(Credit: NOAA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 16, 2015. Yesterday, the Presidential Task Force on Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing and Seafood Fraud, co-chaired by the Departments of Commerce and State, released its action plan. This plan articulates the aggressive steps that federal agencies will take both domestically and internationally to implement[Read More…]
Environmental
As States Legalize Marijuana , Study Finds Uneven Pesticide Use Restrictions on Growing Practices, Safety Concerns, and Ecological Options
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2015. Marijuana may be legal in your state for medicinal and recreational use, but are toxic pesticides used in its production? A study released last week of the 23 states and the District of Columbia that have legalized marijuana finds a patchwork of state laws and evolving[Read More…]
Lawsuit Launched to Protect Endangered Wildlife From New, Toxic Pesticide
Threatens Pollinator Bees, Butterflies, Birds, Frogs Karner blue butterfly photo by John and Karen Hollingsworth, USFWS WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–March 16, 2015. Conservation and food-safety groups submitted a formal notice of intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency today for failing to protect threatened and endangered species, including butterflies, amphibians and birds, from[Read More…]
BP Whiting Refinery Has Third Major Incident This Week
Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—February 27, 2015 — While more than half of BP Whiting’s workforce remain on strike over safety issues and shifts that last up to 24 hours at the BP Whiting refinery, 3 major incidents have occurred at the plant this week, calling into question whether BP is putting profits over[Read More…]
New Research Links Bee-Killing Insecticide to Monarch Butterfly Deaths
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2015. New research from the University of Minnesota presents some of the first evidence linking the bee-killing insecticides known as neonicotinoids to monarch butterfly deaths. The study finds that milkweed plants, which monarch butterflies need to survive, may also retain neonicotinoids from nearby plants, making milkweed toxic[Read More…]
Emergency Use of Bee-Killing Pesticide Approved for Florida Citrus
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015. Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted Florida citrus growers an emergency exemption to use the bee-killing pesticide clothianidin to control Asian Citrus Psyllid (ACP), a pest that causes “citrus greening,” a devastating citrus plant disease. Clothianidin, which is not currently registered for use on citrus,[Read More…]
Year After Standoff Over Nevada Cattle Trespass, Questions Remain About Unpaid Fees, Prosecution
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015. The Center for Biological Diversity sent a letter to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and Attorney General Eric Holder today formally requesting a public update by April 5 on the status of the case against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, whose livestock trespass on public lands led to a[Read More…]
Legal Petition Urges Gov. Brown to Impose Emergency Fracking Moratorium After Oil Waste Illegally Dumped Into California Aquifers
150 Community, Environmental and Health Groups Press Governor for Urgent Action Amid Revelations of Aquifer Contamination, Benzene in Fracking Wastewater SACRAMENTO—(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015. After California officials admitted allowing the oil industry to illegally inject wastewater into protected aquifers via disposal wells, more than 150 environmental and community groups filed a[Read More…]
12-Year-Old Takes North Carolina’s Environmental Management Commission to Court Over Climate Change
Raleigh, North Carolina –(ENEWSPF)—February 24, 2015. Yesterday, in North Carolina Superior Court in Wake County, 12-year-old Hallie Turner appealed a decision by North Carolina’s Environmental Management Commission rejecting her climate change petition for rulemaking. Last December, Hallie submitted her petition to the Environmental Management Commission in an attempt to get[Read More…]
Veto Message from President Obama to the Senate Re: S. 1, Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 24, 2015. TO THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES: I am returning herewith without my approval S. 1, the “Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act.” Through this bill, the United States Congress attempts to circumvent longstanding and proven processes for determining whether or not building and operating a cross-border[Read More…]
