WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—April 16, 2015. Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica, sent a letter to Professor Laurence Tribe requesting that he disclose the full terms of any agreement he has with Peabody Energy. The nation’s largest coal company recently hired Tribe — a Harvard University constitutional law professor who[Read More…]

Despite High Mortality, Park Service Considering Plan to Remove or Fence Free-roaming Elk at Behest of Ranchers POINT REYES, Calif.—(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2015.  The National Park Service has acknowledged that that more than 250 tule elk died inside the fenced Pierce Point Elk Preserve at California’s Point Reyes National Seashore from[Read More…]

Result of extensive consultation, evaluation after Deepwater Horizon WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2015.  In response to the findings of investigations into the Deepwater Horizon tragedy, and following a thorough evaluation of recommendations from industry groups, equipment manufacturers, federal agencies, academia and environmental organizations, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell yesterday announced[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2015.  Last week California released its first guidelines for the management of pests and use of pesticides on cannabis. Cannabis cultivation in California, particularly in the northern areas of the state, has been associated with rampant use of heavy construction equipment and pesticides to clear land and[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2015 –The monarch butterfly refuge in Mexico, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that is winter home to tens of millions of migrating monarchs, should be declared “in danger” because the remarkable transcontinental migration it was established to protect “is at risk of disappearing,” a group of Mexican, American[Read More…]

If signed, Maryland would become 11th state in U.S. with community solar access Matt Mallams for Earthjustice Annapolis, MD —(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2015 – Today, Maryland lawmakers took a key step to increase statewide access to clean energy by passing two bills, HB 1087, sponsored by Delegate Luke Clippinger, and SB[Read More…]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2015.  The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a notice of its intent to sue 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. Black-capped petrels are seabirds that forage off the Atlantic[Read More…]

House Majority Leader ironically claims “We Warned This Day Would Come,” yet refuses to take action on climate Storm clouds pass over the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C.  Photo by Architect of the Capitol San Francisco, CA —(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2015.  House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is trying to[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2015.  Three members of a Delaware family, a father and his two teenage sons, remain hospitalized after being exposed last month to methyl bromide, a highly neurotoxic pesticide, while on vacation at their luxury condo in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Methyl bromide is a restricted use pesticide[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2015.  After nearly two years of pressure from the public, Lowe’s Home Improvement has announced it will begin taking steps to protect bees and similarly affected pollinators from toxic insecticides call neonicotinoids. Its public commitment to phase out neonicotinoid pesticides is the most significant public commitment so[Read More…]