A Greyhound bus makes a stop at Chicago’s Union Station to load and unload passengers. An estimated 1.5 million passengers will make trips by bus between Nov. 24 and Nov. 29 — about a 15 percent increase over the typical Tuesday-Sunday period during autumn, noted the study’s authors. (Photo by[Read More…]
Opinion
Friends of the Earth Report Identifies Obama’s Climate Inaction by Documenting Steps He Could Take
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–November 16, 2015. An analysis by Friends of the Earth highlights how President Obama has fallen short on his climate legacy by suggesting nine executive actions he can take before leaving office. Two weeks before the climate negotiations begin in Paris, the report, Unfinished Business: Ways President Obama Can[Read More…]
CAIR Condemns Paris Terror Attacks
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2015 – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned terror attacks in Paris that left many people dead and injured. In a statement, CAIR said: “These savage and despicable attacks on civilians, whether they occur in Paris,[Read More…]
Report: One In Eight Federal Drug Prisoners Serving Time For Marijuana Offenses
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2015. Over twelve percent of federal drug prisoners are incarcerated for marijuana-related violations, according to data compiled by US Bureau of Prisons and the United States Sentencing Commission and published by the US Bureau of Justice Statistics. Of the 94,678 federal inmates incarcerated for a drug violation[Read More…]
Administration Can Cut Domestic Coal Subsidies and Enhance U.S. Climate Leadership at the G-20 Summit, UNFCCC Climate Conference in Paris
President Barack Obama gestures as he answers a question from the media during a press conference at the conclusion of the G-20 summit in Brisbane, Australia, November 16, 2014. Source: AP/Rob Griffith Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2015. The United States and other countries’ commitments to phase out fossil fuel[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton: We Must Revitalize and Prioritize Coal Communities
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—November 13, 2015. By: Hillary Clinton – Charleston (WV) Gazette-Mail For more than a century, the coalfields of Appalachia, the Midwest, and the Rocky Mountains have kept America’s lights on and our factories humming. Coal powered the Industrial Revolution and the 20th-century expansion of the middle class, and created[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Clinton’s Coal Community Plan Helps ‘Ensure That All Workers, and All Communities, Benefit From the Booming Clean Energy Economy’
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)—November 12, 2015. Hillary Clinton released a proposal today to help communities that have been historically reliant upon coal by protecting coal worker pensions and other retiree benefits, while also ensure those communities benefit from our transition toward an economy driven by clean energy. In response, Sierra Club[Read More…]
To Improve the Lives of At-Risk Children and Families, Expand Access to Home Visiting Services Through Medicaid, New Center for American Progress Report Proposes
Creating a new Medicaid benefit for evidence-based home visiting services would simplify funding and allow states and communities to scale services, improve outcomes for families, and produce significant savings for states and the federal government. Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–November 12, 2015. A new report from the Center for American Progress puts[Read More…]
AFL-CIO: Fight for $15 a Powerful Example of Collective Action
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2015. Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on protests with fast food workers happening nationwide today: “The Fight for $15 movement is one of the most powerful examples of collective action. Having a voice on the job is a basic right. Using that voice and demanding it[Read More…]
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Resignation of University of Missouri’s President
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2015. We applaud the courageous actions of students and faculty at the University of Missouri who have come together to demand change in response to racism and discrimination on campus. In particular, we commend the university’s football players for their brave stand at a time when college[Read More…]
