Fish consumption rates fail to protect fishermen and consumers Seattle, WA–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2013.  Yesterday, prominent commercial fishing industry groups joined a coalition of statewide clean water advocates in taking initial legal steps to force the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to fix Washington’s inadequate water pollution rules after years of delay.[Read More…]

Health Impacts from Toxins Are a Serious Concern LAS VEGAS–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2013.  Sierra Club and the Moapa Band of Paiutes filed a lawsuit yesterday in federal court to require NV Energy to clean up contaminated lands and waters surrounding the Reid Gardner coal-fired power plant.  Reid Gardner is located within[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2013.  Citrus growers in California are now turning to a natural solution after pesticides have been shown to be ineffective. Teams of invasive species experts have started releasing tamarixia radiate, a tiny parasitic wasp, to control the invasive Asian citrus psyllid population. Asian citrus psyllid can spread[Read More…]

Summer swimming and boating off limits: Residents protesting, asking for leadership Stuart, FL–(ENEWSPF)–August 8, 2013.  A massive toxic algae outbreak is covering southeast Florida’s waters with fluorescent green slime, health officials warn people not to touch the water, and thousands of upset residents are protesting along the St Lucie and[Read More…]

$5 Million Already Raised for Inspiring Journeys Campaign JACKSON, Wyo.–(ENEWSPF)–August 8, 2013.  Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today joined Grand Teton National Park Superintendent Mary Gibson Scott and Grand Teton National Park Foundation President Leslie Mattson to publicly launch the Inspiring Journeys Campaign – a $16 million dollar public-private[Read More…]

Groups Challenge Another Mine that Harms WV Streams Huntington, West Virginia–(ENEWSPF)–August 8, 2013.  Today, the Sierra Club, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, and Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition filed an action against a Fola Coal Company, LLC for significant pollution that has contaminated a headwater stream in West Virginia.  The lawsuit, filed[Read More…]

Image of Tropical Storm Dorian on July 24, 2013, from NOAA’s GOES East satellite. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 8, 2013.  NOAA issued its updated Atlantic hurricane season outlook today saying the season is shaping up to be above normal with the possibility that it could be very active.[Read More…]

Report on Climate Sensitivity of the National Estuarine Research Reserve System. Full report. (Credit: NOAA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 8 2013.  The nation’s 28 National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERR) are experiencing the negative effects of human and climate-related stressors according to a new NOAA research report from the National Ocean Service.  The[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 8, 2013.  Over 100 goats have been tasked with controlling poison ivy, ground cover, vines and other invasive weeds at the Congressional Cemetery this week. The Association for the Preservation of The Historic Congressional Cemetery partnered with Eco-Goats to control the invasive species that threaten large mature trees,[Read More…]

Tough court settlement sets the bar for fracking wastewater in PA Harrisburg, PA–(ENEWSPF)–August 7, 2013.  If not for the effort of Clean Water Action and Earthjustice, a wastewater treatment plant in southwestern Pennsylvania might have spent each day of the past three years dumping up to 500,000 gallons of untreated[Read More…]