WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2016. Senate Republicans failed to advance a motion to overrule President Obama’s veto of a bill designed to halt the finalized Clean Water Rule. In response, Dalal Aboulhosn, Senior Washington Representative for the Sierra Club, released the following statement: “Senate Republicans have launched yet another failed[Read More…]
Opinion
Center for American Progress Analysis Finds that Health Insurance Mergers Will Raise Premiums, Harm Medicare Beneficiaries
A doctor poses for a picture among patient files at a New York hospital, June 2009. Source: AP/Seth Wenig Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2016. A new analysis conducted by the Center for American Progress finds that the proposed merger between the health insurance companies Aetna Inc. and Humana[Read More…]
New Study Identifies Twelve of the Worst Highway Projects Across the Country, $24 Billion Wasted
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 19, 2016. A new study by the United States Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG) Education Fund and Frontier Group identifies 12 of the most wasteful highway projects across the country, slated to collectively cost at least $24 billion. The study details how despite America’s massive repair and[Read More…]
NRDC: Coal Leasing Moratorium is Good for Taxpayers and Climate
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 15, 2016 –The following is a statement by Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, on the Obama Administration’s moratorium on issuing new leases for coal extraction on federal lands: “The president is right to stop this handout to big coal companies, which has cost American taxpayers[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Obama Administration Makes Historic Change To Coal Leasing Program on America’s Public Lands
The President Continues to Build His Climate Legacy by Placing a Suspension on Coal Leasing on Public Lands Albuquerque, NM –(ENEWSPF)–January 15, 2016. Today, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced that the Obama Administration will be compiling a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on coal leasing on public lands and[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Proposes a National Service Automatic Stabilization Plan to Re-Engage Americans Facing Long-Term Unemployment
AmeriCorps volunteer John Harris III helps coordinate a jobs fair program for job seekers in Washington on July 31, 2013. Source: AP/Manuel Balce Centa Washington D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–January 15, 2016. More than 2 million Americans who are currently out of work have been looking for a job for 27[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth Praises President Obama’s Decision to Keep Coal in the Ground
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–January 15, 2016. The Obama administration announced today it will conduct a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement to examine the impacts that the federal coal leasing program has on the environment, including climate change. The administration also announced that a moratorium on new coal mining will be put[Read More…]
Collective Action has the Power to Defeat Racist Rhetoric in 2016
Ian Haney-Lopez releases new report outlining strategies for collective action against racist rhetoric in politics Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 14, 2016 – Today, the AFL-CIO and University of California Berkeley Law Professor Ian Haney-Lopez, in partnership with Demos and the University of California-Berkley Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, released[Read More…]
Study: Cannabis Use Not Predictive Of Lower IQ
London, United Kingdom–(ENEWSPF)–January 14, 2016. Marijuana use by adolescents is not associated with lower IQ or poorer educational performance once adjustments are made for potential confounders, specifically cigarette smoking, according to longitudinal data published online ahead of print in the Journal of Psychopharmacology. British investigators assessed the relationship between cumulative[Read More…]
Failure of Emanuel Administration to Push Through Swap Payments a Victory for Working Families
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 206. The Emanuel Administration’s plan to voluntarily pay $106 million in predatory interest rate swap termination penalties failed to gain City Council approval Wednesday. Thanks to the bold efforts of the Progressive Caucus and grassroots leaders, $200 million in water revenue bonds, which included funds to pay[Read More…]
