OREGON—(ENEWSPF)—October 10, 2014. By: Sharda Sekaran Rock the Vote is off to a glorious start in encouraging young people to vote this election season with a star-studded video featuring the likes of Lil Jon, Lena Dunham, Fred Armisen and Whoopi Goldberg. The video spoofs Lil Jon’s summer smash “Turn Down[Read More…]
Opinion
NRDC: Obama’s San Gabriel Monument Designation a Good Step Toward a Lasting Conservation Legacy
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2014 – With today’s planned declaration of Los Angeles’ San Gabriel Mountains as a national monument, President Obama is providing permanent federal protection for the area’s towering peaks, mature forests and dramatic waterfalls, which retain much of their natural splendor. Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council,[Read More…]
Sierra Club Praises Designation of San Gabriels National Monument
San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2014. President Obama today will designate California’s San Gabriel Mountains as a national monument. The designation will be followed by a community celebration, with hundreds expected in attendance. As part of the community celebration, the San Gabriel Mountains Forever coalition will announce a new San Gabriel[Read More…]
ACLU Comment on U.S. Supreme Court Action on Wisconsin Voter ID Law
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2014. By a 6-3 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court today vacated an appeals court order that had allowed Wisconsin’s voter ID law to take effect. The ACLU is challenging the law, which had been declared unconstitutional by a federal judge in April. The Supreme Court did not consider[Read More…]
National Association of Social Workers Oregon Chapter Supports the Public Health Approach of M91; Recommends Strong Legislative Oversight
NASW-OR believes the “new approach” is better than the current approach on the use of marijuana Portland, Oregon—(ENEWSPF)—October 9, 2014. The NASW Oregon Chapter’s Social Workers Political Action Committee has met with both sides of the Measure 91 ballot measure campaign to weigh the issues carefully. As social workers, our mission is to[Read More…]
New Report Gives World Bank an ‘F’ on Clean Energy Access
Report Finds Less Than 10 Percent Of Bank’s Energy Investment Targets Poor Populations WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2014. Today, the Sierra Club and Oil Change International released a new report highlighting the failure of the world’s top multilateral development banks (MDBs) to align their energy lending with the International Energy[Read More…]
Seafood Fraud Is an Environmental, Economic, and Public Health Risk, and Strong Executive Action Is Needed
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2014. With last month’s designation of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, President Barack Obama has made ocean conservation a major component of his environmental legacy. He now has an opportunity to build on this momentum by focusing leadership and action on the other major[Read More…]
NY Legislation to Ban Flavored E-Cigs Will Lead to More Smoking
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—October 9, 2014. Elected officials and anti-smoking advocates need to re-think their knee-jerk reaction and hostility to e-cigarettes and vaping. It seems like every day we hear a new attack — yet these products are actually helping some people quit or cut back on the much more dangerous alternative[Read More…]
Death of First Ebola Patient Heightens Concern – Latest Survey Results from 1,700 RNs in 35 States
Most RNs Say Hospitals Still Not Done Proper Training, Education for Confronting Ebola Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—October 8, 2014. In the tragic wake of the death of Thomas Eric Duncan in Dallas from the Ebola virus, registered nurses who would be among the first to respond and interact with other patients[Read More…]
Boston Police Data Shows Widespread Racial Bias in Street Encounters with Civilians
ACLU study details stop-and-frisk problem in Boston, urges reforms to ensure fair and effective policing BOSTON –(ENEWSPF)—October 8, 2014. Boston Police Department (BPD) officers have engaged in widespread racially biased street encounters with civilians, according to a study of four years of BPD police-civilian encounter records summarized in a report[Read More…]
