Our public lands, wildlife and climate progress depend on a strong and steady Interior Department. Northern Harrier. Photo: Doug German/Audubon Photography Awards WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2016. Today, President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is expected to announce Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) as his choice for Secretary of the Interior. The National Audubon[Read More…]
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Interior Department and Tennessee Protect 75,000 Acres of Cumberland Plateau
Critical area for outdoor recreation, tourism and wildlife now off-limits to surface mining. Cerulean Warbler. Photo: Frode Jacobsen WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2016. Yesterday, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell declared 75,000 acres of eastern Tennessee mountain ridgelines as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations. The decision comes after Tennessee’s Department of[Read More…]
Statement of Southern Poverty Law Center Legal Director on the Nomination of Andrew Puzder for Secretary of Labor
ALABAMA–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2016.The following statement is from Rhonda Brownstein, legal director of the Southern Poverty Law Center, in response to President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Andrew Puzder as Secretary of Labor. President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Andrew Puzder as Labor secretary – a position charged with protecting the rights of[Read More…]
National Education Association on the Anniversary of Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
It’s time to demand the change that helps our students WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 09, 2016 – One year ago on December 10th the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was signed into law. ESSA provides an opportunity to ensure the students most in need get what will help them succeed, and delivers[Read More…]
Roosevelt University Recognized by City of Chicago for Innovative Project of the Year in Energy Savings
Paul Matthews, assistant vice president of Campus Planning and Operations, accepts the Innovative Project of the Year award from City of Chicago Deputy Mayor Steve Koch (left) and City of Chicago Chief Sustainability Officer Chris Wheat. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2016. Roosevelt University has received the city of Chicago’s Innovative Project of[Read More…]
Military Strikes Continue Against ISIL Terrorists in Syria and Iraq, December 9, 2016
SOUTHWEST ASIA–(ENEWSPF)—December 9, 2016. On Dec. 8, Coalition military forces conducted 12 strikes against ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, Coalition military forces conducted seven strikes using attack and fighter aircraft against ISIL targets. Additionally in Iraq, Coalition military forces conducted five strikes coordinated with and in support[Read More…]
In Case You Missed It — AlterNet: Rodrigo Duterte’s Barbaric War on Drugs; Thousands Are Being “Slaughtered Like Animals”
Philippines PresidentRodrigo Duterte NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2016 By: Melissa Franqui This week, a veteran photojournalist published a nightmarish photo essay and in-depth podcast in The New York Times: “They are Slaughtering Us like Animals: Inside President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal antidrug campaign in the Philippines.” The searing images and descriptions of unrelenting injustices are dreadful enough to[Read More…]
McHenry County Man from Solon Mills Indicted on Child Pornography Charges
Rockford, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Solon Mills man was indicted December 6 by a federal grand jury on charges of child pornography. WAYNE GIBBONS, 66, was charged with two counts of transporting child pornography via the Internet in June 2013. Each count of transporting child pornography carries a mandatory minimum sentence of five years[Read More…]
Western Environmental Law Center Statement on Nomination of Public Lands Privatization Advocate to lead U.S. Department of Interior
OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2016. The nomination of Cathy McMorris Rodgers to lead the U.S. Department of Interior, tasked with “protecting America’s great outdoors and powering our future,” affirms the president elect’s intent to undermine public lands protections and hand over our public resources to dirty fossil fuel interests. This nomination serves[Read More…]
Chicagoland Alert: Medical Examiner Reports Deaths from Powerful Opioids
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office has confirmed two recent deaths due to powerful opioids never before seen in Cook County. The office has confirmed that a 46-year-old Chicago man died Sept. 10 from a lethal combination of fentanyl analogs, which are not pharmaceutical-grade drugs like those administered by medical[Read More…]
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