Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2015. Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on President Obama’s speech to the NAACP: President Obama took a powerful step towards reforming our criminal justice system. Today he will send an even stronger signal on his commitment to this issue by becoming the first U.S. president to[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2015 – The House today passed a brazen anti-environment bill masquerading as a drought relief measure. Following is a statement by Doug Obegi, a California-based senior attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council: “From Sacramento to Washington, there are many constructive proposals designed to ease the effects of[Read More…]

WISCONSIN–(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2015. Statement by Jay Heck, Executive Director, Common Cause in Wisconsin: As expected, a highly compromised Wisconsin Supreme Court majority has issued a highly flawed decision today ending the John Doe investigation of possible illegal coordination between Governor Scott Walker and his 2011-2012 recall campaign with outside special interest groups.[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 15, 2015 By: Sharda Sekaran “Mass incarceration makes our entire country worse off, and we need to do something about it.” – President Obama in his July 14, 2015 speech to the NAACP annual conference Fifteen years ago, when I first started working on drug policy and criminal[Read More…]

Coalition Launches Campaign to Support Historic Agreement with Iran;Blasts Congressional Opponents as Reckless Champions of Another Middle East War LOUISIANA—(ENEWSPF)—July 14, 2015. The Win Without War coalition launched a national campaign today to support the Obama administration’s historic agreement with Iran and to overcome a well-financed campaign to pressure Congress to[Read More…]

  Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 13, 2015. Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in response to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s upcoming announcement to run for President of the United States: Scott Walker is a national disgrace. Source: www.aflcio.org  

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2015 – Senator Mark Kirk held a press conference today touting his environmental credentials in the face of withering criticism of his recent vote to block action to cut dangerous carbon emissions from America’s power plants. In recent weeks, numerous environmental and conservation organizations have aired public education[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2015 – The three national monuments created today by President Obama will protect some of America’s most biodiverse mountain ecosystems, wild tracts of desert and nationally significant fossil beds. The following is a statement by Sharon Buccino, director of the Land and Wildlife Program at the Natural Resources[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 10, 2015. Note: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted in favor of H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act. Statement of Vijay Das, Health Care Policy Advocate, Public Citizen’s Congress Watch Division: It is disappointing that the House has passed the 21st Century Cures Act. The[Read More…]

Three New Monuments Total Over One Million Acres Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2015.  The Sierra Club praised today’s news that President Obama will designate three new national monuments: Basin and Range in Nevada, Berryessa Snow Mountain in California, and Waco Mammoth in Texas. Basin and Range, composed of 704,000 acres,[Read More…]