Gardeners tell Lowe’s: Don’t be a “little shop of horrors” for bees WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—October 30, 2014. This week, more than 30,000 people across the U.S. and Canada will swarm Lowe’s (NYSE:LOW) stores to ask the retailer to not be a “little shop of horrors” for bees and to take bee-killing[Read More…]

Campaign Highlights Scary Reality of Growing Human Population Pushing Out Wildlife TUCSON, Ariz.—(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2014.   As Americans prepare to celebrate Halloween, the Center for Biological Diversity this week is distributing 35,000 free Endangered Species Condoms to highlight the scary truth about human population growth and the wildlife extinction crisis.[Read More…]

The rule could limit exposure to deadly toxins in water and air nationwide Toxic coal ash dust at the Making Money Having Fun Landfill in Bokoshe, OK.  Photo Used with Permission Washington, D.C —(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2014.  The White House Office of Management and Budget has begun its review of the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2014.  Last week the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) announced new guidelines for federal agencies to incorporate pollinator friendly practices at federal facilities and on federal lands. Critical to pollinator health within these guidelines is a requirement that agencies should “[a]cquire seeds and plants from[Read More…]

HONOLULU—(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2014.  The National Marine Fisheries Service today issued regulations allowing Hawaii-based longline fishermen to ignore international agreements and continue fishing for bigeye tuna after reaching the cap allowed for U.S. fishing vessels. Highly valued for sushi, bigeye tuna has been increasingly in demand for the past decade; meanwhile[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—October 28, 2014. Friends of the Earth has petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals to overturn a secret decision by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to illegally alter the operating license for the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant allowing Pacific Gas and Electric to hide the fact that the[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—October 28, 2014. Officials in Panama have ruled that AquaBounty Technologies’ has been operating in violation of environmental regulations as it experiments with genetically engineered salmon in that country. In a decision that could challenge the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s ongoing safety assessment of AquaBounty’s GE salmon,[Read More…]

COPENHAGEN—(ENEWSPF)–27 October 2014. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) opened a meeting in Copenhagen on Monday to finalize the Synthesis Report, the last stage of its Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), which provides policymakers with a comprehensive assessment of the risks of climate change. The week-long meeting will distil and[Read More…]

DSS also announces new partnership with the Carton Council to build on success of recycling program CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 27, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Department of Streets and Sanitation (DSS) celebrate this week the one year anniversary of the Blue Cart Recycling Program’s citywide rollout. Mayor Emanuel expanded the easy-to-use[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2014.  Today, the Sierra Club released a new report — Expanding Energy Access: Beyond The Grid — that provides a set of five principles to help guide public policy in catalyzing clean energy access markets beyond the grid. These dynamic and rapidly growing markets are helping[Read More…]