We would like to highlight the following, published April 23, 2014, in The Courier-Journal: The Catholic and labor traditions are each clear: For America, raising the wages of the millions of hard-working people struggling to get by is a moral imperative. No one who puts in a full day’s work[Read More…]
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Reversing Lower Court, Supreme Court Clears Away Key Obstacle to Major Interstate Air Pollution Safeguard
Rule that had been struck down by D.C. Circuit could save up to 34,000 lives each year Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2014. In a victory for clean air and public health, today the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a lower court decision, in which the D.C. Circuit had struck down the U.S.[Read More…]
Colorado Voters Feel Good About Legalized Marijuana, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Support For Same-Sex Marriage Almost 2-1
Connecticut—(ENEWSPF)—April 29, 2014. Legalizing marijuana has been good for Colorado, voters in the state say 52 –38 percent, but 52 percent of voters are less likely to vote for a candidate for office who smokes marijuana two or three days a week, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released yesterday.[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Takes For-Profit Fight to Illinois Classrooms
Senator writes principals across Illinois seeking allies in effort to protect students from for-profit college abuses WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2014. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today urged high school principals across Illinois to ensure that their students are receiving honest and accurate information about their higher education options, and that[Read More…]
Interior Department, National League of Cities and YMCA of the USA Join Forces to Connect Young People to the Outdoors
ST PAUL, MN–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2014. As part of Department of the Interior’s ambitious youth initiative, the National League of Cities (NLC), YMCA of the USA, and the Department yesterday signed an agreement to coordinate efforts to bridge the growing disconnect between young people and the great outdoors by creating meaningful[Read More…]
Stem Cells Look Promising for Treating Heart Disease
Stem cell therapies could potentially reduce numbers of deaths from heart disease when used in addition to standard heart drugs and surgery, research suggests. UK–(ENEWSPF)–29 April 2014. Taking stem cells from a patient’s bone marrow and injecting them into damaged heart tissue may become an effective way to treat heart[Read More…]
Secretary Foxx Sends Transportation Bill to Congress
GROW AMERICA Act would create jobs, provide certainty for country’s future growth WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2014. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today unveiled a long-term transportation bill he is sending to Congress for consideration as the House and Senate face looming deadlines to avoid the economic uncertainty and job loss that[Read More…]
New Report Uncovers How Oil and Gas Industry Investments are Turning the NRA and Safari Club International Against Hunters, Anglers, and Habitat
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2014. A new report released today by the Center for American Progress provides an inside look at how a surge of oil and gas industry investments since 2008 has incentivized the National Rifle Association, or NRA, Safari Club International, or SCI, and the Congressional Sportsmen Foundation, or[Read More…]
Triclosan Linked to the Growth of Breast Cancer Cells
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April, 29, 2014. According to a recent study published in the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) journal Chemical Research in Toxicology, the chemicals triclosan and octylphenol are linked to the growth of breast cancer cells. Triclosan is an antibacterial and antifungal agent found in numerous commonly known household products. Octylphenol[Read More…]
Energy Dept. Report Finds Major Potential to Grow Clean, Sustainable U.S. Hydropower
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2014. Building on the Obama Administration’s commitment to an all-of-the-above energy strategy, the Energy Department and its Oak Ridge National Laboratory released a renewable energy resource assessment today detailing the potential to develop new electric power generation in waterways across the United States. The report estimates over 65[Read More…]
