WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2014.  One year ago federal agencies launched an investigation into Lumber Liquidators, the top-selling flooring retailer in America, for allegedly importing illegally sourced wood products from the Russian Far East. Now, more than 100,000 Sierra Club supporters are calling on the Obama administration to fully enforce the[Read More…]

California Officials Failed to Consider Environmental Impacts of Bank Operation SACRAMENTO, Calif.–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2014.  A California judge has struck down the environmental review of the Kern Water Bank, saying state regulators didn’t do enough in 2010 to examine how its operation effects the state’s water resources and wildlife. The ruling[Read More…]

New Ban Expands 2003 Law Championed by Center for Food Safety Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 2, 2014.  Center for Food Safety (CFS) cautiously welcomes California law AB 504, signed by Governor Jerry Brown, which bans commercial production of genetically engineered (GE) salmon in all state waters. However, CFS also warns that the[Read More…]

Rare Songbird Needs Restoration of Rivers in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah and Wyoming SACRAMENTO, Calif.–(ENEWSPF)–October 2, 2014.   Following a 2011 agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity to speed protection decisions for 757 imperiled species nationwide, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the yellow-billed cuckoo under the[Read More…]

SALT LAKE CITY–(ENEWSPF)–October 2, 2014.  The Center for Biological Diversity today pledged solidarity with five protesters arrested last week in Utah for temporarily halting development of the P.R. Springs Mine — the first tar sands-to-fuel strip mine in the United States. The protesters  were rallying against land destruction and climate[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 2, 2014.  California state pesticide regulators are looking to curtail the use of chlorpyrifos, one of the most widely used insecticides on the market, due to concerns that it poses a threat to human health and the environment. At the same time, environmental groups are suing the U.S.[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—October 1, 2014. U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Ed Markey, D- Mass., and 10 other senators yesterday pressed for greater transparency and strong safety standards while the administration considers a new rule for hydraulic fracturing methods on public lands, in a letter to the Office of Management and Budget[Read More…]

American Legislative Exchange Council also should come clean on clean energy and opposing action on climate WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2014 – Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, today demanded that the American Legislative Exchange Council immediately stop misrepresenting NRDC’s position on renewable energy, and urged the group to[Read More…]

Call on MDU to Retire Polluting Heskett Coal Plant Bismarck–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2014.  Today, community members who fish, swim, and boat on the Missouri River joined the Sierra Club and the Dakota Resource Council at an event at Kniefel Landing to call on the Montana-Dakota Utilities (MDU) to retire the 50[Read More…]

Health, Faith, Clean Energy and Business Leaders Urge Gov. Quinn To Prioritize Renewable Energy, Efficiency to Create Illinois Jobs SPRINGFIELD, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2014. Yesterday community leaders from across the state of Illinois delivered more than 20,000 petitions to Governor Pat Quinn’s office in Springfield applauding his support of the U.S. Environmental Protection[Read More…]