Marbled murrelets, a unique coastal bird, and their old-growth forest habitat will remain protected Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2013. A federal district court today maintained conservation protections for marbled murrelets, a unique coastal bird in the Pacific Northwest. The court rejected the remaining claims in a timber industry lawsuit that sought[Read More…]

Historic Sale for Wind Energy Development Offshore Virginia Advances President’s Climate Action Plan WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2013.  As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to create American jobs, develop domestic clean energy sources and cut carbon pollution, the Interior Department yesterday completed the nation’s second competitive lease sale for[Read More…]

Image of Tropical Storm Dorian on July 24, 2013, from NOAA’s GOES East satellite. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2013.  NOAA’s Office of Weather and Air Quality has funded seven multi-year proposals totaling $1.3 million this year for university partners and federal scientists to more rapidly and smoothly[Read More…]

The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources will continue organizing cleanups to remove debris from beaches in Kaho’olawe. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2013.  NOAA’s Marine Debris Program announced that it provided $967,000 through NOAA’s Restoration Center to support locally driven, community-based marine debris prevention and removal projects.[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2013. One of Florida’s largest citrus growers, Ben Hill Griffin, Inc., has been fined a mere $1,500 after a state investigation found that the farm illegally sprayed pesticides, resulting in the death of millions of managed honey bees. Beekeeper Randall Foti, a Crystal River-based beekeeper of 42[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 4, 2013.  In a settlement agreement with the United States, Safeway, the nation’s second largest grocery store chain, has agreed to pay a $600,000 civil penalty and implement a corporate-wide plan to significantly reduce its emissions of ozone-depleting substances from refrigeration equipment at 659 of its stores nationwide,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 4, 2013.  More than a decade after Latino parents filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) detailing the dangerous levels of pesticides at Latino public schools throughout California, the parents are suing the agency for its continuing failure to protect Latino students. The schools[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 4, 2013. The U.S. District Court in Utah has concluded proceedings and approved a settlement of a lawsuit involving three claimed highway rights-of-way on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) administered public land adjacent to and within the Deep Creek Mountains Wilderness Study Area (WSA).  The court approved the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 4, 2013.  The United States and Sweden share a common interest in pursuing innovative approaches to promoting clean energy and taking action on climate change, both domestically and internationally.  Today, the President visited Sweden’s Royal Institute of Technology to see first-hand some of the innovative technologies being developed[Read More…]

Point Reyes, Calif.–(ENEWSPF)–September 4, 2013 –  A 9th Circuit Appeals Court ruling today affirmed the Obama Administration’s marine wilderness designation for Drakes Estero, the ecological heart of the Point Reyes National Seashore in California, and the only marine wilderness area on the West Coast. The appeals court ruled that the Drakes Bay[Read More…]