Species Threatened by Global Warming, Ocean Acidification, Aquarium Trade SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2014. The National Marine Fisheries Service announced today that the orange clownfish — a species popularized for a generation of children by the movie Finding Nemo — may warrant protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act because of[Read More…]
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U.S. EPA Approves Carbon Sequestration Permits in Central Illinois
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—September 2, 2014. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved permits allowing the FutureGen Industrial Alliance Inc. to inject carbon dioxide deep underground near Jacksonville, Illinois. This process – known as “carbon sequestration” – is a means of storing carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. These[Read More…]
Citizens Groups File, Demanding EPA Revoke Virginia’s Regulatory Authority
Formal Petition Alleges Commonwealth Systematically Fails to Comply with Clean Water Act WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—September 2, 2014. Citizens groups filed a formal petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this morning alleging that Virginia and its Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy (DMME) has systematically failed to comply with the[Read More…]
U.S. Representative Questions EPA’s Risk Assessment of 2,4-D-Based Herbicide
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2014. U.S. Representative Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week asking them a poignant question: Why didn’t the human health risk assessment of Dow’s newest 2,4-D-based herbicide apply the ten-fold safety factor required by national law to protect children[Read More…]
Illinois Department of Natural Resources Delivers Revised Rules to Implement Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act
Rules strengthened to ensure public participation, improve transparency, toughen penalties and protect the environment SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2014. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) today delivered revised rules to implement the Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act. The revised rules were submitted to the Illinois General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Administrative Rules[Read More…]
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Accelerates Cleanup of St. Louis River Area of Concern
Duluth, Minnesota—(ENEWPSF)–August 29, 2014 – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that the first of nine environmental impairments, which caused the St. Louis River to be included on a binational list of Great Lakes Areas of Concern, has been lifted one year ahead of schedule. EPA Regional Administrator/Great Lakes[Read More…]
NOAA Lists 20 Coral Species as Threatened Under the Endangered Species Act
Acropora globiceps coral listed for protection under the Endangered Species Act. This species occurs in the Indo-Pacific; within US waters it occurs in Guam, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific Remoste Island Areas and American Samoa. (Credit: NOAA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2014.n NOAA announced it will afford Endangered Species Act[Read More…]
Oregon Spotted Frog Protected Under Endangered Species Act
Critical Habitat Designations to Follow in Oregon, Washington PORTLAND, Oregon—(ENEWSPF)—August 28, 2014. In accordance with an agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity that speeds protection decisions for 757 species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected Oregon spotted frogs as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. Once abundant from[Read More…]
Fish and Wildlife Service Urged to Speed Protection for Bat Devastated by White-nose Fungal Epidemic
RICHMOND, Vt.—(ENEWSPF)—August 28, 2014. Two dozen conservation and animal-welfare groups sent a letter today urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to complete its plan to protect the northern long-eared bat, a species found primarily in the eastern and midwestern United States. Opposition to the bat’s protection under the Endangered[Read More…]
Prairie State College Takes the Workplace Charging Challenge
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–August 28, 2014. This summer, Prairie State College (PSC) President Dr. Terri Winfree signed the Workplace Charging Challenge from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The Workplace Charging Challenge is part of the “EV Everywhere Grand Challenge,” a “Clean Energy Grand Challenge” with the goal of enabling the United[Read More…]
