Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2014.  Calling it a response to a petition filed by Beyond Pesticides and other groups back in 2006, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Thursday its proposal to remove 72 no longer used inert ingredients from its list of approved pesticide ingredients –as groups asked for public disclosure of all inerts[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)–October 24, 2014.   State representatives from the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators this week submitted a sign-on letter calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) to swiftly finalize strong coal ash and toxic water pollution standards for coal-burning power plants. The letter comes just eight weeks before[Read More…]

Alabama and Feds approve millions for beachfront convention center Dark clouds of smoke and fire emerge as oil burns during a controlled fire in the Gulf of Mexico following the April 20, 2010 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon.  Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin Stumberg / U.S. Navy Washington, D.C.[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 24, 2014.  The U.S. government is opposing international efforts  under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, supported by countries worldwide, to halt the global use of the toxic chemical wood preservative, pentachlorophenol (PCP), which is widely used in the U.S. to treat wood utility poles. U.S. government officials are out[Read More…]

MINNEAPOLIS—(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2014.   The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected two rare prairie butterflies under the Endangered Species Act. Protection for the Dakota skipper results from a landmark 2011 settlement with the Center for Biological Diversity to speed protection decisions for 757 imperiled plants and animals across the[Read More…]

Promotes community resilience through scenarios for land use, infrastructure This visualization, using photo bars, shows impacts of rising lake levels at a set location. (Credit: Marty Drabic) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2014.  A new NOAA online visualization and mapping tool, the Lake Level Viewer, will help communities along the U.S. Great[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2014.  Lawsuit filed against Environmental Protection Agency for approval of 2,4-D use on genetically engineered corn, soy crops in six Midwest states.A coalition of farmers and environmental groups filed a lawsuit to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today on behalf of six Midwest states where[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2014.  Due in large part to the use of rodenticides in the cultivation of illegal marijuana grow operations, earlier this month the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced a proposal to list fishers, medium sized carnivores of the weasel family, as threatened under the Endangered Species[Read More…]

Seek State DEC order prohibiting bomb trains The Port of Albany. Photo courtesy of Andy Arthur Albany, NY —(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2014.  A coalition of local residents, environmental groups and a church today filed a legal petition requesting the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to issue an order[Read More…]

Suit Challenges Feds’ Failure to Protect Rare Carnivore from Extinction MISSOULA, MONT.—(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2014. Today, a unique coalition of conservationists, animal welfare activists, hunters, anglers, and an ecologist sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) in U.S. District Court of Montana for refusing to protect rare wolverines from extinction[Read More…]