Drug Policy Alliance: Positive Step, But Comprehensive Sentencing Reform Is Needed to Prevent More Mass Injustice NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—April 21, 2014. A White House official told Yahoo that President Obama is prepared to use his pardon power to grant clemency to “hundreds, perhaps thousands” of people who have been jailed for[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2014 –  Since April 17, 2013, the AFL-CIO has joined its vigorous support for a comprehensive immigration reform bill with a call on the administration to cease needless deportations. Today, the AFL-CIO issues a detailed policy statement that fleshes out the pro-worker case for the Department of[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2014.  The State Department announced today it will delay its decision on whether to approve the Keystone XL pipeline to give other government agencies more time to analyze the pipeline’s effects. The announcement — which follows a court ruling earlier this year striking down a Nebraska law allowing[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2014 – The State Department announced today it will extend its decision-making period on the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. The following is a statement from Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, director of the International Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council: “The State Department is taking the most prudent[Read More…]

CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2014.  The State Department today announced that it would extend the review process for the Keystone XL pipeline, citing in part continuing litigation over a Nebraska court decision that threw part of the project’s route in doubt. The State Department is also continuing to process the over 2.5[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 2014.  Arguably the only thing more tragic than the West, Texas explosion that killed fifteen and injured hundreds one year ago today is that so little has been done to prevent another such man-made disaster. In a well working democracy, this disaster would have been the subject[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2014.  Yesterday, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) announced it will disband its Demographics Unit, which previously mapped Muslim communities in and around New York City. The department’s secret program would send plainclothes officers into mosques, restaurants, and neighborhoods to gather information on people’s mundane daily[Read More…]

NRDC: “We’re running out of time, but not out of solutions” WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2014 — The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change yesterday issued its latest report with an urgent call to action. The following is a statement by Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council: “The[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2014.  In response to the announcement that Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius will step down from her post, Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden issued the following statement: I commend Secretary Sebelius for five years of dedicated service to the Obama administration and[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2014.  Today, as part of their Joining Forces initiative, First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden are hosting Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, Senator Elizabeth Dole, and military and veteran caregivers from across the nation to announce commitments that will strengthen the support provided to the[Read More…]