Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2014.  A food container production company in New Jersey is finding out that the smallest of ingredients can have big implications for public health. Earlier this week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it had issued a stop sale order to Pathway Investment Corp., manufacturer[Read More…]

21st Century Water Solutions Crucial to Build New, Resilient Water Supply Sources LOS ANGELES–(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2014 – Critically low California snowpack measurement was reported today by the state’s Department of Water Resources (DWR) in its annual April snow survey, revealing the  snowpack measurement is at its lowest since 1988 –[Read More…]

Tohlakai Pumping Plant a Key Component in Bringing Water to Tribal, Rural Communities WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2014.  Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $19.6 million construction contract to build the Tohlakai Pumping Plant, the first pumping plant for the[Read More…]

Reforms to improve transparency of regulation stem from Banner Mine case settlement SPRINGFIELD, IL–(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2014.  Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Illinois Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Director Marc Miller today announced major reforms to improve transparency and strengthen regulations in the department’s Office of Mines and Minerals.  The[Read More…]

New rodenticide limits would protect wildlife and pets from poisoning San Diego, CA–(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2014. The makers of d-CON products have filed a lawsuit challenging a California effort to limit the sale of super-toxic rat poisons to licensed specialists. The state’s new restriction on retail sales of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2014.  Earthworms that make their home in contaminated soil do so at a significant cost, according to French and Danish researchers. Results of the study, “Acclimation of earthworms to chemicals in anthropogenic landscapes, physiological mechanisms and soil ecological implications,” found that earthworms exposed to fungicides in conventionally[Read More…]

The melting of ice sheets is accelerating in Greenland. UN Photo/Mark Garten JAPAN–(ENEWSPF)–31 March 2014 – The effects of climate change are already occurring in all continents and across the oceans, and the world, for the most part, is ill-prepared for their risks, says a United Nations report issued today,[Read More…]

Students recognized for creativity on the importance of environmental justice SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2014.  Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Director Lisa Bonnett yesterday honored a group of distinguished fifth and sixth grade students selected for their creative skills used to express environmental awareness, as part of the Agency’s 27th Annual Poster, Poetry[Read More…]

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2014 – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is accepting public comment on proposed permits that would allow the FutureGen Industrial Alliance Inc. to inject carbon dioxide deep underground near Jacksonville, Illinois. This process – known as “carbon sequestration” – is a means of storing carbon dioxide, a greenhouse[Read More…]

An image of an area of the Arctic sea ice pack well north of Alaska, captured by the MODIS instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite on Sept. 13, 2013, the day before the National Snow and Ice Data Center estimated Arctic sea ice to have reached its minimum extent for the[Read More…]