Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2015 – 11:28 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Well, It is wonderful to be here at the Department of Energy with some of our outstanding private sector partners.  Secretary Ernie Moniz is in Geneva doing some important work on behalf of our national security, but I want to[Read More…]

Washington, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2015.  Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today introduced legislation to encourage geothermal energy production on public lands. The Geothermal Production Expansion Act prevents speculative bidders from driving up the price of leases for developers seeking to use the land for geothermal projects. The bill[Read More…]

No drought relief in sight for California, Nevada or Oregon this spring U.S. Spring Flood Risk Map for 2015. (Credit: NOAA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2015.  According to NOAA’s Spring Outlook released today, rivers in western New York and eastern New England have the greatest risk of spring flooding in part[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)—March 19, 2015. Today, Rep. Jan Schakowsky introduced the Safe Hydration is an American Right in Energy Development (SHARED) Act.  Part of the “Frack Pack” of bills to improve safeguards against the dangers of hydraulic fracturing, the legislation would require testing and reporting of water contamination near hydraulic fracturing[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2015.  The President is committed to addressing the climate change threat – both by taking action here at home and showing leadership on the world stage. As part of his commitment to lead by example to curb the emissions that are driving climate change, today President Obama[Read More…]

Oil and gas development and fracking near Utah’s White and Green Rivers. Credit: Taylor McKinnon/Ecoflight WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–March 19, 2015.  A speech by Interior Secretary Sally Jewell at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Tuesday highlighted deep contradictions between the Obama administration’s climate goals and its “all of the above”[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2015.  Center for Food Safety today opposed a bill in the Idaho State Senate that would strip away local governments’ fundamental power to protect its residents and local environment by preempting any local regulation over the “use of seeds” and “planting of seeds” of any kind. “Preempting[Read More…]

Public comment period on National Ambient Air Quality Standard ends today Ozone, or smog, is a type of pollution formed from the exhaust of power plants, factories, cars and trucks. Tatiana Grozetskaya/Shutterstock Washington, D.C —(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2015. More than 500,00 people—including members of community, environmental and health advocacy groups—have submitted comments[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2015.  Foraging bumblebees would prefer to dodge traffic rather than pesticides and other agricultural chemicals, according to the results of a new study published in the Journal of Insect Conservation. Researchers from Plymouth University in England discovered that the number of bumblebees observed foraging plants along roadsides[Read More…]

Chicago—(ENEWSPF)–March 16, 2015 – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that Exide Technologies has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by the United States and the State of Indiana alleging Clean Air Act violations at the company’s lead smelter in Muncie, Indiana.  Exide Technologies has agreed to spend over[Read More…]