GENEVA—(ENEWSPF)–18 January 2018 – The upward trend in global temperatures marked by record-shattering warmth in 2015 and 2016 kept pace last year, with the United Nations weather agency warning Thursday that continued pressure on the Arctic in 2017 will have “profound and long-lasting repercussions on sea levels, and on weather[Read More…]
Environmental
Obstacles Remain for Keystone XL Pipeline
CALGARY, ALBERTA—(ENEWSPF)—January 18, 2018 By: Gabby Brown Today, Canadian pipeline company TransCanada made an attempt to claim that the Keystone XL pipeline is moving forward by announcing it has sufficient commercial support for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. However, TransCanada has still not committed to building the pipeline, and[Read More…]
Fish and Wildlife Services Alters Canada Lynx Assessment to Support Delisting
MISSOULA, Mont. —(ENEWSPF)—January 11, 2018 By: Matthew Bishop, Western Environmental Law Center and Bethany Cotton, WildEarth Guardians Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced its intent to begin the process to remove Endangered Species Act protections for imperiled Canada lynx in the contiguous U.S. This move by one of[Read More…]
NOAA Kicks Off 2018 with Massive Supercomputer Upgrade
Faster computers with more storage will boost accuracy, efficiency of U.S. weather models Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 9, 2018 By: Susan Buchanan NOAA’s combined weather and climate supercomputing system will be among the 30 fastest in the world, with the ability to process 8 quadrillion calculations per second, when two Dell systems[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Analysis: Infrastructure Plan Must Not Undermine Endangered Species Act
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—January 9, 2018 By: Ryan Richards and Kyle Cornish As President Donald Trump prepares to announce his version of an infrastructure plan, lawmakers must reject any proposal that presents a false choice between environmental protection and infrastructure investment. The president’s plan will be good for large developers but[Read More…]
Audubon Invites Photographers to Enter 2018 Photo Awards Contest
Winning entries will be published in Audubon magazine and displayed within the Nature’s Best Photography Exhibition at the Smithsonian for one year. NEW YORK —(ENEWSPF)—January 8, 2018 By: Nicolas Gonzalez Today, the National Audubon Society, in association with Nature’s Best Photography, announces its annual bird photography contest: the 2018 Audubon Photography[Read More…]
Trump Administration’s New Leasing Plan Would Expand Offshore Drilling Everywhere
Earthjustice to continue fighting reversal of safeguards against drilling in Arctic and Atlantic Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 5, 2018 By: Rebecca Bowe The Trump administration unveiled its proposed Five-Year Plan for offshore leasing yesterday. This proposal—which identifies which offshore territories could ultimately be auctioned off to the fossil fuel industry for oil[Read More…]
Geocolor Image From NOAA’s GOES-16 Satellite of Powerful East Coast Storm
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 4, 2018 By: Sarah Loff This Geocolor image from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-16 satellite captures the deepening storm off the East coast of the United States on Jan. 4, 2018, at 16:22 UTC. The powerful nor’easter is battering coastal areas with heavy snow and[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Files Lawsuit Against Lake County Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Over Water Pollution
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—December 21, 2017 By: Rosemary Piser Yesterday, Attorney General Lisa Madigan, along with Lake County State’s Attorney Michael Nerheim, announced the filing of a lawsuit against Baxter Healthcare Corporation (Baxter) for releasing wastewater containing contaminants that exceeded allowable limits into a tributary of Long Lake. The complaint against Baxter was[Read More…]
EPA to Consider Approving Spraying of Bee-killing Pesticide on 165 Million Acres of U.S. Farmland
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 19, 2017 By: Lori Ann Burd The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will consider allowing the bee-killing pesticide thiamethoxam to be sprayed on the most widely grown crops in the United States. The application, if approved, would allow the highly toxic pesticide to be sprayed directly on 165 million[Read More…]
