Commentary Friends of the Earth Statement on the Progressive Caucus Budget Proposal by Gary Kopycinski on March 14, 2013 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Commentary: Heteronormativity: Grappling with Straight Privilege March 24, 2026 Former Park Forest Mayor Ostenburg Implores Chicago Cardinal Cupich to Care for St. Irenaeus Property December 16, 2025 An Angel Now Guards Our Friends in Blue: Park Forest Mourns the Loss of #204, Detective Tim Jones December 4, 2025 Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2013. Friends of the Earth Tax Analyst Ben Schreiber provided the following statement in support of the House Progressive Caucus’s release of the Back to Work Budget today: