Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2012. Today a public opinion snapshot by Center for American Progress Senior Fellow Ruy Teixeira finds that the public is very concerned about outsourcing and wants action to mitigate the damage from the practice. The American public heavily believes outsourcing contributes to our ongoing economic problems. In[Read More…]
Month: July 2012
Readout of President Obama’s Call to President-elect Peña Nieto of Mexico
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2012. Today the President called Enrique Peña Nieto, President-elect of Mexico, to congratulate him on his victory based on the initial results issued by Mexico’s electoral authorities. The two leaders reaffirmed the close bilateral partnership the United States and Mexico enjoy based on mutual respect, shared responsibility,[Read More…]
Poll Shows Most Canadians Want To Decriminalize Marijuana
With An Overwhelming Majority Of Canadians Calling For Marijuana Reform Will The Government Listen? OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2102. A new nationwide survey in Canada shows that 66 percent of people believe that ‘the possession of marijuana in small amounts’ should be ‘decriminalized so that it no longer carries a penalty or[Read More…]
Mowing Alert: Don’t!
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2012. With more than half the United States in a drought and much of the continent in warmer-than-normal conditions, the best advice for your lawn right now might be this: Ignore it. That’s right. Ignore it. Don’t mow. Don’t water and don’t fret. Sure, if you don’t water[Read More…]
New Report Details Risks of China Development Bank’s Global Footprint
SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2012. A new report, China Development Bank’s overseas investments: An assessment of environmental and social policies and practices, released today by Friends of the Earth U.S. and BankTrack, concludes that the China Development Bank, which is rapidly becoming an important player in international development finance, currently lacks[Read More…]
Obama Administration Announces New Investments to Advance Biofuels Industry and Enhance America’s Energy Security
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2012. As part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to deploying every available source of American energy and reducing our reliance on imported oil, U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced new funding available to pursue[Read More…]
GlaxoSmithKline to Plead Guilty and Pay $3 Billion to Resolve Fraud Allegations and Failure to Report Safety Data
Largest Health Care Fraud Settlement in U.S. History Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2012. Global health care giant GlaxoSmithKline LLC (GSK) agreed to plead guilty and to pay $3 billion to resolve its criminal and civil liability arising from the company’s unlawful promotion of certain prescription drugs, its failure to report certain[Read More…]
Bee-Killing Neonicotinoid Pesticide Thiamethoxam Banned in France
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2012, The French Ministry of Agriculture has issued a ban on the neonicotinoid pesticide thiamethoxam due to concerns over the chemical’s impacts on pollinators, especially honey bees. The pesticide product containing thiamethoxam, Cruiser OSR, is manufactured by Swiss chemical giant Syngenta and has been used as[Read More…]
Video: An Amazing Celebration of Dance
An amazing celebration of dance. Please, please, watch this full screen. I usually don’t watch YouTube videos to the end (who does?). This one is worth the watch. Kudos to Keri Miller, who shared this on Facebook.
Video: Mitch McConnell: Covering 30 million uninsured is `not the issue’
From the Washington Post: The most charitable reading of McConnell’s quote is that he meant that Republicans see no need to come up up with a single overarching reform plan that would cover those millions of uninsured, and instead will advocate a step-by-step approach. But even Wallace saw McConnell’s quote in far[Read More…]
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