WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2013.  As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, the Energy Department today announced nearly $18 million in four innovative pilot-scale biorefineries in California, Iowa and Washington that will test renewable biofuels as a domestic alternative to power our cars, trucks, and planes that meet military specifications[Read More…]

University of Florida and Illinois Institute of Technology lead in design of green infrastructure on campus WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2013.  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the four winners of the Campus RainWorks Challenge, a new design challenge created to inspire the next generation of landscape architects, planners and[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2013.   With honey bees suffering a devastating decline as high as 90 percent as Earth Day approaches, national environmental groups, Beyond Pesticides and Center for Food Safety, launch a campaign called BEE Protective to support nationwide local action aimed at protecting honey bees and other pollinators[Read More…]

Community Groups Demand Clean Air and Water in Central Illinois after Decades of Pollution from Outdated Coal Plant PEORIA–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2013.  Yesterday, the Sierra Club, Environmental Law and Policy Center, Natural Resources Defense Council and Respiratory Health Association filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Peoria against Ameren[Read More…]

New Mobile App to ID Birds & the Blooms that Feed Them Calliope Hummingbird – Richard Pick New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2013.  As flowers bloom earlier because of warming temperatures, the impact on hummingbirds which rely on nectar could be severe. The National Audubon Society has launched a new Citizen[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2013.  The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is encouraging farmers to use a new mapping system in order to protect organic crops from pesticide drift, though few legal protections exist to actually stop drift from contaminating organic farmers’ fields. The system, DriftWatch, is meant to facilitate communication[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2013 – The U.S. State Department is holding a public hearing today in Grand Island, Nebraska, on a new route for the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Anthony Swift, an attorney in the international program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, made these comments concerning the hearing:[Read More…]

Reintroduced legislation will create jobs, drive national energy efficiency strategy Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2013.  In a renewed push for a national energy efficiency strategy, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) will team up again today on Capitol Hill to reintroduce the Shaheen-Portman Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness (ESIC) Act. [Read More…]

Full environmental review of “pipelines-on-wheels” requested Taholah, WA–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2013. Today, the Quinault Indian Nation submitted comments to the City of Hoquiam and Washington Department of Ecology opposing the first of at least three proposed oil shipping facilities that could transform Grays Harbor into an industrial crude oil zone.  [Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2013.  Roosevelt University is a winner of a prestigious 2013 Emerald Award, given annually by the Illinois chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council in recognition of those individuals, organizations and projects that are judged to best advance sustainability across the state. Selected for top honors among 70[Read More…]