Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2015. Two new studies raise concerns over the connection between the use of fungicides and the declining overall health of bee colonies. While the use of neonicotinoid insecticides has been established as a primary contributor to declining pollinator populations, these new studies shine a light on the use of fungicides[Read More…]

Black-capped Petrel Imperiled by Obama Plan for Oil Leasing Off Atlantic Coast ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2015.  The Center for Biological Diversity today sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over the agency’s failure to determine if endangered species protections for the black-capped petrel are warranted. These cliff-dwelling seabirds forage[Read More…]

Encourages Other Countries to Follow Suit, Amplifies Global Call to End Wildlife Trafficking NEW YORK –-(ENEWSPF)–Junbe 19, 2015.  U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today joined U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Dan Ashe and other leaders to destroy more than one ton of confiscated elephant ivory in[Read More…]

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2015.  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) are jointly proposing standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles that would improve fuel efficiency and cut carbon pollution to reduce the impacts of climate change, while bolstering energy security[Read More…]

HOLLISTER, Calif.  –(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2015.  Today the Sierra Club and Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society challenged the County of San Benito’s certification of its final environmental impact report for the Panoche Valley Solar Project. The lawsuit stated the County failed to consider the dire effect of California’s historic drought on[Read More…]

Extinction Imminent Without Drastic Action by Mexico to Save Vaquita SAN DIEGO—(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2015.  A scientific report released today finds that vaquita porpoises declined by more than 40 percent in a single year and consequently only around 50 individuals of the species likely remain on Earth. The vaquita is the[Read More…]

Interior Appropriations Act Includes Great Lakes Water Protection Act, a Kirk-Advanced Ban on Sewage Dumping in the Great Lakes; Estimated 24 Billion Gallons of Untreated Sewage/Storm Water Are Dumped Straight into the Lakes Annually WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015.  U.S. Senator Mark Kirk today applauded the Senate Appropriations Committee’s passage of[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015.  Conservation and food safety groups today submitted a formal notice of intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for approving a toxic new pesticide called bicyclopyrone (or “BCP”) without properly considering its potentially lethal effects on endangered animals and plants. In April the EPA approved BCP for[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015 The Pope’s powerful encyclical calls for a common response to the critical threat climate change poses to our common home. His plea for all religions to work together reflects the urgency of the challenge. The faith community – in the United States and abroad – has[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015. I welcome His Holiness Pope Francis’s encyclical, and deeply admire the Pope’s decision to make the case – clearly, powerfully, and with the full moral authority of his position – for action on global climate change.  As Pope Francis so eloquently stated this morning, we have[Read More…]