More than $51 Million in First Two Quarters of 2015 Alone WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2015. Federal lobby disclosure forms from big food and biotechnology companies, and their trade groups opposed to mandatory GMO labeling reveal a surge in lobbying expenditures during the first half of 2015, according to a new analysis[Read More…]
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What It’s Like When No One Believes You are Sick
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2015 By: Ana Saldamando There’s no way to explain illness to someone who hasn’t been ill. Like, seriously ill. It’s like saying “Enjoy your youth” to a teenager. And you can only say “I feel like I’m dying” so many times before it falls on deaf ears —[Read More…]
CDC Modeling Projects Growth of Drug-Resistant Infections and C. difficile
Improved infection control and antibiotic prescribing could save 37,000 lives over five years Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2015. The latest CDC Vital Signs includes mathematical modeling that projects increases in drug-resistant infections and Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) without immediate, nationwide improvements in infection control and antibiotic prescribing. The promising news is[Read More…]
Representative Blumenauer: The Clean Power Plan is a Monumental Step Toward Combating Climate Change
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2015. Today, Representative Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) welcomed the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan as a monumental step to combat climate change. Representative Blumenauer released the following statement: “Finalizing the Clean Power Plan is a key moment for our country. It is the most important action we have[Read More…]
Senator Merkley Applauds Strengthening of Clean Power Plan
Oregon Senator Has Been a Leader in Calling for Even Stronger Carbon-Cutting Measures WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2015. Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the Obama Administration announced they would finalize and strengthen the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan to cut carbon pollution: “Climate change is[Read More…]
Senator Merkley Statement on Vote to Defund Planned Parenthood
WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2015. Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the U.S. Senate on Monday night defeated an effort to defund Planned Parenthood: “Millions of women across America – including more than 60,000 each year in Oregon – rely on Planned Parenthood as an essential health[Read More…]
Speaker Boehner on President Obama’s National Energy Tax
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2015. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement in response to final EPA rules that will impose a national energy tax on American families and job creators. “While I described their draft plan as nuts, I believe this final plan is an expensive, arrogant insult to[Read More…]
Rep. Jan Schakowsky Statement on EPA Clean Power Plan
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—August 3, 2015. Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its final Clean Power Plan rule to reduce emissions from existing power plants. Rep. Jan Schakowsky released the following statement in response: “Climate change is one of the most serious challenges we face at home and around the[Read More…]
Senator Durbin’s Statement on President Obama’s Clean Power Plan
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—August 3, 2015. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statement on President Obama’s Clean Power Plan, which aims to reduce carbon pollution from power plants: The President’s Clean Power Plan represents a big, bold step in the right direction, and I hope Republicans in Congress will wake up[Read More…]
Jill Stein: Obama’s Clean Power Plan A Band-Aid When Emergency Surgery Is Needed
MASSACHUSETTS—(ENEWSPF)—August 3, 2015. Jill Stein, who is seeking the Green Party nomination for President, said today that Obama’s Clean Power Plan is a small step in the right direction, but falls drastically short of what is needed to avoid catastrophic consequences of climate change that are now likely in our[Read More…]
