Framework will drive energy efficiency and renewable energy investments that will create thousands of new jobs each year CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 5, 2015.  Mayor Rahm Emanuel yesterday joined state labor, environmental and business leaders to endorse a clean jobs framework that will generate more than $400 million a year in new investment[Read More…]

Phased-in updates will ensure a smooth transition to cleaner and more efficient wood heaters WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–February 5, 2015.  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing standards to limit the amount of pollution that wood heaters, which will be manufactured and sold in the future, can emit. These standards, which[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 5, 2015.  A brewing battle in the European Union (EU) over removing from the market Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDC)s has heated up. An investigative report in The Guardian  reveals that a European Union (EU) scientific paper, prepared to assist in the development of new mandatory EDC risk assessment standards, was never made[Read More…]

Landmark Report Reveals Monsanto’s Signature Herbicide Has Nearly Eradicated Iconic Species’ Major Food Source Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–February 5, 2015.  Center for Food Safety (CFS) today released a detailed, 80 page scientific report, “Monarchs in Peril: Herbicide-Resistant Crops and the Decline of Monarch Butterflies in North America.” The comprehensive report reveals the[Read More…]

Blasts agency in rail hearing for failing to address serious safety concerns Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—February 3, 2015. Today, Ranking Member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Inspector General Calvin L. Scovel, III requesting a full audit of[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2015.  Officials in the Florida Keys are seeking approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to release a wave of mosquitoes that have been genetically engineered to produce offspring whose larvae are unable to survive. The plan to introduce these mosquitoes has been met with[Read More…]

Floods devastated much of the Balkans throughout May 2014. Photo: UNDP GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–2 February 2015 – Devastating weather patterns and increasing temperatures will last into the foreseeable future as global warming is expected to continue, the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed today as it explained that 2014’s ranking as[Read More…]

California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard Targets are Achievable and Will Drive Growth SAN FRANCISCO—(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2015 – California is capable of tripling its use of alternative fuels over the next 10 years, according to a new report by the fuels and energy consulting firm Promotum. The study examined the growth[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2015.  A study led by a Rutgers University research team finds that the commonly used pesticide deltamethrin increases the risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children, adding to a mounting body of scientific research linking pesticide exposure to the disorder. Rutgers scientists, along with colleagues[Read More…]

Agencies optimistic that state will make progress in addressing forest practices NOAA and EPA are working with Oregon to improve their coastal nonpoint program to protect streams like these that are important to endangered salmon. (Credit: NOAA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2015.  NOAA and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have disapproved[Read More…]