Activists from 3 states demand accountability on company’s policies MORGANTOWN, WV –(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2013.  Sierra Club volunteers gathered at the entrance of this year’s FirstEnergy shareholder’s meeting, waving signs and singing songs as executives and key investors passed by hundreds of colorful yard signs that had been set up along[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2013.  The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently concluded that 2012 was the deadliest year for West Nile Virus (WNv) in the United States. “A total of 5,674 cases of West Nile virus disease in people, including 286 deaths, were reported to CDC from 48 states (excluding[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2013.  By Laura Janota Nikki Schmidt used to assume that her uneaten food in the McCormick Dining Center of Roosevelt’s Wabash Building was headed for the trash. But the undergraduate history major was surprised to learn that the bits of pizza and salad she couldn’t finish are being ground[Read More…]

PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2013.  The U.S. Department of Energy recently joined with the U.S. Embassy in Prague and the Czech Republic’s Ministry of Industry and Trade to complete the transfer of 75 kilograms of fluoride salt from the Department’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to the Czech Nuclear Research[Read More…]

Report presented to U.S. Coast Guard for use in contingency plans Disabled T/B DBL 152 vessel discharges oil into the Gulf of Mexico in 2005. Download here (Credit:ENTRIX, Inc.) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2013.  NOAA presented to the U.S. Coast Guard today a new report that finds that 36 sunken vessels[Read More…]

Public is invited to try beta version of MyNOAACharts MyNOAACharts, a mobile app beta test for Android tablets, can easily integrate the user’s location, the nautical chart, and all the navigational information from the U.S. Coast Pilot. Download here (Credit: NOAA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2013.  As recreational boaters gear up[Read More…]

UK–(ENEWSPF)–20 May 2013.  A new study led by Oxford University concludes that the latest observations of the climate system’s response to rising greenhouse gas levels are consistent with conventional estimates of the long-term ‘climate sensitivity’, despite a “warming pause” over the past decade. However, the most extreme rates of warming[Read More…]

Farm Bill Amendment Undermines Clean Water Act Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2013.  The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) released a national assessment that shows the distribution and trends of pesticide use from 1992-2009, providing visible evidence that contamination of pesticides in our nation’s water is clearly a continuing threat. Meanwhile, U.S. Senators[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 17, 2013.  The Energy Department announced today that it has conditionally authorized Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P. and FLNG Liquefaction, LLC (Freeport) to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) to countries that do not have a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States from the Freeport LNG Terminal[Read More…]

Bill would eliminate EPA’s requirement to update federal waste disposal regulations Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 17, 2013. U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy is holding a hearing today to review a bill that would eliminate any requirement to update federal waste disposal regulations, including regulations that are long[Read More…]