Rule that had been struck down by D.C. Circuit could save up to 34,000 lives each year Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2014.  In a victory for clean air and public health, today the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a lower court decision, in which the D.C. Circuit had struck down the U.S.[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April, 29, 2014.  According to a recent study published in the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) journal Chemical Research in Toxicology, the chemicals triclosan and octylphenol are linked to the growth of breast cancer cells. Triclosan is an antibacterial and antifungal agent found in numerous commonly known household products. Octylphenol[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 29, 2014.  Building on the Obama Administration’s commitment to an all-of-the-above energy strategy, the Energy Department and its Oak Ridge National Laboratory released a renewable energy resource assessment today detailing the potential to develop new electric power generation in waterways across the United States. The report estimates over 65[Read More…]

EUREKA, Ca—(ENEWSPF)—April 28, 2014. Today a federal court approved the settlement agreement in a lawsuit challenging operations at the Trinity River Fish Hatchery. The agreement between EPIC, state agencies and Tribes allows the hatchery to continue to operate, but with needed reforms to restore imperiled wild coho salmon. The suit[Read More…]

Color-Coded Flags to Alert Residents to Daily Air Quality Forecast SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2014.  In celebration of Earth Month and Air Quality Awareness Week, Illinois EPA Director Lisa Bonnett and Illinois Partners for Clean Air have joined together to promote Air Quality Awareness Week in Illinois. The week April 28 –[Read More…]

Pioneering Rule Undermined by Uneven Compliance, Enforcement Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2014.  Nearly 170 waterways in southern Minnesota get a grade of D or F because they lack the required protective strips of vegetation that prevent farm runoff from polluting nearby rivers and streams, according to a report card rating developed[Read More…]

San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2014.  The architect of New York’s local fracking ban strategy is being awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize today. Helen Holden Slottje, of Ithaca, NY, is one of six grassroots environmental activists from around the globe being honored by the Goldman Environmental Foundation. Recipients of the[Read More…]

New report reveals Big Tobacco PR tactics used by Bayer, Syngenta, Monsanto SAN FRANCISCO—(ENEWSPF)—April 28, 2014. On the eve of Bayer’s (DE: BAYN) Annual Stockholders’ Meeting in Germany, author Michele Simon and environmental group Friends of the Earth released a new report documenting the tactics used by Bayer and other[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2014.  Last week, the Rodale Institute, home to America’s longest-running side-by-side comparison of chemical and organic agriculture, published a white paper to support its announcement of a global campaign to generate public awareness of organic agricultural practices ability to limit the effects of climate change. The paper singles out[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—April 28, 2014. Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced seven winning student teams of EPA’s People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) phase II awards for innovative and sustainable designs to help solve today’s complex environmental problems at the 10th annual National Sustainable Design Expo in Washington, D.C. “As[Read More…]