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Local groups and citizens say it's time for new limits that will hold industrial polluters accountable for the dangerous carbon pollution they pump into our air HARRISBURG, Pa., May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- When President Obama stated at his second inauguration that we have a moral obligation to fight climate change, Pennsylvanians saw it as a call to action. Over the past 100 days, a coalition of environmental groups including PennFuture, National Wildlife Federation,...

President Obama nominates Tom Wheeler to become the Country’s next FCC Chairman. (PRWEB) May 02, 2013 The Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA), a membership organization that promotes the development, advancement and unity of the wireless Internet service provider industry, extends its congratulations as President Obama nominates Tom Wheeler to become the Country’s next FCC Chairman. In addition, WISPA applauds and welcomes Mignon Clyburn, the acting Chair who is...

WASHINGTON, April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National League of Cities (NLC) President Marie Lopez Rogers, mayor, Avondale, AZ responds to today's announcement by President Obama naming Mayor Anthony Foxx, Charlotte, to be Secretary of Transportation: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081022/NLCLOGO) "I applaud President Obama's nomination of Mayor Anthony Foxx to be the next Secretary of Transportation. The Mayor has done an excellent job implementing...

MONTREAL, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ --   Obama's $100 million brain mapping project and the Boston bombing  by Ariane Page President Obama announced that $100 million will be put aside for the mapping of the brain. Although Europe and U.S.A. are both doing this - in a new type of space-race - such research can only give us a limited understanding of the brain if we solely use the linear approach we have been using thus far.   "The brain does not operate continuously but...

NEW YORK, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to Senate and House hearings this week on foreign assistance and the president's FY14 budget proposal, here is a statement for attribution from Ruth Messinger, President of American Jewish World Service, an organization that has been deeply involved in the fight for international food aid reform: "We enthusiastically support the proposal for international food aid reform in President Obama's FY 2014 federal budget plan....

WASHINGTON, April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "Under the president's budget for FY 2014, more than nine million women--women who are young, poor or disabled, as well as women serving our country in the military, the Peace Corps, the civil service and many others--will be denied coverage for abortion," said Jon O'Brien, president of Catholics for Choice. "In the budget, President Obama made the right decision to reinstate federal policy that the District of Columbia may...

WASHINGTON, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Leading NGOs respond to President Obama's international affairs budget recommendations for fiscal year 2014: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121101/DC04603LOGO ) 1,000 Days"We are heartened to see that the administration continues to prioritize the reduction of malnutrition and preventable child deaths as a core component of U.S. development efforts. The success of the U.S. government's Feed the Future initiative and...

Social Security benefits should not be cut to reduce the deficit; health care cost savings must be sought system-wide. WASHINGTON, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --AARP Executive Vice President Nancy A. LeaMond released the following statement in reaction to President Obama's FY2014 budget proposal: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20070209/NYF043LOGO) "As the President and Congress work to address the budget challenges facing our nation, AARP believes it is...

As Pro Snowboarder Jeremy Jones Receives White House "Champions of Change" Award, He and 75 Top Athletes Speak Out for 23 Million Winter Sports Enthusiasts, $12.2 Billion Winter Tourism Industry WASHINGTON, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Warning that "winter is in trouble," 75 Olympic medalists and other winter sports athletes - including White House "Champion of Change" awardee and pro snowboarder Jeremy Jones - are sending a letter to President Obama today urging the...

Survey of Illinois Voters over 50 Shows Overwhelming Rejection of Cuts to Social Security Benefits; Illinoisans Urged to Call their Senators to say NO on Obama's Budget Deal CHICAGO, April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As a chained CPI will be an element in President Obama's budget proposal, an overwhelming majority of Illinoisans oppose this plan as well as cuts in Social Security benefits according to a state survey conducted by AARP. Nearly 9 in 10 voters strongly believe that...