Day: November 26, 2012

Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, November 26, 2012

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 26, 2012. TEPCO Publishes Mid-Range Fukushima Restoration Policy Plant Update Tokyo Electric Power Co. has released English translations of its Management Policy Toward Restoration of the Fukushima Daiichi site and environs as well as a 71-item Intensive Reform Implementation Action Plan for executing the policy. The plan includes[Read More…]

Department of Energy Hurricane Sandy-Nor’easter Situation Report #12, November 26, 2012 (3:00 PM EST)

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 26, 2012 – 3:00 PM EST. Highlights: Beginning November 7th, a Nor’easter impacted the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast with strong winds, rain or snow, and coastal flooding. At 8:00 pm EDT October 29, the National Hurricane Center reported Sandy made landfall near Atlantic City, NJ as a post tropical[Read More…]

Interior Secretary Salazar Announces Final Steps on Cobell Litigation and Implementation of Settlement

Settlement includes land consolidation program to help promote tribal self-determination and strengthen economic development WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 26, 2012.  Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today lauded the final approval of the Cobell settlement and outlined steps that Interior will take to help implement the historic $3.4 billion settlement. The settlement[Read More…]

Gaza Ceasefire Offers Chance to Address ‘Root Causes’ of Israel-Palestine Conflict – UN Official

Jordan–(ENEWSPF)–26 November 2012 – The head of the United Nations agency tasked with helping Palestinian refugees said today that the ceasefire halting the recent violence between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza offered a chance to “address the real problems underlying the crisis.” “It is of crucial… importance that we seize[Read More…]

UN Climate Change Talks Begin in Doha With Call to Build on Existing Agreements

DOHA–(ENEWSPF)–26 November 2012 – Thousands of government representatives, international organizations and civil society members have gathered in the Qatari capital of Doha for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, which kicked off today with a call to build on and implement previously agreed decisions to curb global carbon emissions by[Read More…]

American Academy of Pediatrics Offers Stern Pesticide Warning

This soccer game was contested on grass free of pesticides. Across the United States, however, many fields are coated with toxic pesticides. MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–November 26, 2012.  In a stirring report linking pesticide exposure to children’s illnesses, a major American agency issued a call today to limit exposures during the most susceptible[Read More…]

American Academy of Pediatrics Makes Recommendations to Reduce Children’s Exposure to Pesticides

Elk Grove Village, IL–(ENEWSPF)–November 26, 2012. Children encounter pesticides every day and are uniquely vulnerable to their toxicity. A new policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) outlines the harmful effects of pesticides on children and makes recommendations on how to reduce exposure. The policy statement, “Pesticide Exposure[Read More…]

NOAA Fisheries Begins ESA Status Review on Puget Sound Killer Whales

Action results from California petition to delist Seattle, Washington–(ENEWSPF)–November 26, 2012. NOAA Fisheries will begin a review of the status of a population of killer whales that is currently listed under the Endangered Species Act. This review is prompted by a petition from the California-based Pacific Legal Foundation to remove[Read More…]

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