Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013.   A new report by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) finds that nanomaterials added to soil via fertilizers and treated sewage waste used to fertilize fields could threaten soil health necessary to keep land productive. The report, Nanomaterials in Soil: Our Future Food[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 23, 2013.   Using the aquatic species Daphnia, commonly referred to as “water fleas,” scientists at North Carolina State University (NC State) determined that exposure to the pesticide pyriproxyfen impacted multiple generations, ultimately resulting in more male offspring, and causing reproductive problems in female offspring. Lead author Gerald[Read More…]

Hackathon Competition Launched on Earth Day Engages a Diverse Community on Environmental Sustainability; Mayor’s Sustainable Chicago 2015 Action Plan Already Showing Progress on 22 of 24 Goals CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 23, 2013.  Today, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) announced the launch of the Chicago Cleanweb Challenge, a year-long[Read More…]

Last week, EPA proposed multi-option rule; this week, federal court denies industry challenge to scuttle that rulemaking Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 23, 2013. The nation’s second highest court issued a decision today that ensures the Environmental Protection Agency will have to meet a court-ordered deadline to issue regulations that finally clean up[Read More…]

Arctic Athabaskan Council says rights violated by failure to slow rapid Arctic warming Whitehorse, Yukon and Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 23, 2013. Today, the Arctic Athabaskan Council filed a petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, asking the Commission to declare that Canada is undermining the human rights of Athabaskan peoples[Read More…]

D.C. Circuit rules against coal industry on Spruce Mine Veto WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 23, 2013.  Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s legal authority to veto a mining permit that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had issued.  The decision reverses the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April, 23, 2013.   A report released by the Surface Water Ambient Montioring Program (SWAP) has found in California that “detection of pyrethroid pesticides in sediment increased from 55 percent of the statewide samples in 2008 to 85 percent in 2010.” The findings are among the results of the[Read More…]

Researchers from the University of Michigan, the University of Connecticut and elsewhere analyzed fossilized shells of the freshwater snail Viviparus lentus from the Hampshire Basin, United Kingdom. They used clumped-isotope thermometry to estimate land temperatures during the Eocence-Oligocene transition, about 34 million years ago. Photo courtesy of Michael Hren. ANN[Read More…]

Public voting open on Troy-Bilt’s Facebook Page until May 12 to determine largest grant recipient STAMFORD, Conn.–(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2013 — Two organizations with a commitment to improving and beautifying communities across the country have teamed up to launch a new gardening grant program, Taking Root™. Troy-Bilt®, a leading manufacturer of[Read More…]

Grant Made to Keep America Beautiful Will Fund 50,000 Blue Carts Over Five Years. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2013.  Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Coca-Cola and Keep America Beautiful today announced a $2.59 million grant to support the citywide expansion of the Blue Cart Recycling Program through the purchase of 50,000 blue carts over[Read More…]