Sierra Club and Earthjustice plan to take legal action after time-capture photography reveals continuous outflow of coal ash wastewater into the Ohio River LOUISVILLE, Ky.–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2014. Time-lapse photography from a camera strapped to a tree has captured a year’s worth of images proving that dangerous coal ash wastewater from[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2014.  Organic means healthier food production for you, the environment, and those who farm. So, ensuring that the public trusts the organic food label is critical to the growth of organic. Please join our Save Our Organic campaign to defend the organic food label from USDA changes.[Read More…]

Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—March 14, 2014. Today, U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Mike Quigley (IL-05), Rush Holt (NJ-12) and two dozen of their colleagues sent a letter urging Secretary of State John Kerry to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline, arguing that approval of the pipeline is not in the national interest[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 14, 2014.  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached agreement with Sergeant’s Pet Care Products, Inc. and Wellmark International to cancel flea and tick pet collars containing propoxur marketed under the trade names including Bansect, Sentry, Zodiac and Biospot. “This action is another example of EPA’s efforts to protect[Read More…]

Disposal Would Sell Off Marbled Murrelet Habitat to Highest Bidder in Violation of Law EUGENE, Oregon–(ENEWSPF)–March 14, 2014.  Three conservation organizations filed a notice of intent yesterday to sue any potential timber purchasers of nearly 3,000 acres of the Elliott State Forest recently authorized for sale by the state of[Read More…]

  Deadly Driftnets Will Not Be Expanded Into Sea Turtle, Whale Habitat Off California Coast SACRAMENTO, Calif.–(ENEWSPF)–March 14, 2014.  In an important victory for ocean wildlife, federal fishery managers in Sacramento yesterday decided not to expand driftnet fishing into protected sea turtle habitat along the California coast because it would[Read More…]

Last minute changes may allow for more fossil-fueled energy San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014. Today, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) voted on their plan to replace the power from the shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating System. The CPUC passed their proposed decision unanimously, which will require Southern California Edison[Read More…]

Three-judge panel maintains water management plan that aids delta smelt San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014. The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today ruled that a “biological opinion” issued in 2008 to protect the delta smelt will stand without alteration, safeguarding the habitat of a species on the brink[Read More…]

Agreement contains strong provisions to continue safety and ethics improvements in order to comply WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014.  The Environmental Protection Agency and BP today executed an agreement resolving all suspension and debarment actions against BP that barred the company from doing business with the federal government following the company’s guilty[Read More…]

DULUTH, Minn.–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014.  Conservation organizations from northern Minnesota today submitted detailed comments opposing the proposed NorthMet mine on the Superior National Forest, which would be the first copper mine in Minnesota’s history. The mine would destroy wildlife habitat and wetlands, release mercury and sulfate into wetlands in the St.[Read More…]