Washington,DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2014.  Last Wednesday, a special Task Force on Pollinator Health in Oregon delivered a series of recommendations to the Oregon legislature on how to help the state’s honey bees, native bees, and other pollinators,but failed to address the clear threat that neonicotinoid insecticides pose to pollinators. Because the[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2014.  A coalition of fifteen environmental and public interest groups expressed serious objections to President Obama’s closed-door meeting to discuss energy exploration on the Outer Continental Shelf off the mid-Atlantic coast. The meeting was convened by the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources and held[Read More…]

BOSTON—(ENEWSPF)–November 24, 2014.  A deadline for expanding critical habitat protections for the North Atlantic right whale — one of the world’s most endangered whales — has been set in response to a legal settlement agreement. Each year most of the 500 North Atlantic right whales remaining on Earth migrate from[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2014.  U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statement today after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it would not be finalizing the volume standards under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program before the end of 2014. Since the EPA announced the proposed rule[Read More…]

Endangered Species Nationwide Threatened By Dangerous Cooling Water Intake Structures SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2014.  Yesterday, a coalition of environmental groups filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of California challenging the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) opinion of the U.S.[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2014. Researchers of a new study published on Monday find increased resistance in the fall armyworm to Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)-incorporated genetically engineered (GE) maize in the southeastern region of the U.S., calling this evolution of insect resistance to transgenic crops “a serious threat to the sustainability of[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—November 21, 2014.  Responding to today’s adoption by the International Maritime Organisation of the long-awaited Polar Code, aimed at regulating shipping in Polar Regions, a coalition of environmental groups criticized the measures for not going far enough to adequately protect the fragile Arctic and Antarctic environments. While the new[Read More…]

ALBANY, N.Y.—(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2014.  A coalition of New York scientists, citizens and environmental groups filed a petition today asking the New York Department of Environmental Conservation to award state endangered species protection to the eastern hellbender, a type of salamander that can grow up to 2 feet long. Hellbenders have[Read More…]

New Report Reveals Retailer’s Heavy Dependency on Coal-Fired Electricity, Undermining Company’s Pledge to Be an Environmental Leader Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–November 20, 2014.  As a growing group of environmental leaders call on Walmart to stop greenwashing and commit to real sustainability, a new study finds that Walmart is one of the[Read More…]

Documents highlight influence of pharmaceutical industry, prompts advocates to call for re-examination of approvals in animal feed Washington, D.C.— (ENEWSPF)–November 20, 2014. New documents released today by Food & Water Watch show that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) colluded with the pharmaceutical company Pfizer to downplay the results[Read More…]