Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2015. Statement of Lori Wallach, Director, Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch: If there really is a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal, its fate in Congress is highly uncertain given the narrow margin by which trade authority passed this summer, the concessions made to get a deal, and growing[Read More…]
Opinion
Statement on Arson Attempt at Planned Parenthood’s Thousand Oaks Health Center
CALIFORNIA—(ENEWSPF)—October 1, 2015. Our commitment today, and always, is to the health and safety of our patients and staff. We are grateful for the quick and thorough response of law enforcement and that no one was in the building. We are working to assess and repair the damage and will[Read More…]
Sierra Club Statement on Pollution Control Board Approval of State Plan to Reduce Air Pollution in Will and Peoria Counties in Illinois
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—October 2, 2015. Yesterday, the Illinois Pollution Control Board approved a flawed plan from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) to reduce air pollution in the Peoria and Lemont areas, leaving residents still vulnerable to pollution. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) has designated the air in parts of[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Economist Michael Madowitz on the September 2015 Jobs Report
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 2, 2015. Center for American Progress Economist Michael Madowitz released the following statement today on the September 2015 employment situation figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, or BLS. According to the BLS, the economy added 142,000 jobs last month, and the unemployment rate remained unchanged[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth Responds to Allegations from Continental Resources
WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—October 2, 2015. This week, Friends of the Earth released a report, “A Flaring Shame: North Dakota & the Hidden Fracking Subsidy,” on royalty-free venting and flaring on public and tribal lands. Continental Resources, the company that has flared the most based on the data provided, is alleging[Read More…]
New England Journal of Medicine Editors Sacrifice Standards to Defend an Unethical Clinical Trial
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2015. In his October “Outrage of the Month” blog post, Dr. Michael Carome, director of Public Citizen’s Health Research Group, details how the editors of the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) have sacrificed standards to defend an unethical clinical trial. Since 2013, NEJM Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey[Read More…]
NRDC: New Air Quality Standard Insufficient to Protect Public Health
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2015 – The Obama Administration today tightened the limit for ground-level ozone or smog pollution—one of the most pervasive and dangerous pollutants we inhale—to 70 parts per billion (ppb). The following is a statement by John Walke, senior attorney and director of the Clean Air Program at the Natural[Read More…]
Sierra Club: President Obama’s Updated Smog Standard ‘A Missed Opportunity’
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2015. Today, the Obama Administration will unveil an update to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for smog pollution – or ground level ozone – and set the level at 70 parts per billion (ppb). The standard was last updated in 2008 when the Bush[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Report Outlines Barriers LGBT Homeless Youth Face in Obtaining Important Identification Documents
A young adult uses a computer at the Ruth Ellis Center, a drop-in shelter for LGBT youth in Detroit, March 2012. Source: AP/Paul Sancya Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2015. Research suggests that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, or LGBT, youth experience homelessness at a much higher rate than their non-LGBT[Read More…]
NOW: ‘Bullies Throwing a Lot of Bull’
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 30, 2015. Statement of NOW President Terry O’Neill on House Oversight Committee’s Hearing on Planned Parenthood: “Bullies throwing a lot of bull.” That’s how Planned Parenthood Vice President Dawn Laguens described the hours-long ordeal endured by her boss, Cecile Richards today. And it’s entirely accurate. Shame on those[Read More…]
