Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—September 18, 2014. From California to Maine, nurses around the nation will be on hand in New York Sunday, September 21 to join with environmental, labor, health, and community activists in what is expected to be the largest global mobilization for action to stem the worsening climate crisis.[Read More…]

Smart methane policy will protect Americans’ health and safety, stop waste WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2014. The nation’s largest environmental and conservation groups issued a letter today (FULL LETTER BELOW), calling on President Obama to take urgent action to implement national rules to limit methane emissions from new and existing oil and[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2014.  After a reported $90 million loss from rejected shipments of genetically engineered (GE) corn seeds that are not approved in China, the U.S. grain company Cargill Inc. sued the biotech giant Syngenta AG. According to Cargill, since mid-November 2013, China has rejected imports of U.S. corn[Read More…]

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2014.  Building on the President’s Climate Action Plan and the Administration’s effort to diversify our energy portfolio and cut energy waste, the Energy Department today announced a series of executive actions to expand the deployment of renewable energy and cut greenhouse gas emissions. Altogether, these measures will[Read More…]

Consent Order to Resolve Attorney General’s Lawsuit Requires City to Complete Infrastructure Improvement Projects to Address Overloaded Wastewater Management System Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—September 17, 2014. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced a consent order with the City of Elmhurst to ensure it completes necessary infrastructure improvement projects designed to address its overloaded[Read More…]

Center for Food Safety announces it will pursue all available legal options to stop commercialization Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2014.  Center for Food Safety today condemned the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) decision to fully deregulate Dow Chemical’s Enlist corn and soybeans, genetically engineered to withstand repeated spraying of the herbicide[Read More…]

Office Depot declares Chicago number one green purchaser in the country through 2013 Office Depot Green Purchasing Program CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—September 17, 2014. The City of Chicago today was honored by Office Depot in Boca Raton, Florida for being number one in green purchasing. Thousands of local governments are evaluated as contenders[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–Septemer 17, 2014.  DuPont agreed to pay the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) $1.853 million to settle charges from the agency that the chemical giant’s herbicide product ImprelisTM was responsible for killing and damaging thousands of acres of spruce and pine trees in 2011. On Monday, EPA filed a[Read More…]

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined Sen. Jim Risch and Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, during the first annual National Laboratory Day on Capitol Hill, to announces the formation of the National Laboratory Caucus. The caucus will aim to highlight how the national labs help meet the innovation, economic growth,[Read More…]

Company Estimates Upgrades Will Cost Approximately $1 Billion Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 16, 2014. In a settlement with the United States, Consumers Energy, a subsidiary of CMS Energy Corporation, has agreed to install pollution control technology, continue operating existing pollution controls and comply with emission rates to reduce harmful air pollution from[Read More…]