WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2015—Statement by Rachel Cleetus, Lead Climate Economist at UCS: President Barack Obama today announced that he will strengthen the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard by executive order, a move the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) said will help make communities more resilient to climate change and ensure taxpayer[Read More…]
Opinion
Unlike Chris Kyle, Here is an American Sniper We Can Call ‘Hero’
MASSACHUSETTS—(ENEWSPF)—January 30, 2015. Listening to Garett Reppenhagen describe how he felt the first time he shot someone is like listening to an addict talk about their first time injecting heroin. “I leveled my M-4, put him in my iron sights, and took three shots. One of them hit him center[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth: Chevron Continues to Make a Killing on Crude
WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—January 30, 2015. Chevron (NYSE: CVX) announced their annual profits for 2014. Even with oil prices down from record highs, Chevron’s $19.2 billion in profits rank it among the most profitable companies in the world. Meanwhile, it is likely that Chevron received a sizeable share of the at[Read More…]
ACLU: Texas Executes Intellectually Disabled Man, Violating Constitution
NEW YORK –-(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2015. Robert Ladd, an intellectually disabled person with an IQ of 67, was executed last night at 7:02 CT in Huntsville, Texas. His death violates the Supreme Court’s rulings that the Eighth Amendment prohibits executing the intellectually disabled as cruel and unusual punishment. In any other[Read More…]
CIA Tried to Give Iraq Nuclear Plans, Just Like Iran
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 30, 2015. If you’ve followed the trials of James Risen and Jeffrey Sterling, or read Risen’s book State of War, you are aware that the CIA gave Iran blueprints and a diagram and a parts list for the key component of a nuclear bomb. The CIA then proposed[Read More…]
Op-ed by First Lady Michelle Obama on USAToday.com: Counselors Build the Bridge to College
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 30, 2015. The following op-ed by First Lady Michelle Obama appeared this morning on USAToday.com and across Gannett platforms. http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/01/30/college-funding-michelle-obama-work-counseling-high-school-column/22533683/ Counselors build the bridge to college Growing up on the South Side of Chicago, it wasn’t exactly a forgone conclusion that I would go to college. Neither of[Read More…]
Michigan: Voters Prefer Regulating Marijuana To Increase Tax Revenue
Flint, MI–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2015. The majority of Michigan voters prefer regulating and taxing marijuana commerce to pay for roads and schools as opposed to raising the state’s sales tax one percent, according to polling data released last week by Survey USA. Sixty-four percent of respondents endorsed regulating cannabis like alcohol[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth: Senate Wraps Up One Month of Work for the Koch Bros and TransCanada with Passage of KXL Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—January 29, 2015. On Thursday, the Senate passed S.1, the Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act, by a vote of 62-36. A similar bill passed the House three weeks ago. Differences between both versions must be reconciled by both chambers before the legislation can move to the President’s desk.[Read More…]
New Report Reveals Nearly 40 Percent of NHS Highways Fail to Pay for Themselves, Urges More Flexible Funding Model to Support a Multimodal Transportation System
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2015. A new infrastructure report from the Center for American Progress examines the myth that highways pay for themselves while public transportation does not, and reveals that 40 percent of all National Highway System, or NHS, miles fail to generate sufficient user fee revenues to cover[Read More…]
New Center for American Progress Report Proposes National Subsidized Jobs Program to Improve Employment Opportunities for All Americans
Washington, D.C. — (ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2015. Although overall unemployment in the United States has fallen in recent years, certain populations continue to suffer disproportionate rates of unemployment, including older workers, the long-term unemployed, people with criminal records, people with disabilities, and people with limited education or work experience. These workers[Read More…]
