ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2013. Corporate fraud dominates financial news, yet few studies have looked at whether chief executive officers who appoint their own top lieutenants are more inclined to act illegally, according to University of Michigan researchers. U-M business professor E. Han Kim and law school professor Vikramaditya Khanna found[Read More…]
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Fuel Economy Up, But Consumption Up Even More
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2013. Although vehicle fuel economy has improved 40 percent since 1970, the total amount of fuel used has increased by more than half, says a University of Michigan researcher. Using data from the U.S. Department of Transportation from 1970 to 2010, Michael Sivak of the U-M Transportation[Read More…]
California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom: Most Politicians Secretly Support Legalizing Marijuana
OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2013. At the 40th Annual NORML Conference held in Portland, Oregon, Oregon Federal Representative Earl Blumenauer stated that many politicians are sympathetic to marijuana law reform, the just aren’t urged by their constituents enough to do something about it. This statement has been echoed by Gavin Newsom below.[Read More…]
Survivors of Japanese Quake Suffer Violence, Exploitation
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2013. Although she lives alone, the Japanese woman keeps a large pair of men’s shoes near her front door—part of her strategy to scare away stalkers. She began feeling threatened by unwanted visitors after she lost her home two years ago in Japan’s horrific triple disaster—the earthquake[Read More…]
Working Families to Hold Events to Repeal Sequester
Since Election Nearly 300 Events Held and 16,000 Calls Made to Stop Republican Hostage-Takers March 20th actions will urge Congress to repeal sequester, close tax loopholes for corporations and richest 2%, Stop benefit cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 4, 2013. As harmful automatic spending cuts take[Read More…]
President Obama to Nominate Gina McCarthy as EPA Administrator; Ernest Moniz as Energy Secretary
NRDC: McCarthy’s experience, skills crucial as nation continues to confront critical threats to public health and welfare; Dr. Moniz’s hands-on experience and expertise will help advance a clean energy future. WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2013 – President Obama today is expected to announce his nomination of Environmental Protection Agency Assistant Administrator Gina[Read More…]
Center for American Progress’ Carol Browner on Gina McCarthy’s Nomination for EPA Administrator
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2013. Today as Gina McCarthy was nominated as the next Environmental Protection Agency administrator, the Center for American Progress released the following statement from CAP Distinguished Senior Fellow Carol M. Browner, former EPA administrator and former director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change[Read More…]
John Podesta on the Nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell as OMB Director
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2013. With today’s nomination by President Barack Obama of Sylvia Mathews Burwell to be the director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Center for American Progress released the following statement by CAP Chair and former White House Chief of Staff John Podesta: I applaud[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans: Sequester Leaves Seniors in the Cold
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2013. Across-the-board budget cuts that take effect today in the sequester will affect senior citizens across the country. The failure of the Senate to pass the American Family Economic Protection Act (S. 388), which would have raised revenue from the wealthiest Americans and corporations who send jobs[Read More…]
United States: The Time has Come to Ban Landmines
Mine Ban Treaty Marks 14 Years Since Becoming International Law Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2013. The Obama administration, which is poised to make a decision on future US policy on landmines, should at long last embrace the ban on antipersonnel landmines on the Mine Ban Treaty’s 14th anniversary. “The United States[Read More…]
