Pocatello, ID–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2014. A coalition of conservationists, represented by the non-profit environmental law firm Earthjustice, today asked a federal judge in Idaho to halt an unprecedented program by the U.S. Forest Service and Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) to exterminate two wolf packs deep within the largest[Read More…]
Environmental
New Report: Logging Would Impede Rim Fire’s Benefits for Wildlife, Water, Forest
Sierra Nevada’s Wildlife Will Pay Price for Industrial-scale Post-fire Logging SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2014. A report released yesterday outlines the important ecological benefits of last summer’s Rim Fire in Northern California and exposes how a U.S. Forest Service plan to allow 30,000 acres of logging in the burned area will[Read More…]
Suburban Sprawl Cancels Carbon-footprint Savings of Dense Urban Cores
BERKELEY–(ENEWSPF)–Janaury 7, 2014. According to a new study by UC Berkeley researchers, population-dense cities contribute less greenhouse-gas emissions per person than other areas of the country, but these cities’ extensive suburbs essentially wipe out the climate benefits. A CoolClimate Map of New York City’s carbon footprint by zipcode tabulation area[Read More…]
Ancient Sharks Reared Young in Prehistoric River-delta Nursery
An artist’s rendering of Bandringa, a 310 million-year-old shark originally found in fossil deposits from Mazon Creek, Illinois. University of Michigan paleontologist Lauren Sallan and a colleague say this bottom-feeding predator migrated to the ocean to spawn in shallow coastal waters and left behind fossil evidence of one of the[Read More…]
Cost of Putting Seafood on Dinner Tables: 650,000 Marine Mammals Killed or Hurt by Foreign Commercial Fishing Each Year
Consumers Can Take Action & U.S. Can Protect Endangered Marine Mammals by Cracking Down on Foreign Fisheries Supplying Some of America’s Favorite Wild-Caught Seafood Like Shrimp, Tuna, Crab, Lobster LOS ANGELES–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2014 – In order to put wild-caught seafood on dinner tables, more than 650,000 marine mammals are killed[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Statement on Asian Carp Management Study
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2014. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) yesterday released the following statement after reviewing an Army Corps of Engineers report examining several options for containing invasive species, including Asian Carp, in the Great Lakes. Durbin joined U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Carl Levin (D-MI) and other Great Lakes[Read More…]
Oregon Legislation To Restrict Home Use of Bee-Killing Pesticides
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2014. An Oregon state representative, Rep. Jeff Reardon (D-Portland), plans to introduce legislation in February that will effectively ban for home and garden use certain neonicotinoid pesticides implicated in mass bee deaths this summer. This legislation is part of the growing national effort to ban or restrict the use[Read More…]
Major Lake-Effect Snow Event Follows Midwest Snowstorm
AccuWeather.com-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather.com reports as a dangerous blast of arctic air engulfs cities from the northern Plains to the East Coast into Monday, snow will develop and rapidly pile up in the snow belts downwind of the Great Lakes. A major lake-effect snow event will unfold through Wednesday as bitterly cold northwest winds move over[Read More…]
Major New Proposal Seeks Change to Plumbing Codes that will Save Americans Money on Energy and Water Bills
United Association (AFL-CIO) and NRDC: It’s Time to Tap Big Opportunity for More Efficient New Buildings and More Jobs for Skilled Craftspeople WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 6, 2014 – The United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry (UA) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) have reached an[Read More…]
Senator Kirk Statement on the Army Corps Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 6, 2014. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk released the following statement today regarding the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study (GLMRIS), conducted by the Army Corps of Engineers and released earlier today: “We must protect Lake Michigan, the Midwest’s most precious ecosystem, from the threat of invasive species, such[Read More…]
