AUSTIN, TX–(ENEWSPF)–September 12 – Sierra Club, Public Citizen, and the SEED Coalition welcomed the announcement today by TXU-Luminant that it will phase out two units at its coal-burning power plants and cease lignite coal mining at its Monticello Plant in northeast Texas.     “The announcement by Luminant today is[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2011.   I’m fully supportive of President Obama’s re-election.  In 2008 he told us, “Yes we can.”  Not, “No we can’t.”  And “Not maybe.”  He also told us to “keep the pressure on.” We need a jobs plan that fits the size of the problem.  There are[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2011.  In a speech before Congress tonight, President Obama proposed a $447 billion program to create jobs – the American Jobs Act.    In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune issued the following statement:    “The Sierra Club applauds President Obama’s plan to put Americans back[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2011.  Today Terry O’Sullivan, General President of LIUNA – the Laborers’ International Union of North America – made the following statement regarding President Obama’s speech to Congress and the announcement of The American Jobs Act: We applaud President Obama’s bold, smart, progressive plan for putting Americans back[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2011.  The following is a statement issued by United Food and Commercial Workers International Union President Joseph Hansen: “President Obama’s plan for job creation, including a private fund to rebuild our roads and schools, a tax cut for companies that hire workers and help for the long-term[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2011.  Following President Obama’s address to Congress, the BlueGreen Alliance released the following statement from Executive Director David Foster: “President Obama tonight turned the nation’s attention to creating good, American jobs. His agenda will set the stage for revitalizing our economy and doing the work that America[Read More…]

New York, NY –(ENEWSPF)–September 08, 2011– Today the Hispanic Federation expressed strong support for the President’s call for a legislative package that will strengthen poor and middle class families by creating jobs, and provide relief for the unemployed. Lillian Rodríguez-López, President of the Hispanic Federation, issued the following statement: “The[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2011.  Mary Kay Henry, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), issued the following statement after President Obama laid out his jobs agenda before a joint session of Congress: “Tonight, President Obama displayed the leadership America needs by laying out a strong agenda to get America[Read More…]

President’s jobs plan to repair schools and keep educators in classrooms Initiative will keep students learning, educators working  WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2011.  In tonight’s speech to a Joint Session of Congress, President Obama unveiled his American Jobs Act and further underscored his belief that investing in the American middle class is[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2011.  Today, the Center for American Progress released the following statement in reaction to President Barack Obama’s jobs speech tonight: Today, 14 million Americans who could be working and producing are unemployed. Persistently high unemployment has left millions of people on the sidelines, depressed wages, dampened consumer[Read More…]