WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2015.  The White House’s call to update the system evaluating the safety of crops and food produced by genetic engineering is a foundation for building a more transparent food system that includes mandatory GMO labeling, according to the Environmental Working Group. The White House has directed three federal[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2015. In response to the June Jobs report that showed no wage growth, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka made the following statement: Although the job growth in June is promising, the fact that there was zero wage growth is appalling. Workers are tired of waking up every day[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2015. Statement by AFl-CIO President Richard Trumka on the Obama Administration’s decision to resume military aid to Bahrain despite its government’s failure to improve labor and human rights record: We strongly disagree with the Obama’s Administration’s decision to resume military aid to Bahrain. We join a large[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2015 – The Environmental Protection Agency today finalized standards setting deadlines to end certain uses of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, powerful heat-trapping gases that significantly contribute to climate change, because safer, climate-friendlier alternatives now exist. The EPA’s move affects HFCs used in motor vehicle air conditioning, retail food refrigeration[Read More…]

Princeton, New Jersey—(ENEWSPF)—June 30, 2015.  By: Kevin Kruse AMERICA may be a nation of believers, but when it comes to this country’s identity as a “Christian nation,” our beliefs are all over the map. Just a few weeks ago, Public Policy Polling reported that 57 percent of Republicans favored officially[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2015. Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the Department of Labor proposal to expand overtime protections: Millions of America’s workers are one step closer to earning the overtime pay they rightfully deserve but have been systematically denied. Working people called on President Obama to go bold,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2015. In response to word that the Obama administration will move to make millions more workers eligible for overtime pay, SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement: “Increasing the overtime threshold is probably the single most important thing the president could do, on his[Read More…]

Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 30, 2015. “The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has long been urging FDA to take action on e-cigarettes and their liquid nicotine refills, which have been poisoning children at an alarming rate. Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took an important step forward for[Read More…]

BEIJING—(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2015 – China announced today a new long-term commitment to reduce its carbon intensity by 60-65 percent by 2030 compared to 2005 levels. As the world’s largest carbon emitter and renewable energy market, this post-2020 climate commitment is intended to solidify China’s engagement at the Paris climate conference[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—June 30, 2015. Today, China submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC), a significant commitment to curb carbon pollution and climate disrupting emissions that continues to build momentum leading up to the COP21 climate negotiations in Paris later this year. China’s commitment comes on the heels of the[Read More…]