Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 7, 2015. The President and German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke by phone this morning about Greece. The leaders agreed it is in everyone’s interest to reach a durable agreement that will allow Greece to resume reforms, return to growth, and achieve debt sustainability within the Eurozone. The leaders[Read More…]
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Representative Blumenauer Welcomes Center for American Progress Report on Authority for U.S. Participation in Paris Climate Agreement
WASHINGTON, DC–-(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2015. Today, Representative Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) welcomed a new report by the Center for American Progress, titled “The Authority for U.S. Participation in the Paris Climate Agreement,” on the forthcoming U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) agreement to be finalized in Paris this December. The report,[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Statement on the Financial Crisis in Puerto Rico
WASHINGTON, July 7 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today on the financial crisis in Puerto Rico: “I strongly believe Puerto Rico should be afforded the same bankruptcy protections that exist for municipalities across the United States. We need to do everything we can to allow Puerto[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Introduces Solar Initiative
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2015 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today introduced legislation to make solar energy more accessible to low-income families. “While the cost of solar panels has gone down in recent years, it is still out of reach for millions of low-income families that need it the most,” said Sanders.[Read More…]
Senators Warren, McCain, Cantwell and King Introduce 21st Century Glass- Steagall Act
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2015. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), John McCain (R-AZ), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), and Angus King (I-ME) today will re-introduce the 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act, a modern version of the Banking Act of 1933 (Glass-Steagall) that reduces risk for the American taxpayer in the financial system and decreases[Read More…]
UN Health Agency Recommends Taxing Tobacco Products to Curb Deadly Global Epidemic
A young woman smokes in Russia. WHO/Sergey Volkov GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–7 July 2015 – Only one in 10 of people now live in countries that levy taxes of more than 75 per cent on a pack of cigarettes despite the fact that raising taxes on tobacco products is one of the most[Read More…]
Yemen: Amid ‘Massive’ Humanitarian Crisis, UN Reports Civilian Death Toll Now Exceeds 1,500
A child gets vaccinated for polio at Al-Olufi Health Center in downtown Sanaa. Photo: UNICEF/IMG_9423/Yasin GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–7 July 2015 – The United Nations human rights office is among several key UN entities voicing deep concern over the worsening human rights and humanitarian situation in Yemen that has more than 1,500 civilians[Read More…]
VA Funds New Studies Using Million Veteran Program Data
Database Links Genetic, Clinical, Lifestyle and Military Exposure Information WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2015. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is announcing four new studies that will use genetic and other data from VA’s Million Veteran Program (MVP) to answer key questions on heart disease, kidney disease, and substance use—high-priority conditions[Read More…]
Chattanooga, Tennessee, Man Charged with Solicitation to Burn Down a Mosque in Islamberg, New York
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 7, 2015. Vanita Gupta, the head of the Civil Rights Division, and William C. Killian, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, announced today that a federal grand jury in Knoxville, Tennessee, returned a one-count indictment charging Robert Doggart, 63, with soliciting another person to violate[Read More…]
Kentucky Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Tax Fraud for Claiming Millions in Fraudulent Business Expenses
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2015. A London, Kentucky, doctor was sentenced today to federal prison in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky in London for filing false federal income tax returns that claimed millions in fictitious business expenses, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of[Read More…]
