Judge to offer more details in the next 30 days but takes first step towards federal enforceable safeguards Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2013.  A federal judge agreed with environmental and public health groups that the Environmental Protection Agency needs to set federal regulations for the safe and proper disposal of toxic coal ash.[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2013.  According to new research, residents are more highly exposed to organophosphate and pyrethroid pesticides in New York City (NYC) than in the U.S. overall.  Researchers from the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reviewed the 2004 NYC Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NYC HANES) to[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 2, 2013.  New research reveals that Costa Rica’s iconic spectacled caiman crocodiles are under threat from pesticides used on the country’s massive banana plantations. Nearly two million tons of bananas are shipped out of the small South American country each year, and exports are rising alongside with the[Read More…]

Southeast Alaskans hail decision, ask for Forest Service to move away from large-scale old-growth logging Juneau, AK / Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2013.  The U.S. Forest Service has announced that it will require a more critical review on the “Big Thorne” timber project before the agency can move forward. Big Thorne[Read More…]

UK–(ENEWSPF)–01 October 2013.  Making clean drinking water globally accessible is one of the biggest challenges of this century. Yet, a new study by Oxford University contends that this goal is achievable if the key elements of good governance and management are adopted. It proposes a framework built on examples of[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2013.  Kauai’s Committee on Environmental Development, Agriculture, and Sustainability approved a bill that requires large agricultural companies in the county to disclose the pesticides they use. The legislation will now go to the full council for a vote. The measure, County Bill 2491, which Beyond Pesticides supported with[Read More…]

IOOS is a federal, regional, and private-sector partnership working to enhance our ability to collect, deliver, and use ocean information. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2013.  NOAA is awarding $27.2 million to sustain current critical ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes observing efforts and to support innovative marine sensor[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2013.  U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today announced a proposed $100 million in FY2014 funding for Energy Frontier Research Centers to accelerate the scientific breakthroughs needed to build a new 21st-century energy economy. Research supported by this initiative will enable fundamental advances in energy production and use. “Transforming[Read More…]

Lawsuit Seeks Recovery of Last Population of Iconic Caribou in Lower 48 BOISE, Idaho–(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2013.  A coalition of six conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to cut more than 93 percent of protected critical habitat for the endangered mountain caribou —[Read More…]

TUCSON, Ariz.–(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2013.  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service granted Endangered Species Act protection today to two highly imperiled cactuses found in northern and southern Arizona. Protection for the Acuña cactus and Fickeisen plains cactus results from a 2011 settlement with the Center for Biological Diversity requiring the agency[Read More…]