Ruling again rejects attack on DOI’S authority to temporarily protect lands Grand Canyon National Park, AZ –(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2013. U.S. District Judge David Campbell today denied a uranium industry motion to reconsider his March 20, 2013 ruling that rejected the attempt to overturn the Obama administration’s ban on new uranium[Read More…]

Commonsense Measure Will Support Safe and Responsible Production of America’s Domestic Energy Resources WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 17, 2013.  As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above strategy to support safe and responsible domestic energy production, the Department of the Interior yesterday announced the release of an updated draft proposal that would establish commonsense[Read More…]

Twenty-nine organizations seek reversal of BLM’s policy that keeps secret the names of corporations that nominate public lands for oil and gas drilling Taos, NM–(ENEWSPF)–May 17, 2013.  Just over three months ago, in a momentous victory for the public’s right to know and government transparency, U.S. District Court Senior Judge[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 17, 2013.  California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) have proposed restrictions on the use of chloropicrin, a fumigant commonly applied to strawberries, peppers, tomatoes, raspberries, and blackberries. The proposed rule would not only increase buffer zones around application sites, but also restrict application acreage, impose notification requirements, enhance[Read More…]

Massive new development threatens river and wildlife Phoenix, AZ–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2013.  A lawsuit filed yesterday in Arizona Superior Court challenges the Arizona Department of Water Resources’ (ADWR) recent approval of a massive groundwater pumping project that will drain the Upper San Pedro River in Southern Arizona. The lawsuit seeks to[Read More…]

Residents Call for Local Clean Energy Development to Replace Outdated Power Plant OMAHA –(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2013.  Today, a broad coalition of North Omaha residents, health professionals and students delivered nearly 1,000 signatures at the Omaha Public Power District’s (OPPD) monthly meeting, calling on the public power utility to address public[Read More…]

Aimee, 6, applies organic fertilizer made of natural ingredients to our lawn in Rhode Island. RHODE ISLAND–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2013.  PERHAPS DUE TO HER FATHER’S vocation, or her mother’s natural flair with flowers and other plants, my daughter Aimee has always been fascinated with growing things. At 4, she knew the[Read More…]

This image was taken on October 29, 2012 from NOAA/NASA’s Suomi NPP polar-orbiting satellite. Using its Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite, or VIIRS, the satellite provides forecasters more information about the storm’s cloud structure. Download here (Credit: NOAA/NASA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2013.  After a thoughtful and deliberate review, today NOAA[Read More…]

UK–(ENEWSPF)–16 May 2013. Researchers have calculated that beef generates about twice as much nitrogen as pork, and almost three times as much as chicken or fish. Scientists at Lancaster, Virginia and Oxford universities have produced a web-based tool that allows anyone living in the UK to see their own ‘nitrogen[Read More…]

Kiruna, Sweden–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2013.  Thank you very much, Minister Bildt, and thank you for hosting this important event. I’m pleased to be joined at the table by our senior Arctic official Julia Gourley and I’m pleased also to have Senator from Alaska, Senator Lisa Murkowski, a good friend of mine[Read More…]