Grim Milestone Highlights Need for Ongoing Federal Protection in Lower 48 SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–January 24, 2014.  In a foreshadowing of how wolves will be managed across most of the lower 48 states if the Obama administration drops federal protections, 2,567 gray wolves have now been killed by hunters and trappers in[Read More…]

Pollsters: In comparable surveys on Latino priorities, only immigration reform scored higher levels of intensity WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 24, 2014 – An overwhelming majority of Latinos in the United States want strong presidential action to curb the threat of climate change, according to new poll conducted for the Natural Resources Defense Council[Read More…]

Judge rules that passage of California’s Senate Bill 4 stops environmental review case Oakland, CA–(ENEWSPF)–January 24, 2014. An Alameda County Superior Court judge ruled that a 2013 law put a stop to a lawsuit designed to force the state of California to examine the environmental effects of the highly controversial[Read More…]

Davos-Klosters, Switzerland–(ENEWSPF)–24 January 2014 – Over US$1 trillion a year could be generated by 2025 for the global economy and 100,000 new jobs created within the next five years if companies focused on encouraging the build-up of “circular” supply chains to increase the rate of recycling, reuse and remanufacture. This[Read More…]

Switzerland—(ENEWSPF)–24 January 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon kept up the drumbeat for business to play its full part in tackling climate change and promoting sustainable development for a second day today, telling the World Economic Forum in Davos that investments now will generate major savings for tomorrow. “The finance community[Read More…]

Funding Comes on the Heels of New Report Showing Dramatic Annual Loss of Wetlands; State and Local Governments, Other Partners Contribute  Additional $18.2 Million to Protect, Enhance Vital Wildlife Habitat WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 24, 2014.  Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) Director Dan Ashe[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2014. U.S. Representative Peter DeFazio (D-OR) joined other members of Congress, along with more than 200 businesses and organizations, including Beyond Pesticides, in petitioning President Obama to adopt labeling requirements for genetically engineered (GE) foods. The letter encourages the president to fulfill his campaign pledge made in[Read More…]

PASADENA, Calif.–(ENEWSPF)–January 24, 2014.  Earthquake activity in the New Madrid Seismic Zone in the central United States does not seem to be slowing down.  In a new study published in the journal “Science,” seismologists Morgan Page and Susan Hough of the U.S. Geological Survey investigate whether current quakes in the[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 23, 2014.  U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Al Franken (D-MN), John Thune (R-SD), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and twenty-six of their Senate colleagues sent a bipartisan letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy yesterday urging the agency to firmly support the future of biofuels[Read More…]

Urges Electronics Giant to Lower Planned Building to Preserve Historic Natural Landmark Enjoyed by Millions NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 23, 2014 – In a case that could determine the fate of one of our country’s great natural and historic landmarks—Palisades Interstate Park along the Hudson River—the Natural Resources Defense Council and the[Read More…]