President Obama Establishes a Task Force on Climate “We’re going to need to get prepared.  And that’s why this plan will also protect critical sectors of our economy and prepare the United States for the impacts of climate change that we cannot avoid.  States and cities across the country are[Read More…]

JAPAN–(ENEWSPF)–November 1, 2013. “On Friday, I made my first visit to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. It is stunning that one can see firsthand the destructive force of the tsunami even more than two and a half years after the tragic events.  The words of President Obama following the[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 1, 2013.  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released its draft Climate Change Adaptation Implementation Plans for public review and comment. In support of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan and Executive Order on Preparing the United States for the Impacts of Climate Change announced today, the Implementation Plans[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2013.  Shell Oil announced today that it is laying the groundwork for plans to possibly drill in the Arctic Ocean next year. The plans follow a disastrous drilling attempt by the company in 2012, including the grounding of its Kulluk drillship, more than $1 million in pollution[Read More…]

TUCSON, Ariz.–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2013.  The Koch Brothers, an ultra-secret and super-rich duo that shamelessly funnels money to the climate-denier movement and campaigns to ram through the Keystone XL pipeline, are the lucky recipients of the Center for Biological Diversity’s 2013 Rubber Dodo Award, given annually to those who have done[Read More…]

New legislation would create 400,000 jobs, save $90 billion for households by 2030 Washington–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2013 – Overwhelming majorities of Americans from both parties and from across regions of the country are calling for our electricity sector to be powered by more clean energy. Today, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)[Read More…]

Calls on Congress to protect and support nation’s lands and waters; Issues first Secretarial Order to establish Department-wide mitigation strategy to ensure efficiency, consistency, conservation in infrastructure development WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2013.  In remarks today at the National Press Club, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell laid out a strong[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2013.  As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above strategy to deploy every available source of American energy, the Energy Department today announced a new concentrating solar power (CSP) project led by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD).  The project will integrate utility-scale CSP technology with SMUD’s 500-megawatt (MW)[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2013.  Bats get a bad rap on Halloween with their image synonymous with blood-sucking vampires; however, the real scary thing about bats is that they are disappearing due to a myriad of threats, including pesticides, habitat destruction, and the horrible white-nose syndrome (WNS), a disease caused by[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2013.  Once again a bipartisan group of senators is urging Farm Bill conference committee members to accept a provision that would eliminate what they call a redundant permitting requirement for pesticide users. H.R. 935: Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2013 is similar to a previous piece of[Read More…]