Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–January 23, 2017. New data analysis conducted by the Center for American Progress has shown that, over the last six years, there have been 66 extreme weather and climate disasters that have each resulted in at least $1 billion in damage. These events and disasters have resulted in[Read More…]
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Mobilizing to Increase Monarch Habitat; Together We Can Save the Monarch Butterfly
Oak Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)–January 23, 2017. “North American monarch butterflies are in trouble. Threats, including climate change, pesticide use and habitat loss are having a devastating impact on their populations. Unless we act now to help the Monarch, this amazing animal could disappear in our lifetime.” — US Fish & Wildlife[Read More…]
Republicans Chased Into Hiding by Constituents Angry Over Obamacare Repeal
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2017 By Joan McCarter It was a really rough week for Republicans, notwithstanding the inauguration of popular vote loser Donald Trump. The vote they took the week before to repeal Obamacare, even though they don’t have a whisper of an agreed upon replacement plan, has enraged their[Read More…]
Colorado Department of Transportation Finalizes I-70 Decision Despite Discriminatory Impact
Civil Rights Complaint still pending with U.S. Department of Transportation A view of the wall of I-70, from the Globeville neighborhood. “Our neighborhood has long endured the noise, pollution, and ugly physical barriers that I-70 has imposed on us and CDOT’s decision to triple the impact is simply too much[Read More…]
Women Will Lose Tremendously If Congress Attacks Affordable Care Act, Planned Parenthood
Source: AP/Sue Ogrocki Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–January 19, 2017. Repealing the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, and defunding Planned Parenthood would cause millions of women to lose access to affordable health care and would most harm low-income women and women of color, according to a new column by the Center for[Read More…]
Consumer and Environmental Groups Praise Klobuchar, Question if Sessions Can Be Trusted on Antitrust Enforcement
WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–January 19, 2017. Yesterday, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, questioned Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) on his commitment to enforce antitrust laws, after President-elect Donald Trump’s meetings with agrichemical giants Monsanto (NYSE: MON) and[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth: Rick Perry Uniquely Unqualified to Lead Department of Energy
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–January 19, 2017. Today the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee is holding its hearing on Donald Trump’s nominee for the Department of Energy, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Friends of the Earth Senior Political Strategist Ben Schreiber issued the following response: Perry is uniquely unqualified to run[Read More…]
EPA Analysis: 97 Percent of Endangered Species Threatened by Two Common Pesticides
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–January 18, 2017. The Environmental Protection Agency today released its first rigorous nationwide analysis of the effects of pesticides on endangered species, finding that 97 percent of the more than 1,800 animals and plants protected under the Endangered Species Act are likely to be harmed by malathion and chlorpyrifos, two[Read More…]
Doctors Who Support ‘Medicare for All’ Among Those Opposing Price as HHS Secretary
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–January 19, 2017. More than 2,000 physicians and medical students who oppose the nomination of Rep. Tom Price to head the Department of Health and Human Services — and who support the creation of a single-payer national health program to cover all Americans — are among the signers of[Read More…]
Health, Environmental, and Tribal Groups Applaud Order Denying Industry Efforts to Halt BLM Methane Waste Rule Implementation
Rule Would Reduce Egregious Methane Waste, Benefit Taxpayers, Communities, Public Health CASPER, WY —(ENEWSPF)–January 17, 2017. Sixteen national, regional, tribal and local public health and environmental groups representing millions of Americans applaud a decision issued yesterday by Wyoming federal judge Scott W. Skavdahl rejecting industry and state efforts to halt[Read More…]
