WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–September 28, 2015 — Royal Dutch Shell’s decision to halt oil drilling in the Arctic, after its exploratory well failed to yield enough oil and gas to make its mission worth the tremendous risk and cost, is a watershed moment. The following is a statement from Franz Matzner, director of[Read More…]

Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 28, 2015.  Late Sunday evening, Shell Oil announced that it was ending its oil exploration program in the Arctic Ocean, and would cease further exploratory activity off Alaska’s coast for the foreseeable future. In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement: “Shell’s abandonment[Read More…]

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–September 28, 2015.  Royal Dutch Shell announced today that in light of disappointing discoveries after its second season of drilling an exploratory well in the Chukchi Sea off the North Slope of Alaska, it would be suspending all future operations in Arctic waters. Center for American Progress Director[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—September 28, 2015. Today marks the end of the oil and gas drilling season in the Arctic Ocean, and an end to Shell’s exploration. Shell Oil, which broke ground on its first exploration well this year on July 30, today announced that it will cease its Arctic operations[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 25, 2015.  Said Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America: “Today’s anti-choice minority in the GOP is so extreme, even a staunchly anti-choice Speaker Boehner cannot withstand the pressure of trying to prevent them from sabotaging their entire party in the eyes of voters. The fact that they[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 25, 2015. Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the introduction of legislation to repeal the forty percent tax on quality health benefits from the Affordable Care Act: America’s working families are encouraged by the bipartisan leadership to improve access to comprehensive health benefits. Passed more than five[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 25, 2015. Statement by Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director, Food & Water Watch: “The reported move by China to enact a cap-and-trade program for carbon emissions will not begin to solve our climate crisis. Pollution trading signifies a dangerous reliance on the market to address a problem that only[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–September 25, 2015 –The following is a statement by Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, on the agreement to address climate change announced today by the United States and China: “This is strong medicine. China is promising decisive action to cut carbon pollution at its source and[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 25, 2015.  During his address to the UN this morning, Pope Francis spoke out strongly about the environment and the moral responsibility for the world to act on climate. In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement: “As he addressed the nations of[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—September 25, 2015.  This morning it was reported that House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) plans to end his five year tenure as Speaker of the House, and resign from Congress in October. Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica issued the following statement in response: I’d shed a[Read More…]