LINCOLN, Neb. –(ENEWSPF)–December 19, 2014.  Today, Lincoln Electric System (LES) announced that it signed 25 year contracts to purchase  73 megawatts of power from the from the Prairie Breeze II wind farm in Nebraska and 100 megawatts of power from the BuckEye wind farm in Kansas.  Both projects will be constructed[Read More…]

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 19, 2014.  Carmel Martin, Executive Vice President for Policy at the Center for American Progress, today issued the following statement after the Obama administration released its college ratings plan. Previously, Martin served as assistant secretary for planning, evaluation, and policy development at the U.S. Department of Education.[Read More…]

Suit Claims Neighboring States Have Increased Law Enforcement Costs Due to CO Law and that Federal Law Trumps State Law Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 18, 2014. Today, Nebraska and Oklahoma sued the state of Colorado over its marijuana legalization law, saying the law has created an increased law enforcement burden in neighboring[Read More…]

Old Policy Counterproductive for Human Rights New York–(ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2014.  President Barack Obama’s historic decision to overhaul US policy toward Cuba is a crucial step toward removing a major obstacle to progress on human rights on the island, Human Rights Watch said today. Obama announced that the US would normalize[Read More…]

Congress Should Reform Mandatory Minimum Laws Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 17, 2014. Today President Obama commuted the sentences of eight federal inmates convicted of non-violent drug offenses. Deputy Attorney General James Cole released a statement saying that the eight individuals “were sentenced under outdated and unfair laws,” and “their punishments did not[Read More…]

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—December 17, 2014. By: Anthony Papa: Drug Policy Alliance As a former prisoner who served 12 years of a 15-to-life sentence for a nonviolent drug crime in New York, I know all too well the draconian nature of the war on drugs. I was lucky enough to be granted[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2014.  Earlier today, The Tennessean published the following op-ed from President Obama. In it, he discusses his executive actions to help make America’s immigration system smarter and fairer, and why we still need Congress to pass a common-sense law to fix the system. Learn more about the[Read More…]

LIMA, PERU–(ENEWPSF)–December 14, 2014 – The Natural Resources Defense Council issued the following statement upon the conclusion of climate talks in Lima, Peru, held in advance of the 2015 gathering in Paris, where countries are to declare legally binding commitments to reduce carbon pollution and other measures to address climate[Read More…]

LIMA, PERU –(ENEWSPF)–December 14, 2014.  Today marked the conclusion of the annual climate negotiations for the  United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This year, the Sierra Club and the Sierra Student Coalition engaged in the COP20 negotiations in Lima — talks that were designed to set the stage[Read More…]

LIMA, Peru –(ENEWSPF)–December 14, 2014.  350.org Strategy and Communications Director Jamie Henn issued the following statement as the UN climate talks in Lima concluded: “Negotiators failed to build on the momentum coming into these talks. Over the past year, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets to[Read More…]