As Global Leaders Gather in South Korea, World’s Wildlife Continues Steep Decline PYEONGCHANG, South Korea–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2014.  As diplomats and citizens from all over the world continue gathering at the 12th Conference of the Parties for the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity this week, they face the sobering reality that[Read More…]

Global Frackdown Connects Communities Around the World to Call for a Global Ban on Fracking Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—October 11, 2014. Just two weeks after the largest climate march in history, over 250 groups from nearly 40 countries urged United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, to reject fracking as a part[Read More…]

San Dimas, California–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2014 – 1:24 P.M. PDT   THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everybody!  Have a seat.  Have a seat.  Well, thank you, Secretary Vilsack, for that introduction — more importantly, all the work that you do every single day to make sure that rural America and all our natural[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2014.  Many officials are no longer mincing words as they tie the global decline in bee populations with mounting evidence pointing to neonicotinoid pesticides. “All the science is not done, but everything that I have before me. . . suggests to me that this is the biggest threat to the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2014.  The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens residing in or traveling to the South Pacific region about the ongoing threat of tropical cyclones affecting the area. While tropical cyclones in the South Pacific may occur throughout the year, the current South Pacific Tropical Cyclone Season begins on[Read More…]

Sunset over the San Gabriel Mountains Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2014.  Today, President Obama will use his authority under the Antiquities Act to establish 346,177 acres of national forest land in the San Gabriel Mountains in southern California as a national monument, permanently protecting the popular outdoor recreation destination to increase access[Read More…]

The Four Corners area (red) is the major U.S. hot spot for methane emissions in this map showing how much emissions varied from average background concentrations from 2003-2009 (dark colors are lower than average; lighter colors are higher).  Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Michigan Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2014.  One small “hot[Read More…]

Federal grants leverage $7.9 million nonfederal match, for total of $23.8 million Sea Grant is supporting research at the Oregon State University’s Molluscan Broodstock Laboratory pictured here to develop oysters that are more resilient to ocean acidification. (Photo: Pat Kight/Oregon Sea Grant) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2014.  NOAA Sea Grant announced today[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2014.  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) released its 13th Report on Carcinogens, a science-based document that identifies chemical, biological, and physical agents that are considered cancer hazards for people living in the United States. While four substances were added, bringing the total list[Read More…]

Administration Proposal Will Hurt Endangered Species by Enabling Habitat Destruction, ‘Death by a Thousand Cuts’ WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2014.  The Center for Biological Diversity submitted a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today, signed by 207 conservation groups, criticizing a proposal that weakens habitat protections for endangered species. Under[Read More…]