Current plan doesn’t deliver on public transit, city planning, or climate change goals San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2013. Today Earthjustice, Communities for a Better Environment, and the Sierra Club filed a lawsuit challenging the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments’ most recent regional transportation plan in[Read More…]
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BLM, Juab County, State of Utah and Conservationists Reach Agreement on Roads in Proposed Wilderness Areas of Western Utah
Balance struck that preserves both wilderness values and motorized use Denver, CO–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2013. The Bureau of Land Management, Juab County, the State of Utah, and three conservation groups today announced an agreement to resolve a long-running dispute over primitive dirt roads and trails in the Deep Creek Mountains of[Read More…]
After 10 Years of Service, NOAA Retires GOES-12 Satellite
Progress continuing toward launch of next-generation GOES-R satellite GOES-12 captured this visible image of Hurricane Katrina on August 28, 2005, at 11:45 a.m. (EDT). At that time, the storm was at Category 5 strength and projected to impact New Orleans. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2013. GOES-12 has[Read More…]
Glaring Mismanagement Found In Administration of Texas Imperiled Species Conservation Plan By the State’s Comptroller
HOUSTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2013 – Adding to a string of recent state and federal governmental transparency issues, the Texas Comptroller’s Office finds itself at the center of a scandal involving a highly criticized state plan that ostensibly is designed to conserve the imperiled dunes sagebrush lizard. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife[Read More…]
EPA’s New Pesticide Label Inadequate for Honey Bee Protection
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2013. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new pesticide label for honey bee protection, announced Thursday, have been widely criticized by beekeepers and environmentalists as offering inadequate protection in the face of devastating bee decline. Under the new guidelines, the labels will prohibit the use of some[Read More…]
Department of Justice Sues Luminant for Failing to Clean Up Coal Plants
Luminant failed to protect Texans from toxic air pollution Dallas, TX–(ENEWSPF)–August 16, 2013. Today the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an enforcement action in federal district court against Luminant Generating Company, a subsidiary of Dallas-based Energy Future Holdings, for violations of the Clean Air Act. The DOJ filed the[Read More…]
EPA Requires Bad River Band to Upgrade Wastewater Treatment Plant Operations
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)–August 16, 2013. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today issued a compliance plan requiring the Bad River Band of Lake Superior and Chippewa Indians to correct Clean Water Act violations at the wastewater treatment facilities located on the Tribe’s northern Wisconsin reservation. The Bad River Band must upgrade plant operations[Read More…]
Environmental Justice Activists Meet with Obama Administration over EPA Startup, Shutdown, Malfunction Rule
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 16, 2013. Today, nearly a dozen environmental justice and community activists are set to meet with Obama Administration officials to discuss the critical need for a strong “Startup, Shutdown and Malfunction” (SSM) standard from the EPA. The organizers and activists represent communities in Detroit, Michigan and Birmingham, Alabama[Read More…]
Fracking, Gas and Coal Projects to Push Great Barrier Reef’s Sea Turtles Closer to the Brink of Extinction
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2013. Turtle Island Restoration Network (TIRN) and The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) are warning that the massive fracking gas, coal and other industrial projects planned for Australia’s Great Barrier Reef will push globally significant species of turtles closer to the brink of extinction. The industrialization of[Read More…]
Canadian Climate Policies are Unable to Prevent the Significant Increase in Climate Pollution from the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
Canada’s poor record on climate and pursuit of unfettered tar sands growth make mitigation of carbon emissions unreachable Toronto, ON–(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2013 -– President Obama has made it clear that the central factor in his decision to approve or reject the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is whether the pipeline[Read More…]
