Favorable Weather Boosts Population But Pesticides Still Threaten Butterfly’s Chance of Survival WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2015.  The annual overwintering count of monarch butterflies released today shows a modest population rebound from last year’s lowest-ever count of 34 million butterflies, but is still the second lowest population count since surveys began in[Read More…]

Proposal Presents Reasonable Alternative to Congressional Delisting, Path to National Recovery WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2015.  Animal protection and conservation organizations petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to reclassify gray wolves under the Endangered Species Act as threatened throughout the contiguous United States, with the exception of the Mexican gray[Read More…]

Judges Blame Botched Investigation, Handling of Evidence SAN JOSE, Costa Rica—(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2015.  Seven men arrested in the brutal murder of Costa Rican conservationist Jairo Mora Sandoval and the kidnapping and sexual assault of four women, including one American, on the night of May 31, 2013 were found not guilty[Read More…]

Washington, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2015.  U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued the following statement today after Senate Republican leaders cut off debate on the Keystone XL bill, without allowing votes or debate on dozens of amendments. Wyden is a strong opponent of the Keystone XL pipeline and has voted against[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2015.  In follow-up to the launch of the Caribbean Energy Security Initiative (CESI) in June 2014, the Vice President, Secretary of Energy Moniz, other senior Administration officials, Caribbean Heads of Government, multilateral development banks, and other international partners participated in the Caribbean Energy Security Summit January 26[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2015.  The Governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Colombia, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States, together[Read More…]

Peatlands play vital role in curbing climate change EU–(ENEWSPF)–26 January 2015.  Satellites can help us to safeguard nature’s richest carbon storehouses – peatlands. Peatlands make up just 3% of land but capture twice as much carbon as all forests combined. They are also an important source of drinking water and[Read More…]

USDA Refuses to Regulate or Assess GE Tree Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2015.  A genetically engineered (GE) tree may already be planted in field tests, and eventually be commercialized, in the U.S. without having gone through any regulatory oversight or environmental risk assessment. On January 13th, the U.S. Department of Agriculture[Read More…]

Victory: Legal challenge prompts agreement requiring closer scrutiny of bids to keep chemical information secret Pavillion, Wyoming. “Produced” water is brought back to the surface after fracking takes place. The water and fracking fluid is placed into evaporation ponds.  Photo courtesy of Ecoflight Casper, WY —(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2015.  Under a[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2015.  Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it completed the registration of a new pesticide, flupyradifurone, that would be marketed as an alternative to neonicotinoid pesticides, and “safer for bees.” A closer look at this chemical reveals that the agency is grossly misleading the[Read More…]