How the U.S. and International Community will block all of Iran’s pathways to a nuclear weapon Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2015. After many months of principled diplomacy, the P5+1 — the United States, the United Kingdom, France, China, Russia and Germany — along with the European Union, have achieved a long-term[Read More…]
Opinion
AFL-CIO Statement on Scott Walker Announcement
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 13, 2015. Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in response to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s upcoming announcement to run for President of the United States: Scott Walker is a national disgrace. Source: www.aflcio.org
Marijuana Use is Down and Disapproval is Up Among Young Teens
Photo: Flickr user Centophobia, via the Creative Commons license. AUSTIN, Texas —(ENEWSPF)–July 13, 2015. Since 2002, the proportion of adolescents reporting marijuana use has decreased, and more younger adolescents report strong disapproval of marijuana use initiation, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin School of Social[Read More…]
Joint Report with U.S. and Chinese Policy Experts Explores Avenues for U.S.-China Cooperation on the Middle East
A boat carrying tourists and locals sails in the Nile River at sunset in Aswan, Egypt, April 2015. SOURCE: AP/Mosa’ab Elshamy Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–July 13, 2015. The political environment in the Middle East continues to be increasingly turbulent and shifting rapidly, with ramifications throughout the globe. The United States and[Read More…]
NRDC: Senator Kirk, Your Sewage Bill Doesn’t Cover Up Stinky Climate Vote
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2015 – Senator Mark Kirk held a press conference today touting his environmental credentials in the face of withering criticism of his recent vote to block action to cut dangerous carbon emissions from America’s power plants. In recent weeks, numerous environmental and conservation organizations have aired public education[Read More…]
NRDC: President Obama Bolsters Conservation Legacy with Three National Monuments
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2015 – The three national monuments created today by President Obama will protect some of America’s most biodiverse mountain ecosystems, wild tracts of desert and nationally significant fossil beds. The following is a statement by Sharon Buccino, director of the Land and Wildlife Program at the Natural Resources[Read More…]
Public Citizen: Not the Right Antidote for Patients — The 21st Century Cures Act Is Not a Way Forward
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 10, 2015. Note: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted in favor of H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act. Statement of Vijay Das, Health Care Policy Advocate, Public Citizen’s Congress Watch Division: It is disappointing that the House has passed the 21st Century Cures Act. The[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Basin and Range, Berryessa Snow Mountain, and Waco Mammoth to Become Nation’s Next National Monuments
Three New Monuments Total Over One Million Acres Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–July 10, 2015. The Sierra Club praised today’s news that President Obama will designate three new national monuments: Basin and Range in Nevada, Berryessa Snow Mountain in California, and Waco Mammoth in Texas. Basin and Range, composed of 704,000 acres,[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth: House Leadership Pulls Interior, EPA Spending Bill Over Confederate Flag
WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—July 9, 2015. This morning House Republican leadership pulled HR 2822, The Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Act, 2016, over a controversial amendment that would have stripped a provision barring the Confederate flag from being displayed in cemeteries and sold in stores operated by the National Park Service.[Read More…]
New Survey of DACA Recipients Finds that Average Hourly Wages Increased by 45 Percent, Among Other Benefits
A nationwide survey conducted by Tom K. Wong of the University of California, San Diego; the National Immigration Law Center, or NILC; and the Center for American Progress, illustrates the impact of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, on employment, wages, education, and more. DREAMers and parents take an[Read More…]
