WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2015. Yesterday, former U.S. Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that she would officially begin her campaign for President of the United States. In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement: “The Sierra Club is pleased to welcome Hillary Clinton[Read More…]
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NARAL Pro-Choice America On Hillary Clinton
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 13, 2015. Statement of Ilyse Hogue, President of NARAL Pro-Choice America: “Secretary Clinton is and has always been steadfast in her commitment to building a culture of equality for women starting with a woman’s right to choose her own destiny. From setting up one of the first rape[Read More…]
VA Extends Program for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury
Contracts Awarded to Assisted Living Providers WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2015. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today announced the award of 20 contracts for the Assisted Living Pilot Program for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury (AL-TBI). Originally slated to end in 2014, the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Secretary Hillary Clinton Campaign Announcement
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 13, 2105. Secretary Clinton has a long and distinguished career in public service, and has been an inspiration for tens of millions of women in America and around the globe. We hope her candidacy will contribute to the critical debate in our country over how to raise wages. We[Read More…]
NASA to Host Human Exploration Rover Challenge
Students navigate their rover entry over rocky terrain in the 2014 NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge. Image Credit: NASA Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2015 – The annual NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge will take place April 17-18 at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. NASA Television will provide[Read More…]
NIH Still Active in Gulf Region Five Years After Oil Spill
Three-part research approach focuses on communities and health Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2015. Five years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, researchers at the National Institutes of Health are actively working with Gulf region community partners, to learn if any human health problems resulted from the disaster and establish a[Read More…]
Groups File UNESCO Petition to Save Monarch World Heritage Site in Mexico
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2015 –The monarch butterfly refuge in Mexico, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that is winter home to tens of millions of migrating monarchs, should be declared “in danger” because the remarkable transcontinental migration it was established to protect “is at risk of disappearing,” a group of Mexican, American[Read More…]
Maryland General Assembly Passes Bill Launching Community Solar
If signed, Maryland would become 11th state in U.S. with community solar access Matt Mallams for Earthjustice Annapolis, MD —(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2015 – Today, Maryland lawmakers took a key step to increase statewide access to clean energy by passing two bills, HB 1087, sponsored by Delegate Luke Clippinger, and SB[Read More…]
Nearly 290,000 Jobs at Stake Yearly in Proposed Congressional Cuts to Nutritional Assistance
Hilda Herrera pays for her groceries using a nutrition assistance program at a supermarket in West New York, New Jersey. SOURCE: AP/Seth Wenig Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2015. As the U.S. House of Representatives returns this week after its spring recess and with achieving a balanced a budget still a[Read More…]
Lawsuit Launched to Protect Atlantic Seabird Threatened by Offshore Drilling
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2015. The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a notice of its intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over the agency’s failure to determine if endangered species protections for the black-capped petrel are warranted. Black-capped petrels are seabirds that forage off the Atlantic[Read More…]
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