Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 2, 2017. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 138,000 in May, 2017 and the unemployment rate was little changed at 4.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in health care and mining. Household Survey Data The unemployment rate, at 4.3 percent, and[Read More…]
Opinion
Statement from Mayor Emanuel on Paris Accord
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2017. Statement from Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel: “The President’s decision to pull out of the Paris Accord is a poor attempt to pit environmental protection and economic growth against each other. It’s a false choice. Chicago has proven you can create jobs while reducing your carbon footprint, and[Read More…]
Sierra Club on Trump’s Paris Withdrawal: “One of the Most Ignorant and Dangerous” Actions of Any President
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2017. Today, Donald Trump announced he intends to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement. According to the terms of the Agreement, no country can begin the withdrawal process until three years after the Agreement enters into force and the withdrawal would not take effect[Read More…]
Earthjustice: Trump’s Paris Agreement Withdrawal is a Profound Failure of Global Leadership
President Trump forfeits American leadership, willfully ignores the climate crisis and costs U.S. workers clean energy jobs Trump, at the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2014 at National Harbor, Maryland. Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 2.0 Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2017. The following is a statement from Earthjustice President Trip[Read More…]
Withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement Is an Attack on Prosperity of All Americans, Says Center for American Progress’ Neera Tanden
Washington, D.C.— Neera Tanden, president and CEO of the Center for American Progress, released the following statement today. Withdrawing from the Paris Agreement is reckless with our economy, national security, and public health. Climate change is already imposing staggering costs, threatening our military assets, and increasing the risks of political instability[Read More…]
Patriotic Millionaires: Illinois Minimum Wage Vote is a Victory for Workers and the Economy
“In an economy that is 70% driven by consumer demand, giving a third of the working population a raise is the best economic stimulus available.” WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2017. This morning, following the Illinois General Assembly’s passage of a bill to gradually raise the state minimum wage to $15/hour, the[Read More…]
Western Environmental Law Center Statement on U.S. Withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement
Taos –(ENEWSPF)—June 1, 2017. Today, President Trump stated he will withdraw the United States from the landmark Paris climate agreement. This would deliberately reject the will of over 70 percent of Americans who support the agreement and the increasingly alarmed warnings from the scientific community that climate change, if left[Read More…]
Former President Obama Condemns Trump’s Decision to Exit Paris Climate Accord
Barack Obama in Paris in 2015. Obama said cities and businesses ‘will step up and do even more to lead the way, and help protect for future generations the one planet we’ve got.’ Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 1, 2017 By: Rosemary Piser Former President Barack Obama released the following[Read More…]
Former Secretary of State John Kerry Blasts Trump’s Decision to Pull U.S. Out of Paris Climate Accord as a ‘Big Mistake’
Boston, Mass.—(ENEWSPF)—June 1, 2017. By: Rosemary Piser Former Secretary of State John Kerry today blasted President Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Accord. Kerry, who in 2017 signed the Accord on behalf of the United States, said Trump was making a “big mistake.” John[Read More…]
Supreme Court Will Hear Ohio Voter Purge Case
WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–May 30, 2017. The Supreme Court granted Ohio’s petition to hear Husted v. Ohio A. Philip Randolph Institute (APRI). The case addresses Ohio’s supplemental process, a practice of targeting voters who fail to vote in a 2-year-period for eventual cancellation of their registrations — even if they have not[Read More…]
