Water flows through a series of retention ponds near the Gold King Mine in Silverton, Colorado, August 12, 2015. SOURCE: AP/Brennan Linsley Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 17, 2015. Amid growing public concern over abandoned hardrock mines and the management of resource extraction on America’s public lands, the Center for American Progress[Read More…]
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AFL-CIO: Working Families Deserve Strong Social Security Program
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2015. Happy Birthday Social Security. On today’s 80th anniversary of Social Security, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka made the following statement: For those working for a better life, Social Security is an important family income and disability protection program and the cornerstone of our retirement security. The program[Read More…]
Environmental Working Group Deconstructs California’s Toxic Fracking Recipe
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2015. The fluids used for hydraulic fracturing in California oil wells contain dozens of hazardous chemicals linked to cancer, hormone disruption and reproductive system damage, according to a new report by EWG. In the analysis, entitled “California’s Toxic Fracking Fluids: The Chemical Recipe, EWG deconstructs drilling companies’[Read More…]
Enhancing the Child Tax Credit Would Help Young Families, Create Economic Mobility, and Lift Kids Out of Poverty, Says New Center for American Progress Report
A girl helps her brothers with a drawing and homework in Philadelphia, October 8, 2013. Source: AP/Matt Rourke Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2015. A new Center for American Progress analysis underscores that the economic cost of child poverty in the United States is $672 billion per year, or nearly 4[Read More…]
Drug Policy Alliance: Governor Cuomo and New York Elected Officials Return to Failed Drug War Approaches to Address Synthetic Cannabinoids
Advocates: New Yorkers Need a Public Education and Health Approach to Deal with Emerging Drugs New York –(ENEWSPF)—August 13, 2015. Earlier this week, Governor Cuomo issued regulations and the New York State Senate introduced a bill that would criminalize the sales of synthetic cannabinoids. Recently, there have been several media reports of tragic episodes involving synthetic cannabinoids, such[Read More…]
Letter to Coffee Party Community from Founder, Annabel Park
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Note: I first met Annabel Park and Eric Byler at Netroots Nation in 2009 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, PA. The following is reprinted with Annabel’s permission. A letter from Annabel Park, founder of the Coffee Party, a wonderful organization that is[Read More…]
Nurses Endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders for President
First National Union Endorsement for Sanders Sen. Bernie Sanders with NNU members at Oakland rally August 10 Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2015. Noting his issues “align with nurses from top to bottom,” National Nurses United, the nation’s largest organization of nurses, today endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for President. “Bernie Sanders[Read More…]
State of the First Amendment — as others see it
Commentary By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center There’s no doubt that a huge number of Americans are unable to name the five freedoms protected by the First Amendment — national survey results each year since 1997 sadly leave little doubt about that circumstance. On a more positive note, when reminded[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Economist Michael Madowitz on July 2015 Jobs Day Report
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2015. Center for American Progress Economist Michael Madowitz released the following statement today on the July 2015 employment situation figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Sixty-five straight months of private-sector job growth and 215,000 jobs added to the economy last month are the top[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth Decries Sinister Manipulation of Government Trafficking Report
WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—August 6, 2015. Friends of the Earth and other organizations held a demonstration before Thursday’s Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing on the State Department’s recent Trafficking in Persons Report. Media reports indicate senior American diplomats may have inflated Malaysia’s efforts to combat human trafficking in an attempt[Read More…]
