Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 11, 2017 By: Jim Garamone The most recent hurricane season was not unprecedented in terms of the number of storms, but it was unprecedented in terms of damage, the commander of U.S. Army North said in a recent interview. Army Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan said hurricanes Harvey, Irma[Read More…]
Environmental
Methane Rule Suspended for One Year: Trump Administration Shifts Waste Costs to Taxpayers
NEW MEXICO—(ENEWSPF)—December 7, 2017 By: Thomas Singer and Erik Schlenker-Goodrich Tomorrow, the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will finalize a one-year suspension of a regulation adopted just a year ago to reduce methane waste on public lands. This is the latest in a series of attempts[Read More…]
State Attorneys General File Lawsuit Against EPA for Flouting Clean Air Requirements
IL Attorney General Lisa Madigan & 15 State AGs Sue EPA for Failing to Designate Areas Impacted By Unhealthy Levels of Smog Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—December 7, 2017 By: Rosemary Piser A coalition of 15 Attorneys General including Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan yesterday filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency[Read More…]
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s OK of Corporation’s Plan to Drain California Desert Aquifer
Water-mining project would deplete life-giving springs in the Mojave Trails National Monument Los Angeles, California—(ENEWSPF)—November 28, 2017 By: Greg Loarie, Ileene Anderson, and Adam Keats Conservation and health-safety groups today filed suit in federal court challenging the Trump administration’s approval of an enormous groundwater-mining and pipeline project in Southern California.[Read More…]
Records Sought on Trump Administration Decision to Lift Ban on Zimbabwe Elephant Trophy Imports
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 28, 2017 By: Brett Hartl The Center for Biological Diversity submitted a Freedom of Information Act request today seeking public records about an African trip taken by President Trump’s director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service just days before the administration reversed an Obama-era ban on important[Read More…]
Story of the Landscape Hike at Thorn Creek Nature Center on Sunday, December 3
Registration required by Friday, December 1 Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—November 27, 2017 By: Judy Dolan Mendelson Find out what the slopes, depressions, stream channels, and tree communities in Thorn Creek Woods can tell us on the Story of the Landscape Hike held Sunday, December 3 from 1 to 3 p.m. In[Read More…]
Sauk-Calumet Group of Illinois Sierra Club to Explore Newfoundland at December Meeting
MATTESON—(ENEWSPF)—November 27, 2017 By: Patrick Coffey The Sauk-Calumet Group of the Illinois Sierra Club will hold its regular monthly meeting on Monday, December 11th, at 7:15 p.m. at the Frankfort Public Library, 21119 Pfeiffer Rd. Gregg Ott and Christy Mazrimas Ott will tell tales and show slides of their adventures on Newfoundland,[Read More…]
Keystone XL Pipeline Leaks 210,000 Gallons of Oil in South Dakota
Spill affected stretch of pipeline from Hardisty, Alberta, to Cushing, Oklahoma, and to Wood River, Illinois South Dakota—(ENEWSPF)—November 16, 2017 By: Rosemary Piser CNN is reporting that a total of 210,000 gallons of oil leaked from the Keystone Pipeline today in Marshall County, South Dakota, according to the pipeline’s operator,[Read More…]
Fierce Lake-Effect Snow, Bitterly Cold Winds To Cause Thanksgiving Travel Delays
By Alex Sosnowski, Senior Meteorologist for AccuWeather.com AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports following mild, wet weather to end this week, progressively colder air will unleash rounds of lake-effect snow from the Upper Midwest to the interior Northeast for travel during the week of Thanksgiving. Travel delays related to wind and/or snow are[Read More…]
37 Leading Arctic Wildlife Scientists Oppose Arctic Refuge Drilling
Following the introduction of legislation to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, dozens of Arctic wildlife experts unite in opposition. WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)—November 9, 2017 By: Nicolas Gonzalez Today, 37 leading Arctic wildlife scientists sent a letter opposing drilling on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to[Read More…]
