WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2013. Building on $2 billion in financing commitments from the private sector for energy efficiency updates to commercial buildings under the President’s Better Buildings Challenge, the U.S. Departments of Energy and Housing and Urban Development today expanded the Challenge to multifamily housing such as apartments and condominiums and[Read More…]
Environmental
USDA, EPA Partnership Supports Water Quality Trading To Benefit Environment, Economy
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2013. The U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have announced an expanded partnership to support water quality trading and other market-based approaches that provide benefits to the environment and economy. “New water quality trading markets hold incredible potential to benefit rural America[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Launches Campaign Asking Residents to Report Petcoke
Residents Asked to Call 311 or Email Complaints in Latest Effort to Crackdown on Petcoke Emissions CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2013. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today launched a new campaign encouraging residents to call 311 or email the City to report sightings of petroleum coke, or “petcoke,” the solid by-product of petroleum refining[Read More…]
Corals are Already a Gift. Don’t Give Them as Presents
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2013. Corals have long been popular as souvenirs, for home decor, and in jewelry, but many consumers are unaware that these beautiful structures are made by living creatures. Fewer still realize that corals are dying off at alarming rates around the world. Coral reefs are some of[Read More…]
Two Lockdown to Controversial Tar Sands Megaload Shipment Stopping Departure From Port of Umatilla as Tribal Members and climate Justice Groups Rally Nearby
Umatilla, Ore.–(ENEWSPF)–December 2 – Near the Port of Umatilla two people locked down to a megaload of equipment bound for the Alberta tar sands halting its planned departure at 10:00 PM as tribal members and climate justice groups rallied nearby. The equipment, a 901,000 lb. water purifier 22 feet wide,[Read More…]
Broad Coalition Is Building Buzz on Pollinator Decline with National Ad Campaign
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2013. Today, Beyond Pesticides, Center for Food Safety and Pesticide Action Network, supported by Ceres Trust and joined by more than 60 other organizations, launched a national media campaign to bring attention to the severity of pollinator declines due in part to the use of bee-harming pesticides.[Read More…]
EPA Appoints Public Interest Scientist to Oversee Scientific Integrity
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 27, 2013. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has tapped a senior scientist at a nonprofit watchdog group to head the agency’s internal scientific integrity program. Francesca Grifo, PhD, former senior scientist and director of the Union of Concerned Scientists’ (UCS) scientific integrity program, is becoming EPA’s new scientific[Read More…]
76 Cities Call for National Action on Climate Change
Communities Unite to Urge Obama, EPA to Make Ambitious Use of Clean Air Act to Curb Greenhouse Gas Pollution GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–November 26, 2013. Great Barrington and Williamstown, Mass., have joined scores of other U.S. cities in calling on President Barack Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency to make full[Read More…]
Senator Wyden Releases O&C Legislation that Increases Timber Harvest, Creates Private-Sector Jobs, Protects Old Growth and Sensitive Areas
The Oregon and California Land Grant Act of 2013 Would Also Streamline Environmental Review of Timber Sales; Protect Wilderness Areas, Drinking Water, Streams and Fish; Allow for Consolidation of Lands WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 26, 2013. Seeking to improve the management of O&C lands and boost timber harvests while upholding bedrock environmental[Read More…]
Close Results on GE Labeling in Washington State Raises Public Awareness of the Trouble with Modified Crops
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 25, 2013. With nearly all the votes counted for Washington State’s Initiative 522, results show the measure defeated by a razor thin margin. After somber reports on Election Day had the measure trailing by 11%, supporters of I-522 urged patience as ballots continued to stream in (Washington runs[Read More…]
