Continued Reliance on Fossil Fuels Troubling to the Region Asheville, NC –-(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2015. In an announcement today, Duke Energy revealed a proposal to retire the Asheville Plant, a 414 MW nameplate capacity (376 MW operating capacity) coal-fired power plant located near Asheville, North Carolina. The announcement includes plans to[Read More…]
Opinion
After 2-Year Investigation, Center for American Progress Report Concludes That ATF’s Mission and Agents Should Be Moved Into the FBI
160-Page Report Cites Leadership Challenges, Coordination, and Resources as Major Rationales for Merger Investigators for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are pictured outside a house in DeSoto, Texas, after a shooting, August 2013. SOURCE: THe Dallas Morning News/Kye R. Lee Washington,[Read More…]
Center for Biological Diversity: White House Report Lacks Key Actions to Save Bees, Other Pollinators
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2015. The White House Pollinator Health Task Force today issued a long-awaited report outlining the Obama administration’s plans for addressing severe, nationwide declines in important pollinators. Unfortunately the plan set out in the report fails to adequately address the harm caused by pesticides, a key cause of declines[Read More…]
White House Pollinator Strategy Won’t Solve Bee Crisis
WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—May 19, 2015. The Obama administration released its National Pollinator Health Strategy today, which failed to adequately address the impact of pesticides, including neonicotinoid insecticides — a leading driver of bee declines — on bees and other pollinators. This report was required by the June 2014 presidential memorandum,[Read More…]
Bus Travel Will Reach 25-Year High Over Memorial Day Holiday
Amenities, reserved seating draw riders, finds DePaul University study Bus travel will be at a 25-year high during the Memorial Day holiday, finds new research from the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development at DePaul University. (Image courtesy of Chaddick Institute) CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—May 18, 2015. Instead of getting behind the wheel[Read More…]
Center for Food Safety Statement on New USDA GMO-Free Label
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2015. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced a new GMO-free certification and label. In response, Colin O’Neil, Center for Food Safety’s Director of Government Affairs, released the following statement: “CFS strongly supports greater transparency in the food system and believes that all Americans have a[Read More…]
Study: Legal Cannabis Industry To Generate $10 Billion Revenue By Year’s End
Pawtucket, RI–(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2015. Sales involving legal marijuana products and marijuana-related services are estimated to total $10 billion by year’s end, according to a report issued by the publication Marijuana Business Daily. Authors based their findings on survey data provided by 1,000 business owners and their financial backers. According to[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth: Senate Moves Fast Track Legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – (ENEWSPF)—May 14, 2015. Two days after the Democratic Senate rebuffed President Obama’s push for Fast Track trade authority the Senate invoked cloture on the Hatch-Wyden Trade Promotion Authority bill by a vote of 65-33. The bill would grant President Obama power to send signed trade agreements to Congress[Read More…]
In Question of Detention or Release, Immigration Officials Overwhelmingly Discriminate Against LGBT Immigrants
A corrections officer stands near a gate at Baltimore City Detention Center on November 14, 2013. SOURCE: AP/Steve Ruark Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2015. An analysis conducted by the Center for American Progress and published today has found that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, or LGBT, immigrants are consistently detained[Read More…]
Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs on the Senate’s Rejection of Trade Promotion Authority
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2015. Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Co-Chairs Reps. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) and Keith Ellison (D-MN) released the following statement today after the Senate blocked consideration of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA). “Today’s delay of Trade Promotion Authority is just a taste of the fierce opposition ‘fast track’ will face[Read More…]
