Los Angeles, CA–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2013. It’s great to be able to be here with you – even if just for short time. I was just in Washington for a classified briefing on Syria, and I’m headed right back to participate in the Senate debate and the vote on military intervention.[Read More…]
Day: September 9, 2013
Remarks of AFL-CIO President Richard L.Trumka, 2013 AFL-CIO National Convention Keynote
Los Angeles, CA–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2013. Thank you. Thank you for being here. Together. In Solidarity. Look around this great hall. Look at the power represented in this hall. And so the real question for this week is, what are we going to do with it? Do we intend to build[Read More…]
NRDC: Canada’s Tar Sands Expansion Would Make Climate Change Worse
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2013 – Canada has no chance of hitting its international climate change targets, due to its unchecked expansion of tar sands production, the Natural Resources Defense Council said today. The announcement comes as Canada’s Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver is in Washington to lobby American officials on the[Read More…]
Groups Join DOJ to Halt Serious Air Pollution from DTE Coal-burning Power Plants
Plants lack modern pollution controls that protect human health Detroit, MI–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2013. Conservation groups took legal action late last week to support the Department of Justice (DOJ) efforts to clean up several of Detroit Edison’s coal-burning power plants in Southern Michigan by requiring them to comply with the Clean[Read More…]
EPA Withdraws Chemicals Rules
Agency’s action is a retreat from transparency Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2013. On Friday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency withdrew a pair of proposed regulations that would have increased transparency of health and safety information related to potentially dangerous chemicals. The two rules are years-old initiatives to compile a federal chemicals[Read More…]
Groups Call on California’s Senator Pavley to Withdraw Flawed Fracking Bill
Dangerous new amendments undermine existing environmental law SACRAMENTO, Calif.—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2013. Following Friday’s adoption of anti-environmental amendments to Senate Bill 4, the only remaining bill in the California legislature addressing hydraulic fracturing, major environmental, consumer and progressive groups including Sierra Club, Food & Water Watch, MoveOn.org Civic Action, CREDO, Friends[Read More…]
Tuesday: Historic U.S. Senate Hearing on Marijuana Legalization
Majority of Americans Now Support Legalizing and Regulating Marijuana like Alcohol; Senator John McCain: “I Respect the Will of the People” Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2013. On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a first-ever Senate hearing on the issue of marijuana legalization and the tension between state and federal[Read More…]
Kiwanis Club to Host 62nd Annual Pancake Day
Park Forest—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2013. The Kiwanis Club will host its 62nd Annual Pancake Day from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, October 5th at Rich East High School, 300 Sauk Trail, Park Forest. The event will feature all you can eat pancakes, sausage, coffee, milk and lots of fun.[Read More…]
Back from G20, UN Secretary General Ban Considering Proposals to Prompt Political Solution to Syria Crisis
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–9 September 2013 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said that two-and-half years of conflict in Syria have produced only “embarrassing paralysis” in the Security Council and that he was considering proposals to the 15-member body in the search for a political solution. In his first press conference[Read More…]
Sierra Club Statement on Resignation of NAACP’s Ben Jealous
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2013. On Sunday, NAACP President Benjamin Jealous announced he would step down from his position at the end of the year. Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune Released the Following Statement in Response: “Just a few weeks ago in Washington, civil rights activists marched with environmentalists, union[Read More…]
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