BARAGA—(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2013— U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Administrator Susan Hedman today announced a $30,000 Environmental Justice grant to the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community at a tribal council meeting in Baraga, Michigan. KBIC will use the grant to survey tribal fish consumption habits and to reduce health risks associated[Read More…]
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Increased Risk of Endometriosis Linked to Persistent Pesticides
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2013. A study released this week established a strong connection between endometriosis and exposure to two dangerous pesticides: lindane and mirex. While the results are not surprising given past connections between these pesticides and their endocrine-disrupting effects, this new study, Organochlorine Pesticides and Risk of Endometriosis: Findings[Read More…]
Energy Department Invests to Drive Down Costs of Carbon Capture, Support Reductions in Greenhouse Gas Pollution
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2013. As part of the Obama Administration’s Climate Action Plan, today the Energy Department announced the selection of 18 projects across the country to research innovative, second-generation technologies that will help improve the efficiency and drive down costs of carbon capture processes for new and existing coal-fired power[Read More…]
Energy Department Invests $12 Million to Slash Red Tape and Speed Solar Deployment for Homes and Businesses
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2013. As part of the Obama Administration’s efforts to ensure America’s continued leadership in clean energy and double renewable electricity generation once again by 2020, the Energy Department today announced eight teams to spur solar power deployment by cutting red tape for residential and small commercial rooftop solar[Read More…]
EPA Completes Cleanup of Former Lead Smelter Site in Pilsen
Chicago—(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2013 – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy today announced that EPA has finished cleaning up Loewenthal Metals, a former lead smelter site in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. In response to community concerns, EPA removed high concentrations of lead in the soil to ensure that the property[Read More…]
As Obama Administration Ponders Power Plant Pollution Rules, 74 Cities Urge Ambitious Action to Protect Climate
Advocates to Present Resolutions at ESA Listening Session in San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2013. Advocates for climate action today are presenting Obama administration officials in San Francisco with resolutions from 74 cities that support ambitious use of the Clean Air Act to reduce greenhouse gas pollution. The resolutions —[Read More…]
Lawsuit Filed to Protect People, Wildlife From Toxic Soot Pollution
Failure to Reduce Soot Threatens California, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Tennessee SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2013. The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit today to require the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to enforce Clean Air Act standards limiting dangerous pollution from tiny airborne particles like soot. The legal action[Read More…]
EPA and City of Ishpeming Complete Work in Deer Lake Area of Concern
ISHPEMING–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2013 – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Administrator / Great Lakes National Program Manager Susan Hedman joined Mayor Mike Tall today in Ishpeming, Michigan, to announce the completion of an $8 million project funded by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative to prevent mercury contamination from reaching the[Read More…]
National Wildlife Refuges Support Over 35,000 Jobs, Pump $2.4 Billion into Local Communities
Banking on Nature Report Finds Refuges Continue to Be Powerful Economic Engines MINNEAPOLIS, MN–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2013. America’s national wildlife refuges continue to be strong economic engines for local communities across the country, pumping $2.4 billion into the economy and supporting more than 35,000 jobs, according to a new national report[Read More…]
New Report Cites the World’s Worst Polluted Places
New York, NY—(ENEWSPF)—November 5, 2013. Blacksmith Institute and Green Cross Switzerland have published the 2013 report of the world’s worst polluted places, The Top Ten Toxic Threats: Cleanup, Progress, and Ongoing Challenges. The report presents a new list of the top ten polluted places and provides updates on sites previously[Read More…]
