WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–July 23, 2015. Reps. Jan Schakowsky, Zoe Lofgren, Jerry Nadler, and Yvette Clarke sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch and California Attorney General Kamala Harris on Tuesday requesting an investigation into the Center for Medical Progress and the selectively-edited video of a Planned Parenthood physician[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
NRDC: ‘Misguided’ Arctic Drilling Permit Approval has ‘Lit Fuse’ on Disaster for Pristine Ocean, Climate
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2015 – Shell was granted federal permits today that clear the way for the oil company to begin drilling in the Arctic Ocean. Following is a statement from Franz Matzner, director of NRDC’s Beyond Oil Initiative: “Shell shouldn’t be drilling in the Arctic, and neither should anybody else. President Obama’s[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Coal Ash Bill Puts Thousands of Communities in Danger
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2015. Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill sponsored by Rep. David McKinley (WV) which would gut the modest protections put in place last year by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) governing the safe disposal and storage of coal ash waste. The bill has[Read More…]
Sierra Club Responds To President Obama’s Decision To Grant Conditional Approval To Shell To Drill In The Arctic
Decision Goes Against Science, Will of the People, and Common Sense Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2015. Today, President Obama granted conditional approval to Shell to begin drilling in the Chukchi Sea. The President’s approval comes at a time when electric vehicles are being produced at a record rate and significant[Read More…]
Eathjustice: Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Approves Two of Shell’s Final Permits for Risky Arctic Oil Exploration
Agency gives Shell clearance to drill in fragile Arctic Ocean, despite threats to climate, wildlife and region A walrus and pup on an ice floe in the Chukchi Sea. Shell Oil was given its two remaining permits for oil exploration to drill in the Chukchi on July 22, 2015. Sarah[Read More…]
Clean Water Advocates File Suit to Ensure Protection of All U.S. Waters Under Clean Water Act
EPA’s Clean Water Rule Included Late Give-Aways to Industry Seattle, WA and San Francisco, CA —(ENEWSPF)–July 23, 2015. Yesterday, groups active in protecting our nation’s waters filed a legal challenge to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Army Corps of Engineers (COE) recent Clean Water Rule in order to[Read More…]
Eathjustice: House Coal Ash Bill Passes, Obama Administration Threatens Veto
The devastating coal ash spill at Kingston, TN, in December 2008. One billion gallons of toxic coal ash spilled from the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Kingston Fossil Plant, covering 300 acres. Photo by United Mountain Defense Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2015. Today, by a vote of 258 to 166, the House[Read More…]
Former Detainees and Human Rights Groups Appeal Spain’s Decision to Discontinue Guantánamo Investigation
Madrid/ Berlin/ New York–(ENEWSPF)–July 23, 2015 – The Berlin-based European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in New York, together with their cooperating lawyer in Madrid, Gonzalo Boye, have lodged an appeal against the Spanish National Court’s decision to halt the long-running[Read More…]
Neonicotinoids Harm Beneficial Predatory Insects through Secondary Poisoning
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 23, 2015. A recent study looks at the detrimental effects of neonicotinoids (neonics) on molluscan herbivores and their non-target insect predators, finding that slug exposure to neonics results in the secondary poisoning of beneficial predatory beetles. The study, authored by Maggie Douglas, PhD candidate at Penn State University,[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth: Senate Energy Package Offers Weak Attempt at Compromise
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—July 23, 2015. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015. Chairwoman Lisa Murkowski (Alas.) and Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (Wash.) have negotiated for months on a package that includes five overarching topics: efficiency, infrastructure, supply, accountability and conservation reauthorization. Earlier[Read More…]
