Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2014.  Flying in the face of recent science demonstrating that pollinator populations are declining, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made the decision to unconditionally register another pesticide that is known to be highly toxic to bees, coming almost one year after EPA registered sulfoxaflor, disregarding concerns[Read More…]

PORTLAND, Oregon–(ENEWSPF)–February 5, 2014.  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that Endangered Species Act protections have successfully recovered the Oregon chub, a silvery speckled minnow found only in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. The fish earned protection in 1993 after its populations plummeted due to development of its wetland habitat[Read More…]

Conservation and Animal Protection Groups Welcome Action and Call for Sanctions WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–6 February 2014 – Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell issued a formal declaration that Iceland is undermining the effectiveness of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora’s (CITES) and its prohibition on international[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 6, 2014 – The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed limits on carbon pollution from future power plants are realistic, would deliver real results and have attracted broad support nationwide, experts at the Natural Resources Defense Council will say today in a public hearing. The EPA is holding a daylong hearing[Read More…]

Toxic pollution linked to cancer and serious health problems INDIANAPOLIS–(ENEWSPF)–February 6, 2014.  Indianapolis Power & Light’s Harding Street coal-fired power plant was responsible for 88 percent of the toxic industrial pollution released in 2012 in Marion County, according to information released this week by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).[Read More…]

UK—(ENEWSPF)–6 February 2014. For the first time, scientists have discovered how tree roots in the mountains may play an important role in controlling long-term global temperatures.  Researchers from Oxford and Sheffield Universities show temperatures affect the thickness of the leaf litter and organic soil layers, as well as the rate[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 6, 2014.  We know that pesticides and bees don’t mix and that particular pesticides, such as neonictinoids, pose significant threats to bee populations worldwide, but a recent study conducted by researchers at Pennsylvania State University have identified that it is “the mix” of the many chemicals in the[Read More…]

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.–(ENEWSPF)–February 6. 2014.  At the NASCAR Plaza in Charlotte, N.C. today, officials from the Energy Department, NASCAR and Sprint Corp. announced the companies’ participation in the Department’s Workplace Charging Challenge — a collaborative effort to increase the number of U.S. employers offering workplace charging by tenfold. The Challenge[Read More…]

AUSTIN, TEXAS–(ENEWSPF)–February 6, 2014.  At the University of Texas-Austin today, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz will announce $30 million in funding to 12 ARPA-E projects to develop transformational hybrid solar energy technologies that deliver cost-effective power when the sun is not shining. These projects will help advance solar energy beyond current[Read More…]

First Offshore Wind Project Proposed for West Coast; Builds on Momentum from Successful Lease Sales for Projects in Atlantic PORTLAND, Oregon–(ENEWSPF)–February 5, 2014.  On the heels of President Obama’s State of the Union address where he laid out actions to move the economy toward clean energy sources, reduce carbon pollution[Read More…]