The Theatre School building on DePaul’s Lincoln Park Campus earned a LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. (Photo by Jeff Carrion) CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—February 13, 2014. The U.S. Green Building Council has awarded DePaul University’s new Theatre School building the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold designation.[Read More…]
Environmental
Idaho Intent on Killing Wolves in the Wilderness
New plan aims to reduce population by 60% to please elk hunters Pocatello, ID–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2014. In an effort to inflate elk populations for commercial outfitters and hunters, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) hopes to kill 60 percent of the wolves in the Middle Fork area of[Read More…]
Arkansas C & H Water Monitoring Study Used Taxpayer Money to Test Wrong Fields for Hog Waste Contamination
Coalition calls on state to fully reopen C & H’s permitting process; Local citizens ask University of Arkansas to cease unauthorized testing on their land Mt. Judea, AR–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2014. On Wednesday, a coalition of public interest groups sent a letter to Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) Director Teresa[Read More…]
Audubon Chicago Region Welcomes Dynamic New Leadership
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2014. National Audubon Society yesterday announced the appointment of Rebeccah Sanders as Executive Director of Audubon Chicago Region. Her leadership will complement Audubon’s focus on diverse communities and advance the mission to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds and other wildlife, and their habitats. Sanders[Read More…]
Study Elevates Need for Testing of ‘Inert’ Ingredients in Pesticide Products
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2014. French scientists from the University of Caen have revealed one more layer of the myth behind so-called “inert” ingredients in pesticides, concluding that pesticide risk assessments that focus exclusively on active ingredients substantially underestimate the potential hazards of the product as a whole. The findings in[Read More…]
Energy Secretary Moniz Dedicates World’s Largest Concentrating Solar Power Project
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2014. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz will participate today in the opening of the Ivanpah Solar Energy Generating System, the world’s largest concentrating solar power (CSP) plant. As President Obama highlighted in his State of the Union address, the U.S. is becoming a global leader in solar energy[Read More…]
EPA Awards More Than $3 Million to Researchers Studying How Chemical Exposures May Impact Brain Development
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 12, 2014. Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced over $3 million in grants to research institutions to better understand how chemicals interact with biological processes and how these interactions may lead to altered brain development. The studies are focused on improving EPA’s ability to predict the potential[Read More…]
Department of Interior Announces Ban on Commercial Trade of Ivory as Part of Overall Effort to Combat Poaching, Wildlife Trafficking
Ban Addresses Serious and Urgent Conservation and Global Security Threat Posed by Illegal Trade in Wildlife, Including African Elephants and Rhinoceros WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2014. Following today’s release of the Obama Administration’s National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced that the U.S. Fish[Read More…]
Department of Interior Releases First National Interactive Map of Onshore Wind Turbines
USGS Scientific Tool to Aid Landscape-Level Planning, Responsible Renewable Energy Development, Support Climate Action Plan WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2014. As part of the President’s Climate Action Plan to move the economy toward clean energy sources, reduce carbon pollution and create jobs, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Anne Castle today[Read More…]
White House Fact Sheet: National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking & Commercial Ban on Trade in Elephant Ivory
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2014. Today the United States announced a National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking. The Strategy will strengthen U.S. leadership on addressing the serious and urgent conservation and global security threat posed by illegal trade in wildlife. In addition to the strategy, we are also announcing a ban[Read More…]
