The impact of climate change is affecting Lesotho’s progress towards development in a number of areas, including agriculture, food security, water resources, public health and disaster risk management. Photo: FAO NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–18 June 2015 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the release of Pope Francis’ Papal Encyclical in[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2015.  A major international study on bee pollination involving 58 researchers finds that astonishingly few bee species are responsible for pollinating crops worldwide, and offers compelling economic rationale for conserving wild bees. The study, published in Nature Communications, calculates that the value of wild bee pollination to[Read More…]

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2015.  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today welcomed Pope Francis’ encyclical on climate change and praised the pontiff for urging world leaders to boldly address the planetary crisis. “Pope Francis’ powerful message on climate change should change the debate around the world and become a catalyst for the[Read More…]

With Tolerance, Apex Predators Like Cougars Can Return, Restore Ecosystems Bruce Wright, New Brunswick wildlife biologist and author, with what is believed to be the last eastern puma. The puma was trapped by Rosarie Morin of St. Zacharie, Quebec in Somerset County, Maine in 1938. Mounted specimen resides in the[Read More…]

They also call for investigation into apparent conflicts of interest on a WHO panel reviewing widely used herbicide WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2015 – A coalition of groups are urging the World Health Organization to swiftly set new safety standards for the world’s most widely used herbicide—glyphosate, often sold as “Roundup” –[Read More…]

Taking Action to Cut Carbon Pollution and Grow the Economy through the Administration’s Clean Energy Investment Initiative While Doubling Initial Goal of $2 Billion Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 16, 2015. President Obama and his Administration are committed to using every tool possible to combat climate change. While the President has taken several[Read More…]

Washington, DC –-(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2015.  Today, Representative Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) introduced legislation to require polluters to pay for the cleanup of toxic and hazardous waste sites throughout the United States. Currently, the American taxpayer bears the burden of funding cleanup of these contaminated sites. H.R. 2768, the Superfund Reinvestment Act, restores[Read More…]

Latest changes to the Pompeo “DARK” Act create an anti-democracy, anti-consumer, anti-environment mega-bill Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2015.  Center for Food Safety (CFS) today expressed strong opposition to Representative Pompeo’s newly revised genetically engineered (GE) food labeling preemption bill (H.R. 1599), which now has been greatly expanded to not only[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2015 – Robert Redford, the noted artist and activist, will speak before the United Nations on June 29th, 2015 to discuss the global need to act on climate change.  This event, attended by ministers and delegates from over 193 member countries, will mark an important convening in[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 15, 2015. A community in central Michigan is still dealing with the fallout of a pesticide company that produced DDT nearly half a century ago. St. Louis, MI, a city about one hour north of the state capital Lansing, has long dealt with contamination left behind by the[Read More…]