Warned: Democratic Party candidates should not count on the support of voters concerned about climate change Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 3, 2014. People from a wide variety of organizations will protest Democrats at their national headquarters (400 South Capitol Street) on Monday, November 3, 2014 at 2:00 PM for their failure to address[Read More…]

COPENHAGEN—(ENEWSP)–November 2, 2014. Human influence on the climate system is clear and growing, with impacts observed on all continents. If left unchecked, climate change will increase the likelihood of severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts for people and ecosystems. However, options are available to adapt to climate change and implementing stringent[Read More…]

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)—October 31, 2014. Today, as part of the President’s all-of-the-above energy approach and Climate Action Plan, the Energy Department announced awards for five companies to lead key nuclear energy research and development projects supporting advanced reactor technologies. These projects will receive $13 million in cost-share agreements to help address[Read More…]

Corruption at Appalachian Laboratories Raises Fundamental Questions About Water Safety Throughout Region WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2014.  Today, the Sierra Club called on state and federal regulators to conduct immediate, wide ranging investigations into the safety of water throughout Appalachia. The call was prompted by the recent guilty plea of[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2014.  Without any mention of the role of pesticides in bee decline, or emphasis on organic practices to help pollinators, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Wednesday that more than $4 million in technical and financial assistance will be provided to help farmers and ranchers in the Midwest[Read More…]

International Trade Could Bring Highly Lethal Disease to United States WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2014.  The journal Science yesterday published a study documenting a new threat to the world’s salamanders from a deadly skin-eating fungus. A relative of the killer chytrid fungus that has devastated frog populations, the new disease called Batrachochytrium[Read More…]

Wandering Wolf Would Lose Protections Under Federal Plan GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz.—(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2014.  For the first time since the 1940s, a gray wolf is roaming the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. The wolf, which is wearing an inactive radio collar, is likely a gray wolf that dispersed[Read More…]

Majority Provided by Monsanto, DuPont, & other Pesticide Companies, to Deny Public’s Right to Know Portland, Oregon—(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2014.  Funding to defeat Measure 92 in Oregon has skyrocketed to $18.7 million, according to the latest campaign finance disclosures. The ballot initiative, which would mandate labeling of genetically engineered foods in[Read More…]

CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2014.  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that two U.S. Areas of Concern, Deer Lake in the Lake Superior basin and White Lake in the Lake Michigan basin, have been removed from the binational list of toxic hotspots that were targeted for cleanup in the U.S.-Canada[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2014.  After concerns have been raised about the poor oversight of aerial herbicide spraying on Oregon forests, and the subsequent pesticide contamination of residents living nearby, policy makers are working to introduce legislation to better protect local residents from pesticide and environmental contamination. An investigation, which began[Read More…]