Funding to help communities stretch water supplies, deal with climate change WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014.  As part of the Obama Administration’s continued effort to bring relief to California communities suffering from the historic drought, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation will invest $20 million[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014.  Yesterday, Food & Water Watch learned that German Environment Ministers have banded together to make changes to mining law that will effectively create a de facto moratorium on fracking in most areas of Germany. The law would ban fracking from important drinking water zones such as Lake[Read More…]

Ammonia from Rose Acre Farms endangers nearby wildlife refuge, waterways and entire Tar-Pamlico River system Raleigh, NC–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014.  Several North Carolina conservation groups filed legal papers late yesterday aimed at cleaning up ammonia pollution from a massive industrial chicken operation adjacent to the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. The[Read More…]

Lax Regulations, Rampant Contamination Show Need for Strong New Safeguards by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014.  Today, Sierra Club and Earthjustice joined national experts and local activists in releasing “Dangerous Waters: America’s Coal Ash Crisis,” a report that illustrates the ongoing damage and risks to public health[Read More…]

USDA Announces Fall Summit on Bee Nutrition and Forage; Launches “Bee Watch” Website to Broadcast Bee Activity and Increase Public Awareness of the Role of Pollinators in Crop Production WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014 – A yearly survey of beekeepers, released today, shows fewer colony losses occurred in the United States over[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014.  Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it is broadening the use of tiny parasitic wasps, Tamarixia Radiata, to combat the rampant problem of Huanglongbing, also known as citrus greening disease, which has killed thousands of orange trees in Florida. The citrus industry is valued[Read More…]

Proposed steps will protect public health and improve air quality WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014.  After receiving input from stakeholders including community groups, industry and the states, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to update the toxic air pollution standards for petroleum refineries to protect neighborhoods located near refineries. The[Read More…]

Public hearings on EPA proposal to designate the Mahomet Aquifer as a sole source of drinking water tonight, tomorrow WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2014.  In comments filed today with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) said that special care must be taken to protect the Mahomet Aquifer,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2014.  Across the nation, from Florida to Alaska, and in eight countries around the world, events will be held on Saturday, May 17, for the fifth annual “Hands Across the Sand and Land” event, to say no to dirty fossil fuel projects that endanger our local communities,[Read More…]

Glaciers in West Antarctica’s Amundsen Sea Embayment have “passed the point of no return” according to new research based on three different lines of evidence. Image Credit: NASA/Eric Rignot Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2014.  A new study by researchers at NASA and the University of California, Irvine, finds a rapidly melting[Read More…]