ANCHORAGE, Alaska—(ENEWSPF)–May 11, 2015. The Department of the Interior announced today that it has approved Shell’s plan for exploratory oil drilling in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea this summer. The Center for Biological Diversity’s Alaska Director Rebecca Noblin issued this statement in response: “It’s deeply troubling to see the Obama administration give[Read More…]
Opinion
Study: Baby Boomers Perceive Cannabis As Safer Substitute For Alcohol, Prescription Drugs
San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–May 8, 2015. Many baby boomers who use cannabis perceive the plant to be a safe substitute for prescription drugs and alcohol, according to survey data published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Review. Investigators at the Institute for Scientific Analysis in San Francisco surveyed 97 current marijuana[Read More…]
Center for American Progress: Job Growth Continues on Upward Swing, But Wage Growth Needs to Catch Up
Store employee Josh Kelly checks the condition of used records at Vintage Vinyl Records on April 14, 2015. SOURCE: AP/Mel Evans Washington, D.C. — Center for American Progress Economist Michael Madowitz released the following statement today after the Bureau of Labor Statistics issued its April 2015 employment figures. Follow Madowitz on Twitter[Read More…]
Free Press: Congress Must Abandon Bulk Collection of Phone-Call Data
WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2015. On Thursday morning, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that Section 215 of the Patriot Act does not authorize some of the sweeping surveillance programs the NSA and other intelligence agencies use. The judges rejected the government’s argument that Section 215 is[Read More…]
CAIR Welcomes Ruling that NSA Phone Surveillance Program is Illegal
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2015 – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a ruling by a federal appeals court that the National Security Agency’s (NSA) ‘dragnet’ collection of Americans’ phone records is illegal under the USA Patriot Act’s amendment of[Read More…]
Brennan Center for Justice: Federal Appeals Court Rules NSA’s Bulk Collection of Americans’ Phone Records Unlawful
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2015. Today, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled unanimously in ACLU v. Clapper that the NSA’s bulk collection of Americans’ telephone records violates Section 215 of the Patriot Act. “A regular federal court has spoken, and has rejected the[Read More…]
Lessons Learned: The Journey to Legalize Marijuana and End the Drug War
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—May 7, 2015. By: Tony Newman For the last 15 years I’ve dedicated my life to ending our country’s disastrous war on drugs. It has been an incredible journey, and I am happy to say that seeds that were planted a long time ago are finally bearing some fruit.[Read More…]
The Time Is Now to Fix the Way We Pay and Care for Active and Retired Military Service Members and Veterans
A sculpture portrays a wounded soldier being helped on the grounds of a Veterans Affairs hospital, June 9, 2014. SOURCE: AP/Jim Mone Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2015. The current military compensation system is an outdated, rigid, and costly behemoth that is woefully inadequate to meet the current needs of armed[Read More…]
New Demos Report Shows State Disinvestment in Public Higher Education is Driving Tuition Increases
Decreased State Funding is Responsible for Nearly 80 Percent of the Rise in Public Education Tuition NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–May 5, 2015. Recently, there has been much debate about the real cause of tuition increases, which have risen by nearly $3,000 at public four-year universities in the last decade alone. To meet[Read More…]
By Two-to-One Margin, Americans Want to End Coal Subsidies on U.S. Public Lands
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–May 5, 2015. According to new public opinion research released today, a majority of Americans from across the ideological spectrum would support reforms to the U.S. Department of the Interior’s coal-leasing program, including to change how royalties are assessed and to end federal subsidies to coal companies that[Read More…]
