Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2015. Employee turnover costs businesses millions of dollars each year. However, many employers don’t accurately track this expense, which could be reduced by improving workplace conditions. To help business owners understand the cost of turnover, the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) and Center for[Read More…]
Opinion
Free Press: Verizon-AOL Merger Makes No Sense
WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2015. Verizon Communications plans to buy AOL for $4.4 billion, according to a report in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal. The deal is the telecom giant’s latest bid to expand its business to include mobile video and advertising services. If finalized, Verizon would also take control of AOL’s[Read More…]
NARAL Pro-Choice America on Contraceptive Services Guidance
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 12, 2015. Yesterday, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and the Treasury issued guidance to clarify consumers’ right to coverage of preventive services without copay under the Affordable Care Act. This includes coverage of contraception. Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, released the following statement:[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Brief Examines Women’s Leadership, Gender-Equity Issues Through Multigenerational Lens
Working mother Sunita Clark, left, poses with her 10-year-old daughter Ruby, center, and husband Mark, September 2007, in Columbus, Ohio. SOURCE: AP/Terry Gilliam Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–May 12, 2015. The past few years have been a particularly heady time for discussion of women’s advancement in American society, particularly issues involving gender equity[Read More…]
Drug Policy Alliance Places Mock DEA “We’re Hiring” Ad in Roll Call, Skewering Agency in Wake of Scandals and Director’s Resignation
Ad is Part of Campaign to Influence Obama’s Next DEA Pick, End Agency’s Opposition to Marijuana Law Reform, and Ultimately Reform or Abolish the Agency; As States Legalize Marijuana and Tide Turns Against the Failed Drug War, DEA Increasingly Scrutinized Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 12, 2015. The Drug Policy Alliance, the nation’s[Read More…]
Congresswoman Duckworth: Airports Fail to Accommodate Breastfeeding Mothers
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 11, 2015. Over the weekend, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth authored an OpEd in the Chicago Sun Times discussing the need for airports to accommodate breastfeeding mothers. Full text is below: OpEd: Airports fail to accommodate breastfeeding mothers Last November, I experienced one of the greatest joys of my life:[Read More…]
Audubon Sociery: President Obama Approves Arctic Drilling Permit for Shell
“This is just cynical partisan politics … it’s a phony deal,” says Audubon CEO David Yarnold NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–May 11, 2015. Responding to news that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today approved Shell’s exploration plan for drilling in the Arctic Ocean this summer, ignoring concerns raised by conservation groups, the National[Read More…]
NRDC: Interior’s Approval of Shell’s Arctic Drilling Plan Threatens Climate, Ocean
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 11, 2015 – The Interior Department today approved Royal Dutch Shell’s Chukchi Sea exploratory drilling plans, clearing the way for its drilling rigs to operate off Alaska for the first time since 2012 – when one Shell rig had to be scrapped after running aground off Kodiak Island and another incurred[Read More…]
Interior’s New Coal Royalty Rule Must Close Loopholes Costing Taxpayers Millions of Dollars in Lost Royalty Revenue
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–May 11, 2015. Nidhi Thakar, Deputy Director of the Public Lands Project at the Center for American Progress, released the following statement today on the close of the comment period for the U.S. Department of the Interior rulemaking on coal royalty valuation, ONRR-2012-0004-0024. The practice of companies selling[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth: Interior Approves Shell’s Dangerous Drilling Exploration Plan
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—May 11, 2015. The Department of the Interior gave conditional approval of Shell’s revised Exploration Plan for oil and gas drilling in the Chukchi Sea, pending receipt of drilling permits from the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and authorizations under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Compared to[Read More…]
