By Alex Sosnowski, Senior Meteorologist for AccuWeather.com AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports as a surge of water continues to flow downstream, flooding will occur along the middle and lower Mississippi River through the middle of May and perhaps to the end of the month in some areas. While some areas along streams and[Read More…]
Environmental
Birds Avoid Chopping Block (For Now) as Congress Leaves Out Most Proposed Cuts to Conservation
The spending package for the rest of the fiscal year includes increases for several programs that thousands of Audubon members urged their members of Congress to fund. Greater Sage-Grouse. Photo: Joseph Mahoney/Audubon Photography Awards WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–May 5, 2017. “We’ve always known conservation doesn’t have a party, but it’s nice to see[Read More…]
Legal Action Taken to Protect Whales From Atlantic Oil Exploration
East Coast Residents, Conservationists Back Bureau Finding That Seismic Blasts Harm Endangered Right Whales, Other Wildlife WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2017. Conservation groups have moved to intervene in an administrative appeal by the oil industry challenging a federal decision to reject six oil and gas exploration permits for the Atlantic Ocean. The[Read More…]
Public Records Sought on Prototypes for Trump’s Border Wall
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2017. The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a Freedom of Information Act request seeking public records on whether planned prototypes for President Trump’s border wall in Southern California comply with laws meant to protect wildlife, people and wild places. Today’s request to the Department of Homeland Security[Read More…]
More than 450 Groups Oppose Trump’s Executive Order to “Review” America’s National Monuments
Bears Ears Buttes, Bears Ears National Monument (Source: earthjustice.org) WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)—May 2, 2017. More than 450 organizations representing millions of members across the country today sent a letter to President Donald Trump, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in opposition to any effort to remove or decrease[Read More…]
Recycling Events Available to Park Forest Residents on Saturday, May 6
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 29, 2017. Two upcoming events offer an opportunity to Park Forest residents looking to dispose of household hazardous waste and electronics. See below for full details on each. Will County Household Hazardous Waste & Electronics Drop-Off Event On Saturday, May 6, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.,[Read More…]
Scientists Document Coral Loss – and Slow Signs of Recovery – In the Central Pacific
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2017. Nearly one year after prolonged high ocean temperatures caused devastating coral bleaching and loss in parts of Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, NOAA scientists recently went back to check on their condition. Healthy coral reefs protect shores from storms and offer habitats for fish and[Read More…]
Make Your Voice Heard on Saturday, April 29 by Participating in a “People’s Climate March” Event Near You
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2017. Climate activists throughout the country will participate in a major “People’s Climate March” on Saturday, April 29th. The effort is being organized by the coalition formed out of 2014’s People’s Climate March, which brought over 400,000 people to the streets of New York City and[Read More…]
Environmental Watchdogs Fight Trump Admin for Withholding Public Information on Climate
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2017. Today the Western Environmental Law Center, on behalf of WildEarth Guardians, delivered Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management and Office of Surface Mining. These actions seek to reveal what Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is planning for our public[Read More…]
7 Fronts on Which Trump Has Declared War on Environmental Science
President Donald Trump, accompanied by, from left, Vice President Mike Pence, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, speaks at EPA headquarters in Washington, March 28, 2017. AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2017. Despite having been in office for fewer than 100 days, and in the[Read More…]
