Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 26, 2014.  Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and 12 Senate cosponsors pressed Senate leadership to allow a full Senate vote on their bipartisan bill to fix the broken system for funding wildfire suppression. In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D- Nev., and Senate[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 26, 2014. A large coalition of environmental justice, public health and green organizations in a letter Thursday called on President Obama to fulfill a consent decree by finalizing a proposed rule that would strengthen safeguards governing billions of pounds of hazardous waste that were excluded from regulation in[Read More…]

Thirty Year Recovery Effort Has Brought Bird Back from Brink of Extinction TOWNSEND, GA–(ENEWSPF)–June 26, 2014.  Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is down-listing the wood stork from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), reflecting a highly successful[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 26, 2014. Over half of the “bee-friendly” home garden plants sold at garden supply centers such as Home Depot, Lowe’s, and Walmart have been pre-treated with pesticides shown to harm and kill bees, according to a study released yesterday by Friends of the Earth, Beyond Pesticides and allies.[Read More…]

Project safely stores CO2 from commercial industrial operations, enhances oil recovery in nearby depleted field WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 26, 2014.  Following the one year mark since the release of the President’s Climate Action Plan, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) – in partnership with Air Products and Chemicals Inc. – today announced[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2014. Following last week’s celebration of “National Pollinator Week” and a presidential memorandum mandating federal action on bees, the first wide-scale scientific analysis has been released that links two classes of pesticides to declining bee populations. Twenty-nine scientists representing many disciplines reviewed over 800 peer-reviewed publications on the impacts of[Read More…]

29 scientists review over 800 peer-reviewed publications and urge more restrictions on neonicotinoid pesticides Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 24, 2014.  Following last week’s celebration of “National Pollinator Week” and a Presidential Memorandum to kick-start federal action on bees, the first wide-scale analysis of two classes of pesticides linked to declining bee populations[Read More…]

ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–June 24, 2014.  Intense rainstorms, floods and heat waves will become more common in the Great Lakes region due to climate change in the coming decades, and ice-cover declines will lengthen the commercial navigation season on the lakes, according to a new summary report released today at the start[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 24, 2014.  Research from the University of California, Davis CHARGE (Childhood Autism Risks from Genetics and the Environment) study finds that pregnant women who lived within a mile of agricultural fields treated with insecticides are more likely to have their child develop autism. The results of the CHARGE[Read More…]

Historic Earthworks Dating Back 3,000 Years Tell the Story of Early Inhabitants of North America WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2014.  Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today applauded the decision by the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to inscribe the prehistoric Monumental Earthworks of Poverty[Read More…]