WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 18, 2014 – President Obama’s newly announced fuel-efficiency standards for heavy trucks will help such vehicles go farther on less fuel while further curbing carbon pollution from America’s transportation sector, the largest source of carbon pollution after power plants. The following is a statement from Frances Beinecke, president of[Read More…]
Opinion
New York Voters Back Medical Marijuana 10-1, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds
Strong Support For Recreational Marijuana Also NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—February 17, 2014. New York State voters support 88 – 9 percent the legalization of medical marijuana, with overwhelming support from every group, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Voters also support 57 – 39 percent the legalization of small amounts[Read More…]
NRDC: Secretary John Kerry is Right on Urgency to Address Climate Change
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2014 –Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, director of the International Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, made this statement in response to Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech in Jakarta, Indonesia, today about the urgent global need to fight the ravages of climate change: “Sec. Kerry is right: The global[Read More…]
Medical Marijuana Advocates Welcome Long Awaited Change in Banking Policy for Licensed Businesses
Advocates vow to continue pressure on Obama Administration to establish comprehensive medical marijuana policy Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—February 14, 2014. Medical marijuana advocates are applauding a new memorandum issued today by the U.S. Departments of Treasury (DOT) and Justice (DOJ) giving long-awaited guidance to financial institutions, such as banks and credit unions,[Read More…]
Fire Safe Cigarette Law in Massachusetts Linked to Drop in House Fires
Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)–February 14, 2014. A six-year-old Massachusetts law requiring that only “fire-safe” cigarettes (FSCs) be sold in the state appears to decrease the likelihood of unintentional residential fires caused by cigarettes by 28%, according to a new study by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers. The study appeared online[Read More…]
Study: Alcohol-Positive Drivers Possess Greater Fatal Crash Risk Compared To Non-Alcohol Drug-Positive Drivers
Calverton, MD–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2014. Drivers with blood alcohol limits of 0.05 percent possess a greater risk of being in a fatal traffic accident than do drivers who test positive for any other licit or illicit substance, according to a study published in the January issue of the Journal of Studies[Read More…]
Forever Valentine: Study Shows Marriage Gets Better in Old Age
BERKELEY–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2014. First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes baby in a baby carriage – and then what? That was the question bugging UC Berkeley psychologist Robert Levenson in the 1980s when the U.S. divorce rate peaked at around 50 percent. So in 1989, he and fellow psychologists[Read More…]
Free Press: Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger Would Be a Disaster for Consumers
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2014. According to press reports late Wednesday night, Comcast is preparing to announce a $44 billion deal to buy Time Warner Cable. The proposed takeover would unite the nation’s largest cable TV and Internet service provider with the second-largest cable company. The combined companies would offer service to[Read More…]
SEIU: President Obama Stands Up for Federally Contracted Workers
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–February 12, 2014. In advance of President Obama’s signing of an executive order requiring federal contractors to pay employees $10.10 per hour, Mary Kay Henry, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), issued the following statement: “Today’s action by the president is a welcome step toward raising[Read More…]
Center for American Progress on the President’s Executive Action to Increase the Wages of Government Contractors
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 12, 2014. David Madland, Managing Director of Economic Policy at the Center for American Progress, issued the following reaction to the news today that President Barack Obama signed an executive order to raise the wages for employees who work for federal contractors: The president took a big step[Read More…]
