WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2015.  U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell released the following statement on the news today that BP disclosed it has reached agreements in principle with the United States, state, and local governments for a settlement of civil claims arising from the April 20, 2010, Deepwater Horizon oil[Read More…]

Challenge federal policies that further imperil endangered wild wolves TUCSON–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2015.  A coalition of local, regional and national conservation watchdog groups filed suit today to ensure the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service adopts policies that give endangered Mexican gray wolves a fair shot at recovery in their historic U.S.[Read More…]

NOAA, University of Alaska collaborate with shellfish hatchery NOAA and the University of Alaska worked with the Alutiiq Pride Shellfish Hatchery in Seward, Alaska, to research the effects of ocean acidification. (Credit: Wiley Evans, NOAA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2015.  New collaborative research between NOAA, University of Alaska and an Alaskan[Read More…]

AG’s Office Promised to Investigate in 2014; Evidence Suggests It Has Only Conducted Some Introductory Interviews Philadelphia, Pa.–(ENEWSPF)–July , 2015 – The advocacy group Food & Water Watch submitted yesterday a Right-to-Know request to the state attorney general’s office, seeking any and all documents pertaining to fracking-related public health concerns in the[Read More…]

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2015.  Today, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing a rule to prohibit certain uses of chemicals that significantly contribute to climate change in favor of safer, more climate-friendly alternatives. This action responds to President Obama’s Climate Action Plan by reducing emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs),[Read More…]

Victory: Communities remain at risk from widespread agricultural use, protections still needed Farmworkers and their families, who are predominantly low-income and majority Latino, bear the brunt of poisonings from pesticides and pesticide drift. Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2015. Some 15 years after Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)[Read More…]

Total Value of Settlement Would Top $18.7 Billion, the Largest Settlement with a Single Entity in American History Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 2, 2015. Today, BP disclosed that it has reached agreements in principle with the United States, state, and local governments for a settlement of civil claims arising from the April[Read More…]

Robert Redford, actor, activist & NRDC Trustee, meets with Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, in advance of delivering a speech calling for international climate action.  Source: Aristide Economopoulos/NRDC NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2015 – Robert Redford, the noted artist and activist, called for urgent action on climate change in[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2015. As the Monarch butterfly suffers serious decline, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering the role of herbicides in killing the iconic species’ food source, milkweed, and developing an action plan that may fall short. The agency identified possible action that it may take to slow the[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2015.  With the world’s oceans and sea life facing an unprecedented crisis from ocean acidification, the Center for Biological Diversity and former Environmental Protection Agency scientist Dr. Donn Viviani today formally petitioned the Obama administration to regulate carbon dioxide under the federal Toxic Substances Control Act. The first-of-its-kind[Read More…]