Simultaneous appeal calls for officials to acknowledge and address health risks during permitting of mountaintop removal mining projects Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 3, 2013.  Today a U.S. District Court decided leave in place an order it issued late last Friday requiring Leeco Inc. to halt mountaintop removal mining at the Stacy Branch[Read More…]

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)–September 3, 2013 – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a settlement with HA International LLC, a producer of resin-coated sand for the foundry and hydraulic fracturing industries, to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at the company’s Oregon, Illinois, facility. The settlement requires the company to[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 3, 2013.  Corn genetically engineered (GE) with the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxin to kill corn rootworm has been widely reported to exhibit resistance for the past several years. A new report by University of Illinois researchers found the resistant corn rootworm in two of the state’s counties significantly damaged by western corn rootworm. The increasing[Read More…]

Amicus brief highlights unlawful consultation process Panama City, Panama–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2013. Civil society organizations filed an amicus brief yesterday in Panama’s Supreme Court of Justice in support of a challenge by indigenous people to the environmental review of the Barro Blanco hydroelectric dam. Supporting a lawsuit filed by the Environmental[Read More…]

Groups Continue to Fight Duke’s Edwardsport Cost Overruns in Indiana Court of Appeals INDIANAPOLIS–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2013.  A coalition of Indiana environmental and citizens groups including the Sierra Club, Citizens Action Coalition, Valley Watch, and Save the Valley announced a legal settlement today that requires Duke Energy Indiana to cease burning[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2013.  As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above strategy to deploy every available source of American energy, the Energy Department yesterday announced $16 million for seventeen projects to help sustainably and efficiently capture energy from waves, tides and currents. Together, these projects will increase the power production and[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2013.  The United States and France yesterday issued the Joint Statement on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage that sets forth the common views of the United States and France on civil nuclear liability, including their support for establishment of a global nuclear liability regime allowing for adequate compensation[Read More…]

Salem, OR–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2013.  Governor Kitzhaber announced yesterday that Oregon is joining with the state of California to establish a new panel to focus on the extent, causes, and effects of ocean acidification and hypoxia along the Pacific coastline. The West Coast Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Science Panel will bring[Read More…]

LOS ANGELES–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2013 – Twenty-four of California’s agricultural water districts have submitted agricultural water management plans, leaving 55 districts out of compliance with the requirement of the Water Conservation Act of 2009, according to a new joint analysis issued today by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Pacific[Read More…]

In closely watched case, New York’s highest court takes up appeal Albany, NY–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2013. A town in New York is continuing its epic court battle with the oil and gas industry to keep a local fracking ban in effect as the New York State Court of Appeals today announced[Read More…]