Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)–October 24, 2014.   State representatives from the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators this week submitted a sign-on letter calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) to swiftly finalize strong coal ash and toxic water pollution standards for coal-burning power plants. The letter comes just eight weeks before[Read More…]

Alabama and Feds approve millions for beachfront convention center Dark clouds of smoke and fire emerge as oil burns during a controlled fire in the Gulf of Mexico following the April 20, 2010 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon.  Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin Stumberg / U.S. Navy Washington, D.C.[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 24, 2014.  The U.S. government is opposing international efforts  under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, supported by countries worldwide, to halt the global use of the toxic chemical wood preservative, pentachlorophenol (PCP), which is widely used in the U.S. to treat wood utility poles. U.S. government officials are out[Read More…]

MINNEAPOLIS—(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2014.   The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected two rare prairie butterflies under the Endangered Species Act. Protection for the Dakota skipper results from a landmark 2011 settlement with the Center for Biological Diversity to speed protection decisions for 757 imperiled plants and animals across the[Read More…]