Rolling back fuel efficiency standards undermines one of the most effective federal policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions in the U.S. Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 3, 2018 By National Audubon Society “Who wants to spend more on gas? No one. Rolling back fuel efficiency standards makes no sense. It’s short-sighted and bad[Read More…]
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Court Declares that EPA Failed To Protect Civil Rights
Leaders Applaud Decision and Vow To Keep Fighting for Justice San Francisco, CA—(ENEWSPF)—April 3, 2018 Contact: Jonathan Smith, Earthjustice Yesterday, a federal court ruled that EPA violated the law by waiting a decade or more to investigate civil rights complaints filed by community groups across the country. The lawsuit challenged[Read More…]
Court Rejects Flawed Mexican Wolf Management Rule
Capping Population, Killing More Wolves, Cutting Off Habitat Undermines Recovery TUCSON—(ENEWSPF)—April 3, 2018 Contact: Matthew Bishop, Western Environmental Law Center Today, a judge ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) to go back to the drawing board on its deeply flawed 2015 Mexican wolf management rule. The court rejected[Read More…]
Court Finds Fracking Approvals in Greater Chaco Violate Cultural Protections
Santa Fe, NM –(ENEWSPF)—April 2, 2018 Contact: Kyle Tisdel, Western Environmental Law Center Over the weekend, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico issued a “preview” order indicating it will soon rule in favor of advocate groups challenging hundreds of federal fracking approvals in the Greater Chaco[Read More…]
New Report: Construction of Offshore Wind Farms Could Create More Than 75,000 New Jobs
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—April 2, 2018 By: Shiva Polefka and Kyle Cornish The construction of new offshore wind farms in New Jersey and other coastal states could lead to more than 75,000 clean energy jobs, according to a new report from the Center for American Progress and the New Jersey Work[Read More…]
Joliet Junior College Biologist to Talk to Local Sierra Club Group on April 9
MATTESON—(ENEWSPF)—March 30, 2018 By: Patrick Coffey The next meeting of the Sauk-Calumet Sierra Club Group will be on Monday, April 9th, at the Frankfort Public Library, 21119 Pfeiffer Rd. in Frankfort at 7:15 pm. The program at this meeting will feature Andy Neill, a biologist at Joliet Junior College. Neill is spearheading the movement[Read More…]
Park Forest Environment Commission Announces Earth Week 2018 Events
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 29, 2018 The Park Forest Environment Commission has announced its Earth Week events to take place April 14 – 22. The schedule is as follows: April 14 Gardening Series: Basic Beginning Gardening 2: What’s the difference between annual/perennial, or raised bed vs. digging in the ground? Also basic[Read More…]
Sierra Club Take Crucial Step Forward in Fracked Gas Pipeline Conflict of Interest Case
Environmental Advocates File Opening Brief in Push for Full Oversight of ACP Richmond, VA—(ENEWSPF)—March 26, 2018 By: Doug Jackson The Sierra Club, represented by Appalachian Mountain Advocates, filed its opening brief last Friday in an appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court. Friday’s action was the next step in the Sierra[Read More…]
Court Rejects BLM Plans to Mine Coal, Install Oil and Gas Wells Over 15 Million Acres in Powder River Basin
GREAT FALLS, Montana–(ENEWSPF)—March 26, 2018 Contact: Kyle Tisdel, Western Environmental Law Center On Friday, a federal court found a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plan allowing coal mining and oil and gas drilling on over 15 million acres of public land and mineral rights in Montana and Wyoming to be[Read More…]
Taking the Pulse of Greenhouse Gases
Hampton, VA—(ENEWSPF)—March 23, 2018 By: Joe Atkinson, NASA Langley Research Center It can happen in a flash — airborne science, that is. Two hundred microseconds, to be exact. With lasers shot from the belly of a King Air B200 aircraft. That’s right, scientists are shooting lasers at atmospheric gases —[Read More…]
