Skinks Found Only in Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands Threatened by Introduced Predators, Habitat Destruction ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.–(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2014. The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal petition today seeking Endangered Species Act protection for nine newly identified species of skinks found only in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.[Read More…]
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Community Members Fight To Save Schoolchildren and Families from Mountaintop Removal
Argue their case to stop a destructive mine in federal appeals court today Lexington, KY–(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2014. Today national and Kentucky groups argued their challenge to a proposed Kentucky mountaintop removal mine in federal appeals court. Kentuckians For The Commonwealth and Sierra Club Cumberland Chapter, represented by Earthjustice, Appalachian Mountain[Read More…]
‘Near-Infinitesimal’ Exposure to Neonicotinoids Reduces Bees Ability to Gather Food
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2014. In the midst of another tough winter for bees across the globe, scientists reveal new research showing that exposure to neonicotinoid pesticides causes a 57% reduction in the amount of pollen bumblebees are able to collect for their colony. The new evidence on these systemic pesticides,[Read More…]
Environmental Protection Agency Failed To Enforce Vital Clean Air Protections
Sierra Club Warns EPA over Sulfur Pollution Enforcement Failures; Future Challenges Likely WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—February 10, 2014. Today the Sierra Club delivered a notice of intent to file a legal challenge against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), citing failures to protect clean air and public health by not enforcing critical sulfur pollution components[Read More…]
Children Exposed to Increasing Concentrations of Pyrethroid Insecticides
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 10, 2014. A recent study has found that exposure to pyrethroids is increasing among children and adults. The study also finds that children are still widely exposure to chlorpyrifos, an organophosphate chemical that has been banned for household use for over 12 years. This is not the first[Read More…]
Top Wolf Scientists Unanimous: Science Doesn’t Support Plan to Strip Protections
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2014. The Obama administration’s proposal to end federal protections for gray wolves across most the lower 48 states contains substantial errors and misrepresents the most current science regarding wolf conservation and wolf taxonomy, an independent peer review panel has found. The four leading wolf scientists were unanimous in[Read More…]
New Sierra Club Report highlights Opportunities for Supporting American Workers in the Clean Energy Economy
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2014. Today, in advance of the annual Good Jobs Green Jobs conference, the Sierra Club released a new report, titled “Workers, Communities, and the Clean Energy Economy,” laying out a vision for workers in the transition to a clean energy economy. “Climate disruption threatens our families’ health.[Read More…]
NOAA Study Finds High Levels of Pollutants in Guánica Bay ‘Represent Serious Toxic Threat’ to Corals, Fish
Effort creates ecological baseline to improve watershed management Aerial view of study area. (Credit: NOAA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2014. The pollutants measured in the sediments of Guánica Bay, Puerto Rico, in a new NOAA study were among the highest concentrations of PCBs, chlordane, chromium and nickel ever measured in the[Read More…]
Energy Department Announces Funding to Improve the Resiliency of the Electric Grid
New Advanced Microgrids Will Help Communities Bolster Their Resiliency and Become More Adaptive as the Climate Changes WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2014. In support of the President’s State of the Union address and Climate Action Plan, the Department of Energy is committed to working with officials and communities at the state, local,[Read More…]
EPA Evaluation Finds Use of Coal Ash in Concrete and Wallboard Appropriate
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2014. Using a newly developed methodology, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released its evaluation of the two largest beneficial uses of encapsulated coal combustion residuals (CCR or coal ash): use in concrete as a substitute for portland cement, and the use of flue gas desulfurization gypsum[Read More…]
