(Graphic: AccuWeathe.com) AccuWeather.com-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather.com reports tSunny and warm conditions with temperatures in the 70s will remain in Denver through Saturday afternoon. However, a chance of snow is in the offing for the city late this weekend. The warmer-than-normal air will be interrupted by a dramatic decrease in temperature Saturday night into Sunday with a chance for snow[Read More…]
Environmental
Industry Hype & Bad Science Undercuts Real Energy/Climate Solutions
Genetically Engineering Poplars for Paper and Biofuels Condemned Biofuelwatch, Center for Food Safety, Global Justice Ecology Project, Canadian Biotechnology Action Network Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2014. Scientists and environmentalists yesterday condemned a recent press release by researchers at the University of British Columbia announcing they have created genetically engineered (GE) poplar[Read More…]
Lawsuit Seeks Vastly Expanded Habitat Protections for East Coast’s Most Endangered Whale
BOSTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2014. A coalition of environmental and animal protection groups has sued the federal government to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. The suit seeks to significantly expand habitat protections, including all of the whale’s nursery, breeding and feeding grounds along the East Coast. It would expand the[Read More…]
Conservation Groups Challenge Limited Protections for Lesser Prairie Chicken
Legal Action Taken to Close Loopholes Preventing Full Protection WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2014. Three conservation groups today announced a legal challenge to force full protection of the lesser prairie chicken under the Endangered Species Act. The move comes in response to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to protect the[Read More…]
Interior Secretary Jewell Releases Landscape-Scale Mitigation Strategy to Encourage Dual Objectives of Smart Development and Conservation
Strategy seeks to provide clarity and consistency to more effectively avoid, minimize and compensate for impacts on public lands WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2014. To advance landscape-scale, science-based management of America’s public lands and wildlife, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today released a strategy to implement mitigation policies and practices[Read More…]
Obama Administration Outlines New Strategy to Better Protect Communities, Businesses and Public and Private Lands from the Threat of Wildland Fire Ahead of 2014 Fire Season
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2014. As the 2014 wildfire season approaches, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, and Council on Environmental Quality Acting Chair Mike Boots yesterday released the Administration’s National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy. This strategy, developed by federal, state, tribal and local community partners, and[Read More…]
Report Reveals Major Potential Sources of Climate Pollution
Highlights Need to Keep Dirty Fuels in the Ground WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2014. Dirty Fuels, Clean Futures, a new report released today by the Sierra Club reveals four major potential sources of carbon pollution that, if developed, could dramatically alter the world’s climate. Data shows that the oil, gas and[Read More…]
Oyster Aquaculture Could Significantly Improve Potomac River Estuary Water Quality
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2014. Oyster aquaculture in the Potomac River estuary could result in significant improvements to water quality, according to a new NOAA and U.S. Geological Survey study published in the journal Aquatic Geochemistry. All of the nitrogen currently polluting the Potomac River estuary could be removed if 40[Read More…]
Pesticide Law Violations Uncovered in Oregon Timberland Spraying
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2014 – The results of an on-going investigation into allegations of improper pesticide spraying on timberland near residential areas in Southern Oregon confirmed what residents of the small towns had known since the day they were unwillingly sprayed with dangerous pesticides—the applications were illegal. Statements released on[Read More…]
EPA Strategic Plan Charts Direction for Next Four Years
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2014. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its fiscal year (FY) 2014 to 2018 Strategic Plan today, which provides a blueprint for advancing EPA’s mission to protect public health and the environment across the country. The plan envisions a new era of partnerships with state and local[Read More…]
