Trump Should Continue Disclosures, Uphold Legal Obligations The remnants of a US drone strike on August 29, 2012 in Khashamir, Yemen. The strike killed three alleged members of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, a policeman, and a cleric who preached against the armed group. © 2012 Reuters Washington –(ENEWSPF)–December 6,[Read More…]
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Trump Praises Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte On His Deadly War On Drugs
Philippine Death Squads Have Killed Thousands of People Suspected of Using or Selling Drugs Since June Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 6, 2016. On Saturday, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump held a telephone call with the President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte. According to Duterte, Trump praised Duterte’s deadly war on drugs and invited[Read More…]
Safe Drinking Water for Flint, Michigan Threatened by Political Backroom Deals
Earthjustice urges White House to oppose rollbacks to California water protections Bottled water distribution by National Guard at Fire Station 6, in downtown Flint, Michigan, on January 23, 2016. Linda Parton / Shutterstock.com Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2016. Today, Representative Kevin McCarthy (CA), with support from Senator Dianne Feinstein (CA),[Read More…]
New Report Confirms Bee-Killing Pesticides Cause Other Widespread Environmental Harm
Economic analysis also reveals neonicotinoids do not increase crop yields WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–December 6, 2016. A new report released today by Center for Food Safety (CFS), Net Loss—Economic Efficacy and Costs of Neonicotinoid Insecticides Used as Seed Coatings: Updates from the United States and Europe, shows that the economic and environmental losses[Read More…]
350.org on Trump Meeting with ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson
NEW YORK, N.Y. –(ENEWSPF)–December 6, 2016. Today, President-elect Donald Trump is meeting with ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as he considers the oil executive as US Secretary of State, the country’s top foreign diplomat position. In response, May Boeve, 350.org Executive Director issued the following statement: “Covering up climate science and[Read More…]
Missing 1-2 Hours of Sleep Doubles Crash Risk
AAA Foundation study reveals the dangers of getting less than seven hours of sleep WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 6, 2016 – Drivers who miss between one to two hours of the recommended seven hours of sleep in a 24-hour period nearly double their risk for a crash, according to new research from[Read More…]
Native Organizers Alliance: ‘Standing Rock Has Changed Everything’
Seattle, Washington–(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2016. Judith LeBlanc, director of the Native Organizers Alliance released this statement Monday, after the announcement that the federal government would not approve a permit for a segment of the Dakota Access Pipeline through the Standing Rock territory in North Dakota: “Never has there been such close[Read More…]
CAIR Questions How Islamophobe Ben Carson Will Treat Muslims Served and Employed by HUD
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2016. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Islamophobe Ben Carson to be secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) could negatively impact Muslims served and employed by that[Read More…]
ACLU & LGBT Groups Call on President Obama to Grant Clemency to Chelsea Manning
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2016. The American Civil Liberties Union and over a dozen LGBT groups sent a letter to President Barack Obama today urging the commutation of Chelsea Manning’s sentence for disclosing classified information to the media to raise public awareness regarding the impact of war on innocent civilians. Manning[Read More…]
VoteVets Statement on Appointment of Ben Carson to Housing and Urban Development
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2016. The nation’s largest progressive veterans group, representing over 450,000 supporters, is reacting to the news that Donald Trump has appointed Ben Carson to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Jon Soltz, Iraq War Veteran and Chair of VoteVets.org said in a statement: “Hundreds of[Read More…]
