Environmental groups challenge ‘emergency’ rules permitting unlawful contamination of protected aquifers   Inyecciones ilegales están contaminando las aguas subterráneas en las puntuaciones de los acuíferos desde Monterrey a los condados de Kern y Los Ángeles. Photo by Division of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources San Francisco, CA —(ENEWSPF)–May 8, 2015. [Read More…]

The Sutton Mountain and Painted Hills Area Preservation and Economic Enhancement Act Will Enhance Conservation and Recreation; Promote Economic Development in Wheeler County and the Surrounding Area WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2015.  Today, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Sutton Mountain and Painted Hills Area Preservation and Economic Enhancement Act,[Read More…]

Honolulu, HI—(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2015.   Hawai‘i Center for Food Safety (HCFS) is set to release “Pesticides in Paradise: Hawai‘i’s Health & Environment at Risk,” a report that firmly establishes the relationship between pesticide use, genetically engineered (GE) field test sites, and public health risks in Hawai‘i. “Pesticides in Paradise” delivers[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2015. The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) has confirmed that a rare malignant tumor was found on a smallmouth bass caught in the Susquehanna River by an angler late last summer. The finding was confirmed by two independent laboratory tests, including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)–May 5, 2015. Today, the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) and the advocacy organization Food & Water Watch called for an end to the U.S.- backed program that sprays the Monsanto herbicide glyphosate, a probable carcinogen, on coca fields in Colombia. Funding data gathered by Food & Water[Read More…]

Brings together multiple scientific data and analysis sets for public, researchers in one location In this photo taken in June 2010, NOAA veterinarian Dr. Brian Stacy prepares to clean an oiled Kemp’s Ridley turtle. Veterinarians and scientists from NOAA, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, and other partners working under[Read More…]

The agency recognizes competitors in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–May 5, 2015.  More than 5,500 individual buildings across the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico competed in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s fifth-annual Energy Star Battle of the Buildings Competition:[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 5, 2015.  In a major victory for the environment and health, the Washington state Department of Ecology (Ecology) and oyster growers association agreed to withdraw a permit allowing the use of the neonicotinoid insecticide imidacloprid to control burrowing shrimp in oyster beds in Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor. The[Read More…]

USDA scientists’ research about bee-killing pesticides compromised WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—May 5, 2015. Environmentalists, beekeepers, farmworkers, farmers, fisheries, and food safety advocates sent a letter to the USDA Inspector General and the co-chairs of the White House Task Force on Pollinator Health today, urging an investigation into recent reports that USDA[Read More…]

Dams, Dredging, Pollution Have Caused Massive Declines of Gulf Fish Once Abundant in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Indiana, Iowa Map by Curt Bradley, Center for Biological Diversity. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—(ENEWSPF)–May 5, 2015.  The Center for Biological Diversity today sent a formal notice of intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service[Read More…]