The Pew Charitable Trusts - Newsroom The Pew Charitable Trusts now offer news delivered to your desktop via RSS Feeds. Subscribing is easy http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room.aspx California Leads States Facing Deepening Budget Crises <p><p>Several states are struggling to find solutions for deep budget gaps as a new fiscal year begins. Jeffrey Brown examines the budget picture across the country.</p></p> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:15:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=53994 Municipal Pension Benefits Unresolved <p><p>WHYY's Susan Phillips spoke with Larry Eichel, project director of the Philadelphia Research Initiative, about Pew's new employee benefits report.<br /></p></p> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:40:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=53924 How Old Do You Feel? It Depends on Your Age <p><p>A <em>New York T</em>imes article on the Pew Research Center's new survey that gauges Americans’ views on aging.</p></p> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:35:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=53904 Pew Report Cites Employee Benefits as City's Biggest Financial Obstacle <p><p>The <em>Philadelphia Inquirer</em> reports on a new study of the city's employee benefits crisis by Pew's Philadelphia Research Initiative.</p></p> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:30:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=53894 Pew Report Documents Challenges Faced by Philadelphia in Paying for City Workers’ Pensions and Health Care <p><p>A new study by The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Philadelphia Research Initiative looks at the finances of pensions and health care for city workers at a time when the two topics are front and center both in Harrisburg and in City Hall.</p></p> Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=53866 Statement on the Passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 <p><p>Phyllis Cuttino, director of the Pew Environment Group’s U.S. Global Warming Campaign, commented,“This is the landmark energy and environmental legislative achievement of a generation.  The bill’s clean energy, efficiency and other emissions reduction provisions will make the United States safer, cleaner and more prosperous."</p></p> Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:12:13 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=53842 Banking on the Previously Unbanked <p><p>Marketplace's Tess Vigeland talks to Matt Fellowes, project director of the Pew Safe Banking Opportunities Project, about the "Bank On L.A." program.</p></p> Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:45:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=53874 Spain Tops EU Fishing 'Overcapacity' Ranking <p><p>EU subsidies have been fuelling the overcapacity of Europe's fishing fleets, according to new research by the Pew Environment Group, which found that almost half of EU fisheries funding goes to Spain.</p></p> Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:30:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=53800 Who's Hogging Our Antibiotics? <p><p>Op-ed by Laura Rogers on the Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming's new advertising campaign, which is part of a national effort to ensure antibiotics remain effective by ending their misuse on factory farms.</p> <p> </p></p> Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:25:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=53802 €4.4bn EU Subsidies Have Boosted Overfishing, Figures Show <p><p>Spain has raked in more than €2.7bn (£2.29bn) in EU subsidies for its fishing industry over 12 years as part of a spending policy that Brussels admits has been a failure, according to data revealed today.</p></p> Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:45:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=53798 Terms and Conditions Terms and Conditions Page http://www.pewtrusts.org/terms_and_conditions.aspx