On Eve of ALEC Conference for Lawmakers, Issue Brief Outlines Radical Group’s Agenda to Gut EPA and State Environmental Safeguards; 111 Groups Urge State Legislators to Shun ALEC and Its Pro-Pollution WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2014 — When state lawmakers gather in Washington, D.C. tomorrow for the American Legislative Exchange[Read More…]
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Groups Bring New Legal Action for Federal Ban of Dangerous Oil Tank Rail Cars
Federal agency refuses to act on hazardous rail cars carrying explosive Bakken crude A train with DOT-111 tanker cars. Chris Jordan-Bloch/Earthjustice Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2014. Today, Earthjustice on behalf of Sierra Club and ForestEthics challenged the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) denial in November of the groups’ petition for an[Read More…]
Ontario Proposes Restrictions on Neonicotinoid-Treated Seeds
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2014. Last week, the government of Ontario, Canada proposed a plan to reduce the use of neonicotinoid (neonic)-treated corn and soybean seeds by 80% as part of a broad initiative to improve pollinator health. It sets a goal of reducing over-winter honey bee deaths to 15% by[Read More…]
Lawsuit Challenges Denial of Endangered Species Protection to Arizona’s Pygmy Owls
Suit Also Targets Recent Obama Administration Policy That Will Cause Loss of Species in United States TUCSON, Ariz.—(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2014. The Center for Biological Diversity and Defenders of Wildlife today filed a lawsuit in federal court in Arizona against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Interior Department for[Read More…]
Nearly 20 Lynx Caught in Traps in Maine This Fall as Trapping Rules Loosened
AUGUSTA, Maine—(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2014. A federally protected Canada lynx has been killed by a trap and nearly 20 others have been caught but not killed this fall, including five or six since the federal government’s approval last month of a trapping plan administered by the state of Maine. The state[Read More…]
Former NY Rangers Goalie Mike Richter in New Ads Supporting Offshore Wind
Former New York Rangers goalie Mike Richter recording in studio. NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2014. Today, the Sierra Club launched new radio ads on major stations across Long Island featuring former New[Read More…]
Environmental Leader Martin Litton Dies at 97
San Francisco–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2014. Giant of the environmental movement and former Sierra Club board member Martin Litton died yesterday at 97 at his home in Palo Alto, CA. Litton served on the Sierra Club Board of Directors from 1964 to 1973, and was a recipient of the John Muir Award, the[Read More…]
NOAA Issues Atlantic Tuna Management Measures
Amendment 7 aims to reduce bycatch discards Regulations announced today will help Atlantic bluefin tuna (above) in the Gulf of Mexico and off Cape Hatteras. (Credit: NOAA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2014. NOAA Fisheries today announced final regulations that will help protect Atlantic bluefin tuna by reducing dead discards and providing measures to help[Read More…]
Public Interest and Environmental Groups Call for More Aggressive EPA Rule to Curb Carbon Emissions
125 groups send letter to president outlining ways to strengthen proposal to curb climate change WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—December 1. 2014. More than 100 groups today called for more aggressive action by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s to curb carbon emissions from existing power plants. In a letter organized by the Climate[Read More…]
State of IL Seeks Public Input on Strategy to Reduce Phosphorous and Nitrogen Pollution in Mississippi River Basin
SPRINGFIELD –-(ENEWSPF)–November 25, 2014. Illinois EPA Director Lisa Bonnett and Illinois Department of Agriculture Director Robert Flider today announced that the public is invited to provide comments on a new statewide effort designed to improve water quality in Illinois and the Gulf of Mexico. The public comment period for[Read More…]
