Pittsburgh, PA–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2013. Each day the shutdown continues, more and more families, including USW members, are being affected. Over 800,000 people are out of work with no timeline of when they will return and vital services that millions of Americans rely on are frozen. Let’s make our Steelworker voices[Read More…]
Opinion
Video: Fox News Continues Its War On The Poor, Says People On Welfare Do Not Deserve Air Conditioners
Fox News continues its war on the poor, now claiming that the poor do not deserve air conditioners. They’re all for corporate welfare , tax breaks, and entitlements for the rich, however.
Food & Water Watch: Foster Farms’ Remarkable Recovery
Statement from Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director, Food & Water Watch Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2013. “In just three days, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) went from threatening to shut down Foster Farms due to serious food safety lapses to declaring last night that the company had made a remarkable[Read More…]
NRDC: What Happened to Canada?
The real record on how the pro-oil government is trampling on speech, science, the environment and its own credibility…all in the name of tar sands Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2013. As Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper digs his heels in by saying he “won’t take no” on the Keystone XL tar[Read More…]
Kissing Helps Us Find the Right Partner – and Keep Them
Finding a solution to the ‘Jane Austen problem’ UK—(ENEWSPF)—11 October 2013. What’s in a kiss? A study by Oxford University researchers suggests kissing helps us size up potential partners and, once in a relationship, may be a way of getting a partner to stick around. ‘Kissing in human sexual relationships[Read More…]
Defenders of Wildlife: Fed’s Decision to Let States Reopen Parks Isn’t a Solution
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 11, 2013. The Obama administration has announced that it will allow states to open national parks that have been closed due to the shutdown. Utah, South Dakota, Arizona and Colorado have asked for the authority to reopen their parks using their own money, citing economic loss from the[Read More…]
California and Louisiana Death Row Conditions Result in Torture, Report Finds
Discrimination Evident in Both States at All Junctures of Death Penalty Process New York—(ENEWSPF)—October 10, 2013. Prisoners on California and Louisiana’s death row are being held in conditions that amount to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or torture under international law, according to a new report by the Center for[Read More…]
Study: Marijuana Less Likely To Elevate Vehicle Crash Risk As Compared To Other Substances
New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2013. The presence of various controlled substances in blood is associated with an increased risk of fatal crash involvement, according to data published online in the journal Accident Analysis and Prevention. Investigators at Columbia University conducted a case-control study to assess the association between drug use[Read More…]
New Supplemental Coverage Proposal Would Bulk Up Farm Subsidies and Crop Insurance, Report Shows
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2013. A proposed supplemental crop insurance program included in the pending farm bills in both the House and Senate would have boosted windfall profits for farm businesses and increased federally subsidized insurance payouts by $6.8 billion in 2012, according to a new report released today by Environmental[Read More…]
LIUNA General President Terry O’Sullivan: Paying the Price for 20 Years of Duct-Taping Our Infrastructure
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 10, 2013. Laborers International Union of North America General President Terry O’Sullivan published the follow op-ed in The Hill: With much of the focus on the government shutdown and its potential impact on the economy, a critical cost of congressional polarization and paralysis has been overshadowed: Our nation[Read More…]
