Court Grants Madigan’s Request for Immediate Relief to Ensure Safe Drinking Water for Residents Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—October 21, 2017 By: Office of Attorney General Madigan Attorney General Lisa Madigan yesterday filed a lawsuit against The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company (Peoples Gas) over a natural gas leak that contaminated one of[Read More…]
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Scott Pruitt Issues Directive Blocking Settlements and Consent Decrees Shielding EPA from Protecting Public Health, Clean Air, Clean Water
Ultimately, all it will accomplish is to put the public’s health and safety at risk Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 17, 2017 By: Earthjustice Yesterday, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt issued a directive moving to end consent decrees and settlements that force the agency to comply with the law and its duty to protect[Read More…]
Farm Bill Should Include Investments in Science-Based Forest Restoration Program
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—October 17, 2017 By: Ryan Richards As massive wildfires continue to wreak havoc across the West, a new report from the Center for American Progress says the next farm bill in Congress should include investments in a science-based forest restoration program that helps create new jobs and reduce the[Read More…]
Izembek Land Transfer Would Jeopardize Globally Important Bird Habitat
Backroom deal to carve road through wildlife refuge would set dangerous precedent. ANCHORAGE, Alaska —(ENEWSPF)—October 16, 2017 By: Audubon Society The Washington Post reported yesterday that the Department of the Interior is planning to implement a land transfer with King Cove Corporation in order to facilitate the building of a[Read More…]
At UN Event in Rome, Pope Francis Urges Action on Climate Change, Conflicts to End Global Hunger
ROME—(ENEWSPF)–16 October 2017 By: United Nations Press Centre Food security for all requires tackling climate change and ending conflicts, His Holiness, Pope Francis, stressed Monday at an official ceremony for World Food Day held at the Rome headquarters of the United Nations agriculture agency. “It is clear that wars and[Read More…]
Soot-covered Birds Provide Clues to 20th-century Pollution
University of Chicago graduate students use museum collections to track soot from black carbon CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 10, 2017 By: Matt Wood Horned Larks are cute songbirds with white bellies and yellow chins—at least, now they are. One hundred years ago, at the height of urban smoke pollution in the United States,[Read More…]
Madigan & Attorneys General of 13 States Pledge Lawsuit Against EPA for Ignoring Key Clean Air Deadline
Chicago –(ENEWSPF)—October 5, 2017 Authored by: Office of Attorney General Madigan Attorney General Lisa Madigan and 13 other attorneys general today file a notice of intent to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to meet the Clean Air Act’s statutory deadline for designating areas of the country[Read More…]
Court Orders Zinke, Interior to Immediately Reinstate BLM Methane Waste Rule
Industry requests instigated illegal activity by federal government Helena, MT –(ENEWSPF)—October 5, 2017 By: Western Environmental Law Center Late yesterday, a U.S. District Court judge ruled the Trump administration’s indefinite suspension of key aspects of President Obama’s BLM methane waste rule this summer was “arbitrary and capricious.” The court ordered[Read More…]
Carbon Feedback From Forest Soils Will Accelerate Global Warming, Study Finds
Twenty-six-year research project finds cyclical response between soils, climate system CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 5, 2017 By: Diana Kenney After 26 years, the world’s longest-running experiment to discover how warming temperatures affect forest soils has revealed a surprising, cyclical response: Soil warming stimulates periods of abundant carbon release from the soil to the[Read More…]
Rulemaking Sets Stage for Trump and Zinke to Eliminate or Gut BLM Methane Rule
Move puts short-term oil and gas profits before taxpayers and public health Taos, NM—(ENEWSPF)—October 5, 2017 By: Western Environmental Law Center The Trump administration is expected to propose a new rule today to delay implementation of the BLM methane rule that curbs waste and pollution from the oil and gas[Read More…]
