Renewed Call for President Obama To Issue Executive Order Directing Hospitals to Follow Highest Ebola Standards Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2014. National Nurses United today praised Briana Aguirre, a registered nurse at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas for speaking out about serious lapses in safety protocols at the hospital[Read More…]
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High Court Rejects Last Ditch Industry Effort to Challenge Local Fracking Ban Victory
Upholds the zoning rights of communities across New York State Share on facebook2 Share on twitter13 Share on email More Sharing Services A farmhouse near the town of Dryden in upstate New York. Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice Albany, NY —(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2014. Today, the New York Court of Appeals, the[Read More…]
Center for American Progress, Generation Progress Respond to CFPB Report on Distressed Private Student-Loan Borrowers
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 16, 2014. Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, Student Loan Ombudsman released a report highlighting complaints from struggling student-loan borrowers who have been driven into default. David Bergeron, Vice President for Postsecondary Education at the Center for American Progress, released the following statement in response. Bergeron[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth Commends Whole Foods’ First Step Into the Fight to Save Pollinators
WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—October 15, 2014. Whole Foods (NASDAQ: WFM) issued a new product rating system today called Responsibly Grown that grades fresh fruit, vegetables and flowers as “good, better or best” based upon an established criteria, including pollinator protection. However, the system only prohibits four of the common neonicotinoid pesticides —[Read More…]
Join Lil Jon and Turn Out for Legalization!
OREGON—(ENEWSPF)—October 10, 2014. By: Sharda Sekaran Rock the Vote is off to a glorious start in encouraging young people to vote this election season with a star-studded video featuring the likes of Lil Jon, Lena Dunham, Fred Armisen and Whoopi Goldberg. The video spoofs Lil Jon’s summer smash “Turn Down[Read More…]
NRDC: Obama’s San Gabriel Monument Designation a Good Step Toward a Lasting Conservation Legacy
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2014 – With today’s planned declaration of Los Angeles’ San Gabriel Mountains as a national monument, President Obama is providing permanent federal protection for the area’s towering peaks, mature forests and dramatic waterfalls, which retain much of their natural splendor. Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council,[Read More…]
Sierra Club Praises Designation of San Gabriels National Monument
San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2014. President Obama today will designate California’s San Gabriel Mountains as a national monument. The designation will be followed by a community celebration, with hundreds expected in attendance. As part of the community celebration, the San Gabriel Mountains Forever coalition will announce a new San Gabriel[Read More…]
ACLU Comment on U.S. Supreme Court Action on Wisconsin Voter ID Law
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2014. By a 6-3 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court today vacated an appeals court order that had allowed Wisconsin’s voter ID law to take effect. The ACLU is challenging the law, which had been declared unconstitutional by a federal judge in April. The Supreme Court did not consider[Read More…]
National Association of Social Workers Oregon Chapter Supports the Public Health Approach of M91; Recommends Strong Legislative Oversight
NASW-OR believes the “new approach” is better than the current approach on the use of marijuana Portland, Oregon—(ENEWSPF)—October 9, 2014. The NASW Oregon Chapter’s Social Workers Political Action Committee has met with both sides of the Measure 91 ballot measure campaign to weigh the issues carefully. As social workers, our mission is to[Read More…]
NY Legislation to Ban Flavored E-Cigs Will Lead to More Smoking
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—October 9, 2014. Elected officials and anti-smoking advocates need to re-think their knee-jerk reaction and hostility to e-cigarettes and vaping. It seems like every day we hear a new attack — yet these products are actually helping some people quit or cut back on the much more dangerous alternative[Read More…]
