Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 28, 2012. Today, the Obama administration finalized standards for model year 2017-2025 vehicles cutting carbon pollution to 163 grams per mile and achieving a fuel efficiency equivalent of 54.5 MPG by 2025. Combined with standards in place for 2012-2016 vehicles, the standards announced today will double the average[Read More…]
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Ohio Retirees: Kasich Endorsement Shows Romney, Ryan ‘Not on the Side of Working Ohioans’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 28, 2012. Tonight, Governor John Kasich will take the stage at the Republican National Convention to endorse the policies of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan – policies that would crush Ohio’s working middle class, rob Ohio seniors of retirement security and deny Ohioans their opportunity to realize the[Read More…]
Wisconsin Workers: Walker Appearance Suggests Romney, Ryan Will ‘Continue Class War on Working People’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 28, 2012. Tonight, Governor Scott Walker will take the stage at the Republican National Convention to endorse the policies of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan – policies that would crush Wisconsin’s working middle class, rob Wisconsin seniors of retirement security and deny Wisconsinites their opportunity to realize the[Read More…]
New Jersey Workers: Christie Pick Shows Romney, Ryan Will ‘Bully Working Americans’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 28, 2012. Tonight, Governor Chris Christie will take the stage at the Republican National Convention to endorse the policies of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan – policies that would crush New Jersey’s working middle class, rob New Jersey seniors of retirement security and deny New Jerseyans their opportunity[Read More…]
New Fuel Standards are Good for Drivers, Auto Industry, our Health and the Environment
NRDC: “Everybody is a Winner Today” WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 28, 2012 — The latest vehicles fuel efficiency standards announced today by the Obama Administration is a landmark achievement in more ways than one. The following is a statement by Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council: “Everybody is a winner[Read More…]
United Steelworkers Ask: What Do YOU Think Mitt’s Hiding in His Tax Returns?
Pittsburgh, PA–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2012. On the eve of the Republican National Convention, the USW today launched an interactive website, www.whatsmittssecret.org that pokes fun at the very serious issue of Mitt Romney’s refusal to publicly release his tax returns. (Click here for our news release.) Please help us make this a success! Please help us keep[Read More…]
Personal Tribute to Neil Armstrong from Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director General
Neil Armstrong EU–(ENEWSPF)–26 August 2012. Today is a sad day, not only for the family of Neil Armstrong, but also for the entire world. The first steps of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the Moon are part of the history of humankind, meaning they go beyond the boundaries of[Read More…]
Women’s Voting Rights Hang in the Balance on Women’s Equality Day
Statement of National Organization for Women (NOW) President Terry O’Neill Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 24, 2012 This Sunday marks Women’s Equality Day, commemorating Aug. 26, 1920, when the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution was signed, recognizing women’s right to vote. Almost a century later, our voting rights are under attack across[Read More…]
FACT CHECK: The Start of Romney’s Convention Re-Invention
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 24, 2012. In Friday’s Wall Street Journal, Mitt Romney began his attempt at a convention re-invention. But we already know that Mitt Romney’s tenure as a corporate buyout specialist was not about creating jobs, it was about creating profits for himself and his investors, no matter the cost[Read More…]
VoteVets.org Objects to Congressman Gerlach’s Racial Politics, Says Voters Have a Chance to Elect An American Patriot in Trivedi
BIRDSBORO, PA–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2012. The largest group of progressive veterans in America, with 220,000 members, is taking issue with Congressman Jim Gerlach’s contention that Iraq War Veteran and child of immigrants, Manan Trivedi, is “foreign” to the 6th Congressional District. Trivedi is challenging Gerlach for Congress this year. “Manan Trivedi[Read More…]
