WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015 – Congressional Republican leaders are adding numerous anti-environmental measures to must-pass appropriations bills and moving them through the House and a key Senate committee this week, despite a presidential veto threat and support for health and environmental safeguards from the American public. The following is a statement[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015 – The following is a statement by Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, upon the release of Pope Francis’ encyclical on climate change. “’The pope’s message applies to all of us, regardless of our faith. He is imploring people of good will everywhere to[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2015. Today, Pope Francis released a long-anticipated Encyclical on climate change and ecology, serving as a teaching document addressed to “all people of goodwill” underlying the moral need for action on this global crisis. In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune, released the following statement:[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2015. Statement of Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director, Food & Water Watch: “Pope Francis is reiterating what scientists and advocates have been saying for years: we need to reduce carbon emissions to avoid catastrophic climate change. But it’s his bold and honest analysis of pollution trading that is[Read More…]

AMSTERDAM–(ENEWSPF)–18 June 2015 – Today, responding to the publication of Pope Francis’ papal encyclical on the environment [1], Friends of the Earth International’s Lucy Cadena said: “Pope Francis is right to say that there is a moral imperative to act on climate change with the utmost urgency and ambition. He[Read More…]

Vatican Message Increases Pressure for Ambitious Carbon Pollution Cuts WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. Pope Francis published a bold call for climate action today that increases pressure on President Obama and other world leaders to take big steps to fight global warming ahead of December’s United Nations climate talks in Paris. The[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2015 Right now, more than 62m girls around the world are out of school — a heartbreaking injustice that deprives these girls of the chance to develop their potential. Too often, young women face insurmountable barriers to attend school: unaffordable school fees; early and forced marriage and[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2015 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration took action today that all but bans the use of trans fats in foods, which studies have linked to heart disease. Erik Olson, director of the Health and Environment Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, made this comment: “We[Read More…]

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2015.  By restricting the sale of glyphosate in garden centers, the French government is taking steps to protect its citizens from a weed killer that the World Health Organization categorizes as “probably carcinogenic to humans,” EWG said in a statement. Mary Ellen Kustin, EWG senior analyst, said:[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2015.  Statement of Ilyse Hogue, President of NARAL Pro-Choice America: “Across the country, Republican Governors and state legislatures are passing bills and signing into law legislation that will restrict health care options for women. Today, even the Conservative-led Supreme Court said that one of these attempts—medically unnecessary[Read More…]