UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–20 April 2012. The first report to systematically assess how online-only news websites across Western Europe are faring has found that new start-ups are struggling to find business models that can cover their operating costs. It suggests that the funding environment is more challenging for new start-ups than for[Read More…]
Opinion
NRDC Report: DriversTo Save $68 Billion by 2030 Under 54.5 MPG Standard
NRDC Ranks Top 20 States for Most Consumer Benefits: TX, CA, FL, NY, NC, GA, VA, PA, TN, AZ, IL, OH, WA, MD, MI, NJ, AL, KY, MO, MN WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2012 — Drivers will save $68 billion in fuel costs when the Obama administration’s 54.5 miles-per-gallon standard is[Read More…]
NOW Launches ‘Enough Rush’ Campaign Directed at Local Advertisers, Radio Stations
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2012. Today, the National Organization for Women is launching the “Enough Rush” campaign, which aims to deliver the powerful message to Rush Limbaugh and his apologists that bullying is no longer profitable. Since Limbaugh’s three-day attack on law student Sandra Fluke, scores of advertisers have left the[Read More…]
CEOs Collect Raises, Hoard Record Cash Reserves
AFL-CIO President Trumka Launches 2012 Executive PayWatch Searchable Online Data Bank of CEO Pay www.paywatch.org Washington–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2012 — According to data released by the AFL-CIO today, CEOs of S&P 500 Index companies received an average of $12.9 million in pay in 2011 – a 14 percent raise. The ratio of CEO[Read More…]
FTC Conducts Undercover Inspections of Funeral Homes in Nine States to Press Funeral Homes to Comply with Consumer Protection Law
FTC’s Funeral Rule Requires Funeral Homes to Provide Price Lists to Consumers Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2012. Investigators working undercover in nine states detected significant violations of Federal Trade Commission consumer protection requirements in 23 of 102 funeral homes they visited during 2011. The FTC conducts undercover inspections every year to[Read More…]
New Analysis Reveals States Failed to Include Detailed Expanded Learning Time Plans in Education Waiver Applications
Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2012. The Center for American Progress today released an analysis finding that of the 11 states that submitted applications to waive requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act, most missed an important opportunity to rethink how they use time in school to promote student achievement. Time[Read More…]
Planned Parenthood Strongly Condemns Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant Signing Law That Could Shut Down State’s Only Abortion Provider
Also Says ‘Personhood’ Amendment Passed by House Threatens Women’s Health NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 2012. Planned Parenthood Federation of America and leading women’s health supporters in Mississippi and around the nation today condemned Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant for signing a law that will effectively ban abortion in the state and threaten[Read More…]
As World Leaders Call for End to War on Drugs, New White House Drug Strategy Doubles Down on Counterproductive Drug Policies
Drug Policy Alliance: Obama Administration’s Emphasis on Low-Level Drug Arrests, Trampling State Medical Marijuana Laws, and Supply-Side Interdiction Indistinguishable from Bush Administration Wshington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 2012. The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (more commonly known as the drug czar’s office) released its 2012 National Drug Control Strategy[Read More…]
Women Are Still Earning Less than Men Across the Board
Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 2012. Today is Equal Pay Day, and the Center for American Progress released a package of products highlighting the importance of closing the gender wage gap. Equal Pay Day symbolizes how far into 2012 the average woman must work to earn what the average man earned in[Read More…]
Two Years after BP Gulf Spill Disaster, More Remains to be Done
NRDC’s Beinecke: “We Must Make Energy Exploration Much Safer.” WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 2011 — Members of the National Oil Spill Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling issued a report today marking the two-year anniversary of the disaster. The following is a statement by Frances Beinecke, president[Read More…]
