Cover of the NFWPCAS Strategy. Click here to view Strategy website. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2013. In partnership with State and Tribal agencies, the Obama Administration yesterday released the first nationwide strategy to help public and private decision makers address the impacts that climate change is having on natural resources and[Read More…]
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EPA Upholds Clean Water Act, Steps in to Add Impaired Streams to State List
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2013. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stepped in this week to revise a biennial report on impaired rivers and streams across West Virginia, after state officials, under pressure from industry interests, left more than 1,000 miles of polluted waterways off the list. EPA officials stated that[Read More…]
Deep Snow Raises Alarms for Midwest, New England Flooding
State College, PA-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather.com reports while spring is officially here, many parts of the United States still feel like they are stuck in winter’s grasp. Snow has continued to fall across parts of the Plains, Midwest, mid-Atlantic and the Northeast. However, as temperatures rise in the coming weeks, that snow will[Read More…]
Energy Department Launches New Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative
OAK RIDGE–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2013. As part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to revitalizing America’s manufacturing sector, today the Energy Department launched the Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative (CEMI), a new Department initiative focused on growing American manufacturing of clean energy products and boosting U.S. competitiveness through major improvements in manufacturing energy[Read More…]
Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Maximum Extent: Ten Lowest Maximums All In Last 10 Years
Arctic sea ice extent on March 15 was 15.13 million square kilometers (5.84 million square miles). The orange line shows the 1979 to 2000 median extent for that day. The black cross indicates the geographic North Pole. Sea Ice Index data. About the data —Credit: National Snow and Ice Data[Read More…]
California Considers Efficiency Standards for Over a Dozen New Products
San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2013 – The California Energy Commission announced last weekthe next steps in a rulemaking that could set new standards for 16 new products, including consumer electronics, lighting, and water using products like faucets, among others. NRDC’s preliminary analysis shows that such new standards could potentially save[Read More…]
Roadless Rule Survives Final Legal Challenge
Clear flowing headwaters in the TeePee-Spring Creek roadless area of Montana’s Cabinet Mountains. (© Terry Glase) View slideshow of roadless areas. State of Alaska case dismissed by D.C. District Court Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2013. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia yesterday ended a challenge by the state[Read More…]
More than Half a Million Americans Call on Obama Administration to Stop Risky and Dangerous Drilling in the Arctic Ocean Since Kulluk Incident
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2013. Today, a coalition of organizations announced that more than 500,000 Americans in the past three months have joined the call to demand the Obama administration put a stop to risky and dangerous drilling in the Arctic Ocean in light of Shell’s mishaps, such as its ill-fated Kulluk drilling rig that ran[Read More…]
With Support From NOAA, Woods Hole Scientists See Moderate Spring, Summer Red Tide for Gulf of Maine
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2013. New England is expected to experience a “moderate” red tide this spring and summer, which may result in closure of some shellfish harvesting beds to prevent possible illness to consumers who might eat contaminated food, according to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) scientists funded by NOAA[Read More…]
Department of Transportation Proposes $1.7 Million in Civil Penalties for ExxonMobil for Yellowstone River Pipeline Failure
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2013. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today announced it is initiating an administrative enforcement action with a proposed fine of $1.7 million to ExxonMobil Pipeline Company as a result of the operator’s July 2011 crude oil pipeline failure in the Yellowstone[Read More…]
