country’s most successful civil rights laws. The Voting Rights Act has played a central role in preventing the discriminatory practices that[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 6, 2015. Yesterday, press reports revealed a February 2015 memorandum from Department of Justice on the Rohrabacher-Farr Medical Cannabis Amendment’s impact on federal law enforcement actions related to the Controlled Substances Act. The memorandum argues that federal prosecutions against private citizens participating in state-level medical cannabis programs would[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—August 4, 2015. Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule to reduce carbon pollution from existing power plants, under the Clean Air Act. The final rule has explicitly allowed a carbon tax as a means of complying with the Clean Power Plan (p. 899). If states do[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 4, 2015. Statement of Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter on Recent Filing by U.S. Trade Representative’s Office on WTO COOL Dispute: “The Obama administration filed a legal brief in the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute over the U.S. mandatory country of origin (COOL) labeling law[Read More…]

Immediately Following Senate Vote, NARAL Pro-Choice America Releasing Hard Hitting Ad Campaign In Key Senate Races — NH, OH and WI Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2015. Today, NARAL Pro-Choice America released a new TV ad campaign in New Hampshire, Ohio and Wisconsin hitting the Republican senators for working to deny funding[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–AUgust 4, 2015. – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today expressed solidarity with the Christian community in New Mexico following a pair of bombings yesterday targeting churches in that state. CAIR also urged that the bombings be investigated as[Read More…]

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—August 3, 2015 By: Tony Newman For some years now, Comedy Central and HBO have played a huge role in educating people about some of the most important issues of the day. Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Bill Maher, Larry Willmore and John Oliver are all skillful at both educating[Read More…]

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2015.  Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden issued the following statement after the unveiling of the the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan—an ambitious and critical set of policies aimed at mitigating climate change and dramatically improving public health. Climate change isn’t tomorrow’s problem. The[Read More…]

Statement and resources from Earthjustice on the Clean Power Plan A wind turbine installation in Tennessee. The Clean Power Plan lays the foundation for a transformational shift to clean energy. TN Valley Infrastructure Group via NREL Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2015.  In a year that scientists are predicting to be[Read More…]

Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—August 3, 2015. Statement by: Sandra G. Hassink, MD, FAAP, president, American Academy of Pediatrics: “The American Academy of Pediatrics commends the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for taking a step forward today to protect child health by releasing a final rule to limit carbon emissions from existing[Read More…]