Cataloging huge deficiencies, groups ask Feds to re-do it “without the blinders on” and properly assess transition options, health, climate, environmental justice FARMINGTON, N.M.—(ENEWSPF)—June 30, 2014. This week, local community, regional and national environmental groups revealed significant flaws in the Department of the Interior’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for[Read More…]

As NY high court rules towns can zone out oil and gas operations, trend spreads to other states Downtown in Dryden, NY. Dryden’s story began in 2009, after residents pressured by oil and gas company representatives to lease their land for gas development learned more about fracking. Chris Jordan-Bloch /[Read More…]

BOSTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2014.  Delegates at the 2014 General Assembly (GA) of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) meeting in Providence, RI, passed a resolution on Saturday calling for divestment from fossil fuel companies in the UUA Common Endowment Fund (UUCEF). The resolution requires the UUA to: Cease purchasing securities of CT200[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2014. Decades later there are still horrifying impacts from a legacy of dumping in the environment tens of thousands of pounds of chemical waste used in the production of pesticides. The production  by the Hooker Chemical Company of C-56, the progenitor of many now banned organochlorine pesticides,[Read More…]

Legislation Will Help Lead Illinois on Path towards Sustainability CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2014.  Governor Pat Quinn today signed legislation to promote the purchase of solar-produced electricity in Illinois. The law requires that a special existing fund be used to purchase solar power and emphasizes the development of distributed solar generation, such[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2014.  Less than a week after the White House announced a new task force to better protect our pollinating species, Center for Food Safety is pleased to announce that Home Depot and BJ’s Wholesale Club are taking steps to better protect pollinators like bees. After hundreds of[Read More…]

Conservationists force agencies to take a new look at environmental impacts of coal mine expansion Construction of road and methane venting pad above the West Elk coal mine. Source: U.S. Forest Service Gunnison County, CO–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2014.  Citing agencies’ neglect to consider climate change impacts, a federal court ruling today[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2014.  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering a request by Texas regulators to allow the use of a controversial herbicide, propazine, to battle Palmer amaranth, a glyphosate-resistant “super weed” that has been plaguing growers of genetically engineered (GE) herbicide-tolerant cotton in the state. Propazine, an active[Read More…]

Proposal supports president’s Climate Action Plan by curbing emissions of potent greenhouse gases WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2014.  In support of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to increase the options for refrigerants in the United States that offer better climate protection without harming the[Read More…]