The White House and U.S. Department of Energy Announce Private Sector Commitments to Cut Carbon Pollution and Reduce Our Dependence on Foreign Oil Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2014.  The Obama Administration is committed to taking responsible steps to combat climate change and reduce our dependence on oil. That is why today,[Read More…]

Economic Census Statistics Now Available for the First Time on Wind, Geothermal, Biomass and Solar Electric Power Generation  Download Renewable Energy Revenue [JPG – <1.0 MB] Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2014. Revenues for electric power generation industries that use renewable energy resources rose 49.0 percent from $6.6 billion in 2007 to[Read More…]

WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2014.  At a forum marking the first anniversary of its Minorities in Energy Initiative (MIE), the Energy Department today announced the launch of its new Industry Partners Network. The network is comprised of energy-focused companies and trade associations joined by a common mission to increase engagement of[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2014 —The U.S. Forest Service today released a management plan that protects the vast majority of Virginia’s George Washington National Forest from oil and gas development. While early news reports focused on the fact that the Forest Service will allow fracking in parts of the George Washington National[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2014.  Four workers died this past weekend when the valve on a container of methyl mercaptan, a compound used in the production of insecticides, fungicides, and plastics, malfunctioned at a La Porte, Texas chemical plant owned by DuPont. The chemical, which has a strong odor of rotten[Read More…]

PORTLAND, Ore.—(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2014.  In response to a notice of intent to sue from the Center for Biological Diversity and Friends of the Columbia Gorge, the U.S. Coast Guard and Environmental Protection Agency will analyze the risks that oil-spill cleanup and containment actions pose to salmon, whales, sturgeon and other[Read More…]

DENVER—(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2014.  The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for failing to decide whether the Colorado checkered whiptail warrants consideration for Endangered Species Act protection. The Center first petitioned for this lizard — along with 52[Read More…]

Documentary About Famous Wandering Wolf to Be Screened at Loft Cinema TUCSON, Ariz.—(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2014.  The Center for Biological Diversity on Dec. 3 is hosting the Tucson premiere of the documentary “OR7: The Journey,” an inspiring film about the famous wolf who wandered hundreds of miles from northeast Oregon to[Read More…]

Global Warming Threatens Polar Bears; Two-thirds Could be Gone by 2050 ANCHORAGE, Alaska—(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2014. l Global warming has driven a 40-percent decline in the number of polar bears in eastern Alaska and western Canada, a new study finds. The Southern Beaufort Sea polar bear population has dropped to just[Read More…]

Online tools and training resources to help build a resilient nation The Climate Resilience Toolkit provides data-driven tools, information and subject-matter expertise to help communities prepare for a change world. (Credit: NOAA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2014.  Today, in advance of a White House meeting with members of the President’s State,[Read More…]