Low and no oxygen area threatens crabs, oysters, fish Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2017. Scientists expect this year’s summer Chesapeake Bay hypoxic or “dead zone” – an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and aquatic life – will be larger than average, approximately 1.89 cubic miles, or[Read More…]
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Western Environmental Law Center: Interior Bows to Oil and Gas Industry, Allows Continued Methane Waste
BLM rule delay defies Congress’ will, harms taxpayers, public health, environment Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 14, 2017. Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced plans to indefinitely delay implementation of key parts of the BLM methane waste rule beyond the original compliance date of January 18, 2018. The rule calls for[Read More…]
Roosevelt University’s President Ali Malekzadeh Signs Letter of Support for Paris Climate Accord
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 12, 2017 Roosevelt University recognizes our responsibility to the environment. Despite President Trump’s withdrawal last week of the U.S. from the Paris Agreements, we reaffirm our commitment to national and global cooperation for a sustainable future. Today I joined nearly 200 presidents of colleges and universities – and over a[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces 12 Other Cities Join Chicago to Publish EPA Climate Change Information
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 12, 2017. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced that 12 other cities have joined the City of Chicago in posting research from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Climate Change Website after the Trump administration unceremoniously removed it from the federal government’s websites on April 29. “It is inspiring to[Read More…]
Trump Administration Pushes Coal Mining in Roadless Forest in Colorado
Forest Service Pushes to Mine Next to West Elk Wilderness, Giving Arch Coal Access to More Than 17 Million Tons of Coal DENVER—(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2017. Just days after announcing the U.S. will exit the Paris climate agreement, the Trump administration yesterday pushed ahead with plans for another damaging action: a[Read More…]
Lost Ecosystem Found Buried in Mud of Southern California Coastal Waters
Geological methods provide insights into recent ecological transitions Shells from muddy sediment collected on the western Palos Verdes shelf off the coast of southern California. The shells are from the scallop Chlamys hastata. Courtesy of: Prof. Susan Kidwell CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 8, 2017 By: Steve Koppes Paleontologists investigating the sea bed off[Read More…]
Downriver Community Conference Will Receive $500,000 to Redevelop Contaminated Brownfield Site in Tecumseh, Mich.
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—June 7, 2017. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the Downriver Community Conference in the Detroit area has been selected to receive a $500,000 Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) grant. The Downriver Community Conference is one of 11 applicants across the nation with earlier Brownfield RLF grants selected to[Read More…]
Rockford, Ill., Will Receive $700,000 to Redevelop Contaminated Brownfield Sites
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—June 7, 2017. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the city of Rockford, Ill., has been selected to receive a $700,000 Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund grant to clean up contaminated brownfield properties. Rockford is one of 11 applicants across the nation with earlier Brownfield RLF grants selected to receive supplemental[Read More…]
15 Leading National Groups Moving Money Out Of Pipeline Banks
As U.S. Pulls Out of Paris Climate Accord, Sierra Club, CREDO, U.S. Climate Action Network (USCAN), Friends of the Earth and Others, Representing Over 13 Million Supporters, Take Action Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—June 6, 2017. Coming on the heels of last week’s announcement to abandon the Paris Climate Accord, a group[Read More…]
Groups Appeal EPA’s Refusal To Ban Dangerous Pesticide
Chlorpyrifos is linked to long-term damage in children’s developing brains A farmworker spraying pesticides in a soybean field. Ittipon / Shutterstock Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2017. A dozen health, labor and civil rights organizations represented by Earthjustice filed an administrative appeal to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Monday, urging the[Read More…]
