Exit the Highway Weekend June 1 Kicks Off Nature and Wildlife Awareness Program; New Interactive Map Offers Summer Travel Destinations New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–May 30, 2013.  With summer just days away, there’s no better time to start exploring nature. Today, Toyota and the National Audubon Society announced the launch of Exit[Read More…]

Public-private initiative aims to leverage intellectual, entrepreneurial capacity to spur innovative solutions to environmental challenges such as climate change CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–May 30. 2013.  The City of Cambridge, Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology today signed a historic “Community Compact for a Sustainable Future” aimed at leveraging the intellectual and[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 30, 2013.  New research published in the journal Neurology further supports the causative link between pesticide exposure and Parkinson’s disease. Emanuel Cereda, M.D., Ph.D., of the IRCCS university Hospital San Matteo Foundation in Pavia, Italy, and coauthor Gianni Pezzoli, M.D., analyzed 104 studies published between 1975 and 2011[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)– May 29, 2013.  Last weekend across the world thousands of protesters rallied in dozens of cities against industry giant Monsanto and its genetically engineered (GE) products. “March Against Monsanto,” a coordinated day of action and protest, was held in 52 countries and 436 cities, including Washington, D.C. and[Read More…]

D.C. Circuit Court dismisses Kansas power company appeal, leaving environmental review requirements in place Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–May 28, 2013. The D.C. Circuit Court today dismissed an appeal by Sunflower Electric of a ruling requiring environmental review of Sunflower’s proposed new coal plant in Holcomb, Kansas. The decision lets stand a[Read More…]

Retailer Admits Violating Criminal and Civil Laws Designed to Protect Water Quality and to Ensure Proper Handling of Hazardous Wastes and Pesticides Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 28, 2013.  Wal-Mart Stores Inc. pleaded guilty today in cases filed by federal prosecutors in Los Angeles and San Francisco to six counts of violating the[Read More…]

Washingotn, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 28, 2013.   A recent report by the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) found that residents that live in the Highway 36 corridor of Western Oregon were exposed to toxic pesticides in the spring and fall of 2011. OHA collected urine and environmental samples in August and September of[Read More…]

Collaborative processing will help spur projects, create jobs PORTLAND, OR–(ENEWSPF)–May 24, 2013.  As part of President Obama’s initiative to make America a magnet for jobs by building a 21st Century infrastructure, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today signed a Declaration of Cooperation with the States of Oregon and Washington[Read More…]

Motion calls for convening hearing panel on license amendments WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 24 – Friends of the Earth has filed a motion with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission requesting that a Licensing Board be convened to review license amendments that are required for Southern California Edison’s crippled San Onofre reactors, and provide an[Read More…]

Secretary Jewell Announces $4.2 Million in Competitive Grants to Employ more than 600 Young Americans at 22 Projects as part of Youth Initiative PORTLAND, Ore.–(ENEWSPF)–May 24, 2013.  In response to President Obama’s challenge to expand employment opportunities for youth, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell yesterday announced $4.2 million in[Read More…]