Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- A federal judge issued a memorandum today in a lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s failure to finalize federal coal ash regulations. The Court gave the EPA 60 days to “file a written submission with this Court setting forth a proposed deadline for its compliance with [EPA’s] obligation to review[Read More…]

Senators: National RES Would Create Almost 300,000 Jobs, Slow Global Warming WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 29, 2013.  Continuing their push for legislation to set a threshold for renewable electricity production, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-NM) and Mark Udall (D-CO) today introduced a bill to establish a national Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) that would[Read More…]

Commissioners Require Power Provider to Re-Do the Math on Aging Coal Plants SALEM, OR–(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2013.  The Oregon Public Utility Commission issued a stern warning to PacifiCorp today after reviewing the energy resources the company is proposing to meet future electricity demand, with one commissioner saying the power company was[Read More…]

A new modeling study shows that widespread bleaching events like this one in Thailand in 2010 will become more common in the future. However, the study also found signs corals may be adapting to warming — the question is if it can be fast enough to keep up with the[Read More…]

In a new book, an engineer and an architect lay out a program for urban development based on the cold hard facts about environmental sustainability CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–October 29, 2013.  Suppose a real-estate developer in Manhattan is constructing a new office building, and the architect decides to use granite as a[Read More…]

Actions Challenge Deceptive Biodegradable Plastics Claims for the First Time Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 29, 2013.  The Federal Trade Commission today announced six enforcement actions, including one that imposes a $450,000 civil penalty and five that for the first time address biodegradable plastic claims, as part of the agency’s ongoing crackdown on[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 29, 2013.  Early-life exposure to the herbicide atrazine makes frogs more susceptible to death from chytrid (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis), a fungal disease implicated in amphibian declines across the globe. The research, Early-life exposure to a herbicide has enduring effects on pathogen-induced mortality, published in the Proceedings of the Royal[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2013. Today—one day before the one-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy’s landfall in New Jersey—the Center for American Progress released an analysis assessing the magnitude of the costs of preparing for more extreme weather and other climate change impacts that Congress is imposing on state, local, and tribal[Read More…]

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.–(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2013. Following an agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed Endangered Species Act protection today for a rare wildflower found only in Santa Barbara County. The proposal to protect the Vandenberg monkeyflower results from a 2011 settlement with the[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2013l  The Environmental Working Group and the Keep A Breast Foundation today released a guide to educate consumers about some of the most problematic hormone-altering chemicals that people are routinely exposed to. EWG, known for creating the popular and widely used Dirty Dozen list of the most[Read More…]