Groups seek review of assessment that led to federal loan guarantee for industrial swine facility in the Buffalo National River Watershed Mount Judea, AR–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2013. A coalition of conservation and citizen groups sent a letter of demand yesterday requesting that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA)[Read More…]
Environmental
Nevada’s Lake Tahoe Planning Legislation Fails to Protect Lake
Valuable environmental protections for the lake may be lost Reno, NV–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2013. Nevada governor Brian Sandoval yesterday signed SB 229, which repeals the 2011 legislative effort (SB 271) to withdraw Nevada from the Lake Tahoe bi-state Compact. Environmental groups are calling the new law a major setback in protecting[Read More…]
Senator Stabenow Pledges Opposition to the ‘Monsanto Protection Act’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)– June 7, 2013. U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, has announced her intent to oppose an extension of the “Monsanto Protection Act,” or “Biotech Rider.” Senator Stabenow announced her opposition in a conversation (“colloquy”) with Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) on the Senate floor.[Read More…]
House Subcommittee Votes Increase Coal Ash Exposure, Threaten Public Health
Series of anti-environmental bills advance in subcommittee today, await full committee consideration Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2013. The House Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy voted today to pass three anti-environmental bills that will increase exposure to toxic coal ash, weaken the nation’s Superfund law and limit citizens’ access to sue[Read More…]
Sierra Club & AEP Reach Deal on Future of Kentucky’s Big Sandy Coal Plant
Deal would bring renewable energy, energy efficiency and new jobs to eastern Kentucky Frankfort, KY–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2013. Late last week Sierra Club and American Electric Power (AEP) reached an agreement in principle that would resolve the future of power generation in eastern Kentucky after the retirement of the coal[Read More…]
NOAA Proposal Extends Rule Reducing Risk of Whale Ship Strikes Along U.S. East Coast
Right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) skim feeding with NOAA ship Delaware II in the background. Download here (Credit:NOAA/NEFSC) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2013. NOAA Fisheries Service is seeking comments on its proposal to make permanent the rules it implemented five years ago to reduce the number of collisions between ships and North[Read More…]
Federal and Industry Partners Issue Challenge to Manufacturers
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2013. A coalition that includes the U.S. federal government and over 200 major commercial building sector partners has issued a simple challenge to U.S. manufacturers: if you can build wireless sub-meters that cost less than $100 apiece and enable us to identify opportunities to save money by saving[Read More…]
Wal-Mart to Pay $110M for Clean Water Act and Pesticide Violations
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2013. Last week Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. plead guilty in cases filed by federal prosecutors in Los Angeles and San Francisco to six counts of violating the Clean Water Act by illegally handling and disposing of hazardous materials at its retail stores across the United States, including pouring[Read More…]
Mahtomedi High School Student Project Wins President’s Environmental Youth Award
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–June 5, 2013 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today presented the regional 2012 President’s Environmental Youth Award to members of an environmental club at Mahtomedi High School in Mahtomedi, Minnesota, for its Zephyr Wind Project. Members of the school’s Eco Club raised $100,000 to build a 10-kilowatt wind turbine[Read More…]
Interior Secretary Jewell, Director Jarvis Announce Initiative to Offer Additional Healthy, Sustainable Food Choices at Parks
Nutritious, Affordable Food Options for Park Visitors to be Offered Nationwide WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 5, 2013. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today joined National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis, Let’s Move! Executive Director and White House Senior Policy Advisor on Nutrition Sam Kass, and executives and chefs of major[Read More…]
