Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2014. Statement of Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter “In a post election surprise, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced yesterday that the People’s Republic of China had completed the necessary paperwork to certify four of its poultry processing plants to be able[Read More…]

New York –(ENEWSPF)—November 6, 2014. The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following response to the news that the International Criminal Court (ICC) would not be opening a full investigation into the 2010 Israeli attack on a humanitarian flotilla to Gaza. Israeli forces killed nine people, including 18-year-old U.S.[Read More…]

“We have seen the devastating impact of these restrictions,” says Planned Parenthood Oklahoma City –(ENEWSPF)—November 4, 2014. Today, the Oklahoma State Supreme Court, in a lawsuit brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR), temporarily blocked an Oklahoma law requiring physicians to have admitting privileges at a local hospital that was[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2014—Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia today agreed to pay a record $100 million in fines to settle charges by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that they cheated consumers by overstating the fuel economy of some of their most popular cars sold in the United States. Luke Tonachel, senior[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–November 2, 2014 – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is scheduled on Sunday to release its “synthesis report” documenting the expert consensus on climate change and its growing impacts around the world. The following is a statement by Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council: “This[Read More…]

Copenhagen, Denmark –(ENEWSPF)–November 2, 2014.  Today, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) — a Nobel Peace Prize-winning organization comprised of the world’s foremost climate scientists — released the final component of its Fifth Assessment Report, the Synthesis Report. The report compiles findings on all aspects of the climate crisis,[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—November 2, 2014. Today, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the final report of its Fifth Assessment Report, a synthesis of three previous IPCC reports. The synthesis report summarizes findings by thousands of scientists from around the world and delineates the extent to which human-caused climate change[Read More…]

Regulating marijuana for adult use is sound policy COLORADO—(ENEWSPF)—October 31, 2014. By Colorado Congressman Jared Polis Colorado is approaching the first anniversary of legally regulated recreational marijuana for adults. The implementation of our new laws has gone smoothly overall, providing an excellent example for other states to follow. Our success[Read More…]

ACLU Response to Second Court Order in Hickox Case MAINE—(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2014. The following can be attributed to Alison Beyea, Executive Director of the ACLU of Maine: “We are glad the court rejected the state’s attempts to force Kaci Hickox into custody. Today’s ruling is a great reminder that such[Read More…]

OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2014.  Statement of George Kimbrell, Senior Attorney, Center for Food Safety, and the lead author of Measure 92: The claim in the recent No on Measure 92 tv ad that the U.S. Federal Government will require the labeling of Aquabounty’s proposed genetically engineered (GE) salmon is false.  In[Read More…]