WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2015. Today, the U.S. Senate passed procedural motion on a “fast-track” bill that limits Congressional authority and oversight over international trade deals like the massive Trans-Pacific Partnership. This bill under consideration is even more controversial than the fast-track bill the Senate approved in May. For example,[Read More…]
Opinion
New Report Shows How State Future Funds Will Help States Fund Low-Carbon and Resilient Infrastructure Projects
People wait to board a train to New York City at the Trenton train station in Trenton, New Jersey, July 2014. SOURCE: AP/Mel Evans Washington, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2015. Expanding on a proposal first put forward in a column earlier this year, the Center for American Progress has released an[Read More…]
Video: Voices from the Front Lines of the Drug War: Susan Burton
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 22, 2015 By Melissa Franqui Video: http://www.drugpolicy.org/blog/voices-front-lines-drug-war-susan-burton Susan Burton is the founder and executive director of A New Way of Life, an organization that provides support and resources for women recently released from prison. “So many people are missing from our communities because of the war on drugs,”[Read More…]
CEOs Made 303 Times More than Typical Workers in 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2015. CEOs in the 350 largest U.S. firms were paid an average of $16.3 million in 2014, or 303 times more than the typical worker, according to Top CEOs Make 300 Times More than Typical Workers: Pay Growth Surpasses Stock Gains and Wage Growth of Top 0.1[Read More…]
NRDC: EPA Issues Clarion Call to Climate Action
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2015 — The Environmental Protection Agency today released “’Climate Change in the United States: Benefits of Global Action,”’ at-once a sobering warning of the consequences of inaction and a clarion call to action. The following is a statement by Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council:[Read More…]
NRDC: New Truck Efficiency Standards Can Go a Long Way Toward a Cleaner Energy Future
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2015 – The Obama Administration’s proposed fuel-efficiency and carbon pollution standards for heavy trucks announced today will cut fuel bills, curb carbon pollution, and spur manufacturing innovation. The following is a statement by Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council: “Making our trucks go farther on[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Administration Proposes Standards to Make Freight Trucks More Efficient
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2015. Today the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation proposed the second phase of efficiency and emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks. Coming on the heels of the first-ever fuel efficiency standards for heavy-duty trucks, which went into effect last year, this second phase further[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth: Obama Administration Proposes Improving Fuel Efficiency of Heavy Duty Trucks
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2015. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation proposed fuel efficiency standards for heavy duty vehicles. While the standards vary depending on vehicle type, the proposed rule would increase fuel economy standards for these vehicles by 2027. The EPA predicts that the proposed rule[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Review Finds Oil Royalty Rate on Federal Lands is 50 Percent Lower Than on Private Lands
This April 2014 photo shows oil rigs in the Loco Hills field in Eddy County, New Mexico, one of the most active regions of the Permian Basin. SOURCE: AP/Jeri Clausing Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2015. A Center for American Progress review of oil and gas leasing terms on federal, state,[Read More…]
Watch: Top 10 Things You Need to Know about Pope Francis’ ‘Laudato Si’
Pope Francis’ highly-anticipated environmental encyclical has arrived and Fr. James Martin, S.J., presents the ten things you need to know about it. James Martin, SJ, is a Jesuit priest, editor at large at America and author of Jesus: A Pilgrimage. This is an abridged version of an essay appearing today[Read More…]
