OAKLAND, CA –(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015.  After months of public comment and exhaustive review, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today joined top federal officials to unveil plans that accelerate restoration of the Delta’s ecosystem and fix the state’s aging water infrastructure. “We can’t just cross our fingers, hoping for the best[Read More…]

USFS Will Continue to Use Science and Conservation Biology in Forest Plans WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)—April 30, 2015. In March 2015, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the D.C. District Court issued an order rejecting an extractive industry challenge to the Obama Administration’s National Forest Management Act 2012 Forest Planning Rule. The challenge[Read More…]

NRDC: But some draft efficiency bill provisions would reverse efficiency progress WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015 – Congress should strengthen energy efficiency programs and adopt policies that would save taxpayer dollars, promote job growth, and cut pollution, not delay or weaken them, a Natural Resources Defense Council efficiency expert told lawmakers today.[Read More…]

Groups Site Unlawful Permit Provisions that Give Coal Plant a Free Pass to Pollute WAUKEGAN, Ill. –-(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2015.  Today, the Sierra Club, Environmental Law & Policy Center and other environmental organizations appealed Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s (IEPA) water pollution permit for NRG’s Waukegan coal plant. The permit, the groups argue,[Read More…]

Conservation groups seek reforms in crab and other California fisheries through collaborative effort A whale with several fishing ropes wrapped around its flipper. Over time, the whale’s continued growth, combined with drag through the water and shifting, could cause these ropes to tighten, leading to bone damage, infection, and eventually[Read More…]

Plan for Ninefold Increase in Fracking Wells Ignores Climate Impacts, Fails to Protect Endangered Fish From Toxic Spills, Water Depletions  As shown here, the White River already suffers significant water depletion and pollution threats from rampant oil and gas development downstream of the White River Field Office in Utah. DENVER—(ENEWSPF)–April[Read More…]

Photo: UNEP GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–28 April 2015 – The United Nations health agency reported today in first-of-its-kind study that air pollution across Europe is costing “a staggering” $1.6 trillion a year in deaths and diseases, which amounts to nearly one tenth of the region’s gross domestic product. The economic cost of the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2015.  Beginning this week, Chipotle Mexican Grill will stop serving food containing genetically engineered (GE) ingredients. The restaurant’s announcement is the first of any major fast food chain, and fits with the company’s long-held mission of providing its customers “food with integrity.” In 2013, Chipotle also became[Read More…]

Agreement strengthens protections, gives states greater power to restrict chemicals and enforce laws WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2015.  Today, Democratic U.S. Sens. Tom Udall (N.M.), Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.), Jeff Merkley (Ore.) and Cory Booker (N.J.) announced a major breakthrough agreement in historic legislation to reform the nation’s broken chemical safety law,[Read More…]

Block Island Wind Farm to Cut Electricity Rates for Residents by 40 percent Block Island, RI –(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2015.  Today, in a watershed moment for American clean energy development, Deepwater Wind broke ground on America’s first offshore wind project at Block Island, Rhode Island. This 30 megawatt wind farm will[Read More…]