Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2011. Today, President Obama announced that he has requested that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) withdraw the draft Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards that would have protected Americans from air pollution. In response, Michael Brune, Executive Director of the Sierra Club, issued the following statement:[Read More…]
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President Obama Decides Americans’ Lungs Are Less Important Than Polluting Corporations and Eric Cantor
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2011. President Obama today announced he is blocking standards that would have protected Americans from excessive ground-level ozone pollution, which is the primary constituent of smog and which worsens bronchitis, emphysema and asthma. The standards were developed by EPA experts fulfilling their obligation under the Clean Air[Read More…]
White House Sides with Polluters in Delaying Smog Protections
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2011. In response to today’s White House announcement that the ozone standard will be delayed, NRDC President Frances Beinecke issued the following statement: “The White House is siding with corporate polluters over the American people. The Clean Air Act clearly requires the Environmental Protection Agency to set protective[Read More…]
SEIU: Alabama Law Threatens Justice Everywhere
Civil Rights Leaders To Rally Against Alabama Law in Birmingham, AL Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 1, 2011. Statement by SEIU International Secretary-Treasurer Eliseo Medina: “In a letter from the Birmingham jail where he was detained after being arrested during a demonstration in 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote: ‘Injustice anywhere is[Read More…]
As Labor Day Approaches, LIUNA Calls on Congress to Invest in Build America Jobs
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–Sept. 1, 2011. As millions of Americans remain jobless and the nation’s economy continues to stumble this Labor Day, LIUNA is urging Congress to do the one thing that can begin to put the country back on track: pass Highway Bill legislation with level investment. Congress will face competing[Read More…]
FTC Issues New Report on Gasoline Prices and the Petroleum Industry
Crude Oil Prices Continue To Be The Main Driver of Retail Gasoline Prices Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2011. The Federal Trade Commission today issued a Bureau of Economics staff report examining trends in the petroleum industry and how they have affected gasoline prices between 2005 and early 2011. It concludes that[Read More…]
Center for American Progress on Keystone XL Pipeline Permit: It Is Not in National Interest, Nor in Humanity’s Interest
Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—August 29, 2011. Today, the Center for American Progress issued the following statement on the Keystone XL pipeline permit: The State Department’s assessment that the proposed Keystone XL pipeline will have only a limited environmental impact should not be the final word from the Obama administration on the plan[Read More…]
Sierra Club: State Dept. Endorses Dirty Tar Sands Monstrosity
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2011. Today the Obama Administration released its final Environmental Impact Statement on foreign oil corporation TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline to transport high corrosive and toxic tar sands oil through America’s heartland. In response, Michael Brune, Sierra Club Executive Director, issued the following statement: “The U.S. State Department’s[Read More…]
Spurring Job Creation in the Private Sector: Three Elements that Any Jobs Plan Should Have
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2011. Today the Center for American Progress released a report in a press call entitled, “Spurring Job Creation in the Private Sector: Three Elements that Any Jobs Plan Should Have.” As the president prepares to announce a jobs plan this upcoming September, these recommendations call for him[Read More…]
In Countries That Lack Financial Records, How Can We Tell Who is Truly Poor?
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2011. In developing nations, anti-poverty programs face a basic hurdle: Who, exactly, is poor enough to qualify for the aid being given out? Emerging states often lack the official records, such as income and tax documents, that are used to make those judgments in wealthier countries. Now,[Read More…]
