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Reports from Public Policy Newsletter for 2025-07-10 ( 5 items ) |
Brief Sheds Light on the Amazon's Dangerous 'Flex' Labor Model (10)
NEW YORK, July 10 (TNSrpt) -- The National Employment Law Project issued the following news release on July 9, 2025:
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New Brief Sheds Light on the Amazon's Dangerous 'Flex' Labor Model
NEW YORK -- A new brief from the National Employment Law Project finds that Amazon's Flex program is eroding labor standards in the broader last-mile delivery sector, as drivers face misclassification, digital surveillance, wage theft, inadequate benefits, and mistreatment on the job. The brief is a first- more PR
Center for Responsible Lending: Rhode Island Governor Signs Into Law Interest Rate Cap That Stops Payday Loan Debt Traps (10)
DURHAM, North Carolina, July 10 (TNSrpt) -- The Center for Responsible Lending issued the following news release:
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Rhode Island Governor Signs into Law Interest Rate Cap that Stops Payday Loan Debt Traps
RI becomes 21st state, alongside D.C., to prohibit triple-digit interest rate credit
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DURHAM, N.C. - After a long struggle - almost fifteen years after legislation was first introduced - Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee has signed into law a bill that will prohibit payday lenders from more PR
Earthworks: Analysis of Five Major U.S. LNG Export Projects Finds Every One Fails the 'Climate Test' (10)
WASHINGTON, July 10 (TNSrpt) -- Earthworks issued the following news release:
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Analysis of Five Major U.S. LNG Export Projects Finds Every One Fails the "Climate Test"
"Failing the 'Climate Test': LNG Projects Awaiting Final Investment Decision Do Not Stand Up to U.S. Government Analysis" shows that U.S. LNG export projects displace renewable energy and drive up emissions - making them incompatible with a liveable climate
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As the Trump administration barrels forward with its pro-fossi more PR
SPP Publishes Report on April 26, 2025 Load-shed Event (10)
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, July 10 (TNSrpt) -- Southwest Power Pool, a corporation mandated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to ensure supplies of power, transmission infrastructure and wholesale electricity prices, issued the following news release:
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SPP publishes report on April 26, 2025 load-shed event
SPP published its comprehensive report on the April 26 load-shed event in Northwest Louisiana that analyzes the event, identifies the main causes that led to the need to shed loa more PR
Supreme Court Ruling Greenlights Mass Layoffs, Parks Groups Warn National Parks and Thousands of Park Staff in Jeopardy (10)
WASHINGTON, July 10 (TNSrep) -- The National Parks Conservation Association issued the following news release:
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Supreme Court Ruling Greenlights Mass Layoffs, Parks Groups Warn National Parks and Thousands of Park Staff in Jeopardy
New Analysis Highlights Real-World Impacts of Ongoing Staffing Cuts to National Parks
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In a decision with sweeping consequences, the U.S. Supreme Court has lifted a lower court injunction blocking President Trump's executive order directing federal agencies more PR
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