Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka issued the following statement after passage of Trade Promotion Authority in the House: “We are at the end of the second quarter and the score is tied 1-1. We look forward to the third and fourth quarters. Workers’ resolve is firmer than[Read More…]
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Food & Water Watch Slams House Passage of Fast Track
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2015. Statement of Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter: “Today, the Republican leadership rammed undemocratic stand-alone Fast Track legislation, also known as Trade Promotion Authority, through the House of Representatives. This bill puts transnational corporate interests ahead of the American people. Just last week, Congress[Read More…]
NRDC: Health and Environmental Safeguards Under Attack by GOP Leadership
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015 – Congressional Republican leaders are adding numerous anti-environmental measures to must-pass appropriations bills and moving them through the House and a key Senate committee this week, despite a presidential veto threat and support for health and environmental safeguards from the American public. The following is a statement[Read More…]
NRDC President: Pope Calls All People of Good Will to Climate Action
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015 – The following is a statement by Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, upon the release of Pope Francis’ encyclical on climate change. “’The pope’s message applies to all of us, regardless of our faith. He is imploring people of good will everywhere to[Read More…]
Sierra Club Statement On Pope Francis’s Encyclical
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2015. Today, Pope Francis released a long-anticipated Encyclical on climate change and ecology, serving as a teaching document addressed to “all people of goodwill” underlying the moral need for action on this global crisis. In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune, released the following statement:[Read More…]
LGBT Asylum Seekers Face Significant Barriers to Remaining in the United States
Members of the LGBT movement hold a gay pride flag as they attend a march to mark the International Day Against Homophobia in Managua, Nicaragua, May 17, 2015. SOURCE: AP/Esteban Felix Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. According to a groundbreaking report issued today by the Center for American Progress, lesbian,[Read More…]
3 Ways to Strengthen the Federal Child Support System
Congress should support new rules that are a win-win-win for children, parents, and state governments. SOURCE: iStock Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. The Center for American Progress today looked at how proposed rules to modernize the U.S. child support system are a win-win-win opportunity for kids, parents, and state governments. In[Read More…]
Food & Water Watch: Pope Francis Takes ‘Bold and Honest’ Stand on Pollution Trading In Encyclical Letter
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2015. Statement of Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director, Food & Water Watch: “Pope Francis is reiterating what scientists and advocates have been saying for years: we need to reduce carbon emissions to avoid catastrophic climate change. But it’s his bold and honest analysis of pollution trading that is[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth International: Pope Says Climate Crisis is a Matter of Justice
AMSTERDAM–(ENEWSPF)–18 June 2015 – Today, responding to the publication of Pope Francis’ papal encyclical on the environment [1], Friends of the Earth International’s Lucy Cadena said: “Pope Francis is right to say that there is a moral imperative to act on climate change with the utmost urgency and ambition. He[Read More…]
Center for Biological Diversity: Pope’s Bold Call for Climate Action Puts World Leaders in Hot Seat
Vatican Message Increases Pressure for Ambitious Carbon Pollution Cuts WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. Pope Francis published a bold call for climate action today that increases pressure on President Obama and other world leaders to take big steps to fight global warming ahead of December’s United Nations climate talks in Paris. The[Read More…]
