Agency Working with Affected Communities to Guard Against Contamination from Sandbags, Appliances and Hazardous Materials SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2013. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (ILEPA) urged Illinois residents recovering from flooding to be aware of assistance that’s available to them through state and local authorities to properly dispose of flood debris.[Read More…]
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Community Members Get to Work Expanding Gardens in Schaumburg
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2013. Roosevelt University students, faculty, administrators, staff, alumni and friends recently marked New Deal Soil Service Days and Earth Week by preparing an area consisting of 30 individual plots for an RUrbanPioneers Community Garden located at the Schaumburg Campus. The group received help and some kind words from State[Read More…]
Southern California to Save 40 Billion Gallons of Imported Water Annually by 2035
New Sustainability Ranking: SoCal home to Top Five Water Agencies with Most Ambitious Plans to Cut Bay Delta and Colorado River Water Imports SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013 – Southern California water agencies are planning the most aggressive measures in the state to reduce their reliance on water imports, according to[Read More…]
Waukegan, North Chicago Community Members Unite in Effort to Move Lake County Beyond Coal
Residents and Advocacy Organizations Present New Effort to Phase Out Midwest Generation’s Waukegan Coal Plant and Move Lake County to a Clean and Healthy Future WAUKEGAN–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2013. Community residents from Waukegan and North Chicago held a press conference today to announce their working partnership to move Lake County beyond[Read More…]
NOAA’s National Weather Service Completes Doppler Radar Upgrades
Advanced technology proves valuable during severe weather Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2013. Dual-pol data shows what type of precipitation is falling based on its shape. Download here (Credit: NOAA) This week, the National Weather Service completed the dual-polarization technology update in Brownsville, Texas – concluding the 122 NWS radar site upgrades[Read More…]
Report Describes Dangers Female Farmworkers Face in the U.S.
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2013. Female agricultural workers experience the same hardships as their male counterparts, but have additional responsibilities and danger at home and in the field, according to a report released by the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs (AFOP). While women make up only 22 percent of agricultural[Read More…]
Secretary Jewell Underscores Importance of Youth Engagement at National Park Week Event
Jewell, Jarvis take part in environmental education program with middle school students, convene stakeholder meeting to explore public-private partnerships at Prince William Forest Park TRIANGLE, Va.–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell joined National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis and students from Stonewall Middle School at Prince[Read More…]
Conservation Groups Challenge TVA’s Expensive Decision on Gallatin Plant
Environmental impacts of retrofitting aging coal facility not addressed Nashville, TN–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. Conservation groups have filed a legal challenge to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on the grounds that TVA violated the National Environmental Policy Act when the federal power company finalized its plan to spend more than one[Read More…]
Obama Administration Announces 21 Million Acre Oil and Gas Lease Sale Offshore Texas
August Auction to offer all Unleased Acreage in Western Gulf of Mexico WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to continue to expand domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Acting Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management and Bureau of Ocean[Read More…]
New Battery Design Could Help Solar and Wind Power the Grid
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have designed a low-cost, long-life “flow” battery that could enable solar and wind energy to become major suppliers to the electrical grid. The research, led by Yi Cui, a Stanford associate[Read More…]
