Charleston, WV–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2014.  West Virginia voters say that the recent chemical spill in the Elk River has been a wake-up call and that things in the state must change. According to a new poll released by the Sierra Club today, large majorities of voters demand strong safeguards and enforcement[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2014. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week released its long-awaited proposal to update Farm Worker Protection Standards (WPS), which are designed to provide protections from pesticide exposure for more than two million farmworkers and their families across the nation.  Historically, farmworker advocates have criticized these protections[Read More…]

Driftnets kill more than 100 whales, dolphins, and sea lions along CA coast every year   Sacramento, CA–(ENEWSPF)–February 21 2014.  Yesterday Assemblymember Paul Fong (D-San Jose) introduced legislation (AB 2019) co-authored by Assemblymember Marc Levine (D-San Rafael), Mark Stone (D-Monterey Bay), and Anthony Rendon (D- Lakewood) to end the indiscriminate[Read More…]

Pro-mountaintop removal measure and threat to clean water gets the axe Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 21, 2014. Yesterday a federal court struck down a controversial George W. Bush administration rule that opened up Appalachia’s streams and waterways to toxic dumping from destructive mountaintop removal mining operations. Numerous national and Appalachian environmental and[Read More…]

Charts are part of a new wave of navigational products and services   NOAA’s newest addition to the nautical charting portfolio is the new Portable Document Format (PDF) nautical chart, which provides up-to-date navigation information in this universally available file type. The image above is of the Gulf Coast –[Read More…]

EPA proposes update to Worker Protection Standard for agricultural pesticides after more than 20 years of problems Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 20, 2014. In North Carolina and Florida, three babies born in 2005 brought to light in the most painful way what pesticide exposure does to farmworkers and their children. All three[Read More…]

DULUTH—(ENEWSPF)–February 20, 2014. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the award of a $250,000 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant to the City of Duluth to fund green infrastructure projects to improve water quality in the Lake Superior Basin.  Duluth is the first of 16 cities to receive funding in[Read More…]

AccuWeather.com-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather.com report after rounds of icy air and piles of snow, many in the Northeast may be excited for a few days of some warmer weather. However, the increase in temperature also brings an array of threats that could be damaging to people or property, such as falling ice, roof[Read More…]

Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–February 20, 2014.  Today, Representative Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) and Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member, Peter A. DeFazio (OR-04), along with 120 other members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to US Trade Representative Michael Froman, urging him to continue to push for a robust, fully[Read More…]

Americans Across Country Speak Out as Republicans Work to Weaken Act  WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 20, 2014.  Americans from every corner of the country support the Endangered Species Act and the protection it provides for the nation’s most imperiled animals and plants, according to a new report delivered yesterday to every member of[Read More…]