MATTESON—(ENEWSPF)—October 2, 2017. The Sauk-Calumet Group of the Illinois Sierra Club will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, October 9th, at 7:15 pm at the Frankfort Public Library, 21119 Pfeiffer Rd. The title of the program will be, “Northeast Illinois Indigenous Plants: Putting the Right Plant in the Right Place”.[Read More…]
Environmental
Report: Electric Vehicle Adoption in Illinois Will Lead to Billions of Dollars in Benefits
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)–September 28, 2017 By: Sierra Club Widespread electric vehicle (EV) adoption in Illinois could bring the state up to $43 billion in cumulative benefits by 2050 stemming from reduced utility bills, Illinois driver savings on fuel, vehicle expenses, and carbon pollution reduction, according to a new analysis by M.J. Bradley[Read More…]
9 Ways Mayors Can Fight Climate Change and Injustice by Rebuilding and Redesigning Cities
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—September 28, 2017 By: Cathleen Kelly, Cecilia Martinez, and Walker Hathaway-Williams As the Trump administration tries to roll back environmental protections, a new report from the Center for American Progress and the Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy shows how U.S. mayors can fight climate change by redesigning[Read More…]
Communities in Oregon and Northern California to Fight Fracked-gas Pipeline and Terminal for Third Time
OREGON—(ENEWSPF)—September 22, 2017. Landowners, Tribes, and community groups are ready to stop the proposed Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline and Jordan Cove LNG export terminal for the third time in 12 years, following yesterday’s announcement by Veresen Inc. that it has filed its permit application for the project with the Federal[Read More…]
National Drive Electric Week Reaches All 50 States with 276 Events
7th Annual Event Achieves Biggest, Widest Reach in History WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–September 22, 2017. For the first time, National Drive Electric Week has reached all 50 states. This year’s coordinated network of 278 community events ranged from massive displays of electric vehicles in cities like San Diego, CA, Cambridge, MA, and[Read More…]
NASA Looks Within Category 5 Hurricane Maria Before and After First Landfall
MARYLAND—(ENEWSPF)—September 19, 2017. Satellite data is enabling forecasters to look inside and outside of powerful Hurricane Maria. A NASA animation of satellite imagery shows Hurricane Maria’s first landfall on the island of Dominica. NASA’s GPM satellite provided a 3-D look at the storms within that gave forecasters a clue to[Read More…]
Zinke’s National Monument Report Leaked, Confirms Recommendation to Shrink Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
Government transparency fails, as will legal illiteracy Portland, Ore.—(ENEWSPF)—September 18, 2017. Today, in the form of 19 fuzzy photos of computer screens, the American public saw for the first time Interior Sec. Zinke’s recommendations to President Trump to illegally shrink and allow extractive industry in several national monuments, including Oregon[Read More…]
NASA Sees Maria Intensify into a Major Hurricane
MARYLAND—(ENEWSPF)—September 18, 2017. NASA and NOAA satellites have provided data on Maria as it strengthened into a major Hurricane headed toward the Leeward Islands. NASA’s Aqua satellite provided an infrared look at Maria that showed cooling cloud top temperatures and NOAA’s GOES satellite provided an animation of imagery that showed[Read More…]
AccuWeather Predicts Economic Cost Of #Harvey, #Irma To Be $290 Billion
By Justin Roberti, AccuWeather AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports it has been a destructive hurricane season, following the historic impacts from Hurricane Harvey and now Hurricane Irma. The economic cost of both is going to be high. This is the first time in the history of record keeping that two Category 4[Read More…]
Hurricane #Irma Batters Florida With Catastrophic Storm Surge, Wind And Rain
By Renee Duff, Meteorologist for AccuWeather.com AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports after blasting the northern Caribbean, deadly Hurricane Irma batters Florida, spreading destructive winds, flooding rain and inundating seas. “Unfortunately, there is no way the United States is going to avoid another catastrophic weather event,” Dr. Joel N. Myers, founder, president and[Read More…]
