National Harbor, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2011 – 2:37 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much. Thank you, everybody. Thank you. Please, please have a seat. You’re making me blush. (Laughter.) Thank you, Eric, for that extraordinary introduction and for your many years of leadership in the Reform movement. And even though[Read More…]
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Statement by the White House Press Secretary on the Lifting of Sanctions in Libya
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2011. Today, after careful consultation with the new Libyan government, the United States rolled back most U.S. sanctions on the Government of Libya to keep our commitment to the Libyan people. Just days after the Qadhafi regime’s attacks against the Libyan people, the United States imposed a[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Victoria Nuland, December 16, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2011. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Chinese Lawyer Gao Zhisheng’s Return to Prison / Human Rights RUSSIA Reports of Russian Airport Seizure of Alleged Radioactive Materials Bound for Iran Russian Draft of UN Security Council Resolution on Syria KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE State Department Continues Due Diligence AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN[Read More…]
National Pesticide Forum Coming to Yale in 2012
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2011. Beyond Pesticides announed that the 30th annual National Pesticide Forum will be held at Yale University in New Haven, Ct., on March 30-31, 2012. Titled “Healthy Communities: Green solutions for safe environments,” the forum will be co-sponsored by numerous organizations including Environment & Human Health Inc., and[Read More…]
USW Sets Record Straight on Mitt Romney Jobs Record
Pittsburgh, PA–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2011. United Steelworkers International Vice President Tom Conway held a press call today to set the record straight about the millions of dollars that Mitt Romney, candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, has made as a corporate buyout specialist by eliminating American jobs. Conway was responding to[Read More…]
U.S. Transportation Fatalities Estimated at 34,925 in 2010
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2011. Despite an overall downward trend in transportation fatalities in the United States, estimates for 2010 released by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) today reveal a rise in several categories, including motorcycles, medium and heavy trucks, buses, rail and pipeline. The deadly natural gas pipeline accident[Read More…]
Jackson Votes in Favor of the Omnibus Bill
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 16, 2011. Yesterday Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (D-IL-2) voted “For” the Omnibus Appropriations bill. The Bill passed with a vote of 296-to-121 with Democrats casting a majority of the votes to pass it. Congressman Jackson said: “Like most bills I’ve voted on in this session of Congress,[Read More…]
Illinois-based Telemarketer to Pay $500,000 Civil Penalty for Thwarting Consumers’ Requests to be Placed On Its Clients’ Do Not Call Lists
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2011. An Illinois-based telemarketing firm will pay $500,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it interfered with consumers’ requests to be placed on company-specific do not call lists and transmitted deceptive Caller ID names. As part of its efforts to prevent unwanted telemarketing calls, the FTC[Read More…]
New Report: 265 Major, Profitable U.S. Corporations’ Tax Avoidance Costs States $42 Billion Over Three Years
Sixty Eight Companies Have At Least One Tax-Free Year The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and Citizens for Tax Justice Release “Corporate Tax Dodging in the Fifty States, 2008-2010” Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 16, 2011. A comprehensive new study that profiles 265 consistently profitable Fortune 500 companies finds that 68 of them[Read More…]
Arctic Attack In House Funding Bill
Many anti-environmental provisions dropped from must-pass bill Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2011. Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed funding legislation which includes a harmful measure that moves clean air authority for Arctic offshore drilling from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to the Department of Interior, but doesn’t include any previous[Read More…]
