Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2014. More than 700 chefs – including Tom Colicchio, José Andrés, Art Smith and Sam Talbot – are urging members of Congress to support legislation to mandate labeling of genetically modified foods and to oppose efforts to block state GMO labeling laws. In a petition delivered[Read More…]
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Prairie State College’s Wind Ensemble Performing Concert on December 8
CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—December 2, 2014. The Prairie State College (PSC) Wind Ensemble will perform a concert of seasonal favorites from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Monday, December 8, in the Conference Center Auditorium on the college’s main campus at 202 S. Halsted in Chicago Heights. For the first time, the adult choir[Read More…]
NRDC: ALEC Conference’s Agenda For State Lawmakers Is ‘Limited Government, Unlimited Pollution’
On Eve of ALEC Conference for Lawmakers, Issue Brief Outlines Radical Group’s Agenda to Gut EPA and State Environmental Safeguards; 111 Groups Urge State Legislators to Shun ALEC and Its Pro-Pollution WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2014 — When state lawmakers gather in Washington, D.C. tomorrow for the American Legislative Exchange[Read More…]
Groups Bring New Legal Action for Federal Ban of Dangerous Oil Tank Rail Cars
Federal agency refuses to act on hazardous rail cars carrying explosive Bakken crude A train with DOT-111 tanker cars. Chris Jordan-Bloch/Earthjustice Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2014. Today, Earthjustice on behalf of Sierra Club and ForestEthics challenged the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) denial in November of the groups’ petition for an[Read More…]
One Strike and You’re Out: New CAP Report Offers Road Map to Eliminate Barriers to Economic Security and Mobility for People with Criminal Records
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2014. As many as one in three Americans have some type of criminal record. Yet having any kind of criminal history—even for minor offenses or an arrest without a conviction—can create lifelong barriers that can stand in the way of basic necessities such as employment[Read More…]
Ontario Proposes Restrictions on Neonicotinoid-Treated Seeds
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2014. Last week, the government of Ontario, Canada proposed a plan to reduce the use of neonicotinoid (neonic)-treated corn and soybean seeds by 80% as part of a broad initiative to improve pollinator health. It sets a goal of reducing over-winter honey bee deaths to 15% by[Read More…]
Neighborhood Residents Laud City Minimum Wage Increase, Call on Mayor Emanuel to Do Better for Chicago Working Families
Grassroots Illinois Action will Continue to Fight for $15 Minimum Wage and Real Investment in Chicago Neighborhoods CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—December 2, 2014. Grassroots Illinois Action celebrates with the hundreds of thousands of Chicago’s working families who will be receiving a raise next June. Restaurant, retail and business groups, along with large[Read More…]
Groundbreaking Ordinance Includes Domestic Workers in Minimum Wage, But Many Statewide Left Out
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—December 2, 2014. Today’s vote to pass a living wage ordinance will result in landmark gains for many working families. Not only does the ordinance raise the minimum wage for many workers — it also gives the city’s housekeepers, nannies and personal care assistants their first minimum wage protections in[Read More…]
Lawsuit Challenges Denial of Endangered Species Protection to Arizona’s Pygmy Owls
Suit Also Targets Recent Obama Administration Policy That Will Cause Loss of Species in United States TUCSON, Ariz.—(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2014. The Center for Biological Diversity and Defenders of Wildlife today filed a lawsuit in federal court in Arizona against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Interior Department for[Read More…]
Nearly 20 Lynx Caught in Traps in Maine This Fall as Trapping Rules Loosened
AUGUSTA, Maine—(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2014. A federally protected Canada lynx has been killed by a trap and nearly 20 others have been caught but not killed this fall, including five or six since the federal government’s approval last month of a trapping plan administered by the state of Maine. The state[Read More…]
