WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—November 21, 2014.  Today, the EPA announced that it would not finalize the 2014 biofuel volumes under the federal Renewable Fuel Standard before the end of 2014. Friends of the Earth Climate and energy campaigner Lukas Ross issued the following statement in response: Today’s announcement confirms that the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 20, 2014. Today is an important step toward rational and humane enforcement of immigration law. On behalf of America’s workers, we applaud the Administration’s willingness to act.  We have been calling upon the White House to halt unnecessary deportations since Spring 2013 because our broken immigration system is[Read More…]

SILVER SPRING, MD –-(ENEWSPF)–November 20, 2014.   The Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) welcomes President Obama’s announcement tonight that the administration will act to address various problems plaguing our broken immigration system. The proposed administrative relief will benefit nearly five million immigrants who have lived in the shadows of[Read More…]

WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–November 20, 2014.  Up to five million people will be shielded from deportation and given work authorization under an expanded deferred action policy that President Obama will announce today. This expansion of a policy initiated in June 2012 comes after several years of advocacy and organizing by immigrant communities and represents[Read More…]

Milestone Moment Decades in the Making Galvanizes Immigrant and Working Families and Communities to Fight Forward and Push Republicans in Congress to Pass Long-Term Fix Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 20, 2014.  SEIU President Mary Kay Henry released the following statement: “For millions of immigrant families, President Obama’s administrative action is life-changing. With[Read More…]

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–November 20, 2014.  Following President Barack Obama’s announcement today about his plans to take executive actions on immigration that will provide relief to a portion of the country’s undocumented immigrant population, Neera Tanden, President of the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement: Today, parents who have[Read More…]

WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–November 20, 2014.  Tonight, President Obama will announce a package of executive actions that could temporarily shield more than 4 million undocumented immigrants from deportation. Below are preliminary thoughts from ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero: “The ACLU supports the President for taking necessary action to restore some fairness[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 19, 2014—House Republicans continued their attack on science-based protections for public health and the environment today, passing on a largely party-line vote a bill that would bar the Environmental Protection Agency from using certain peer-reviewed health research when developing standards to protect public health. Scott Slesinger, legislative director for[Read More…]

OREGON—(ENEWSPF)—November 20, 2014. Although Oregon voters passed Measure 91 with a 12-point margin, implementation of this better, smarter approach to marijuana policy will not be complete until the first half of 2016. We don’t have to wait until then to start to mitigate the damage done by decades of criminalization, wasted law enforcement time and squandered taxpayer[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2014 – Despite strong lobbying by oil-industry allies, the U.S. Senate tonight defeated an effort to approve the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. The following is a statement by Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council: “The bill would have turned Congress into a permitting authority,[Read More…]