San Francisco, CA—(ENEWSPF)—March 31, 2014. A new report released today by the Sierra Club and a coalition of 13 other organizations examines the proposed expansion of the Alberta Clipper tar sands pipeline and concludes that there are significant threats to water, health and climate. The report, All Risk, No Reward:[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2014.  On March 24 the Oregon Department of Justice (ODJ) ordered the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) to turn over records that are part of an investigation of an aerial herbicide spraying over timberland in southwestern Oregon. This public disclosure of records may allow residents to have[Read More…]

Responses will face challenges with high warming of the climate YOKOHAMA, Japan—(ENEWSPF)–31 March 2014. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a report today that says the effects of climate change are already occurring on all continents and across the oceans. The world, in many cases, is ill-prepared for[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014.  With an all-of-the-above approach to develop homegrown energy and steady, responsible steps to cut carbon pollution, we can protect our kids’ health and begin to slow the effects of climate change so we leave a cleaner, more stable environment for future generations. That’s why last June,[Read More…]

Alexander Archipelago Wolf Threatened by Logging in Tongass National Forest ANCHORAGE, Alaska–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014.  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that Alaska’s Alexander Archipelago wolves may need protection under the Endangered Species Act because of unsustainable logging in the Tongass National Forest and elsewhere in southeast Alaska. The[Read More…]

Highly volatile and explosive crude on rails puts residential community at risk San Francisco–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014.  Environmental justice and conservation groups today filed a lawsuit against Kinder Morgan and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) to halt the shipment of highly explosive and toxic crude oil into the[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014.  The Obama Administration announced today a plan to develop a strategy for controlling methane emissions from the oil and gas sector across multiple agencies. The President’s climate action plan, announced last June, called for the Environmental Protection Agency and the Departments of Agriculture, Energy, Interior, Labor, and Transportation to[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. The European Commission released a new proposal this week to impose stricter regulations for organic food produced within the European Union (EU). The initiative would harmonize standards within the 29-member bloc, eliminate many exceptions currently allowed in organic agriculture while simultaneously improving consumer trust and addressing[Read More…]

Explanation of Cause, Impact on Lake Michigan and Prevention Efforts Needed WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2014.  U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) today asked for a meeting with BP after oil from BP’s Whiting Refinery in Indiana spilled into Lake Michigan earlier this week. Specifically, Senators Kirk and Durbin[Read More…]

BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO AND YUMA, AZ–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2014.  Deputy Secretary of the Interior Michael L. Connor and Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water and Science Anne Castle today joined other senior officials of the United States and Mexico to celebrate a historic first-time intentional release of water—called a “pulse[Read More…]