Friends of the Earth petitions PUC to speed probe into Edison’s responsibility SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–March 12, 2013. Friends of the Earth filed a request yesterday for Southern California Edison to release documents expected to further confirm that the utility knew about worrying design problems with the defective replacement steam generators in[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 12, 2013.  March 12, 2013) Despite the loss of Proposition 37 in California last November, GMO labeling efforts are moving forward throughout the United States. Late last week Whole Foods Market announced its own plan to label food with genetically engineered (GE) ingredients sold in its stores, making[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 11, 2013.  Recent sequester cuts and new proposed Congressional legislation could dramatically affect the safety of American waterways. According to a February 25 email, the White House Council on Environmental Quality estimates that the recent sequester could reduce federal funding for state environmental programs by $154 million. These[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 8, 2013.  Sugarcane and pineapple production in Hawaii is threatening aquatic life as years of atrazine applications, a pesticide regularly used for corn production too, has run off into rivers, streams, and groundwater sources. Recent reviews by Hawaiian news service Civil Beat found that water testing for the[Read More…]

Reckitt Benckiser wants to keep selling product despite health risks Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2013. On January 29, 2013, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it was cancelling registration of a dozen D-Con Mouse and Rat Control poisons based on the risk that they pose to children and non-target wildlife[Read More…]

Corporate owners of dirty coal plant face hundreds of millions in potential fines and upgrades COLSTRIP, MT–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2013. Corporate owners of one of the largest and most polluting coal plants in the nation, Colstrip Generating Facility located in Montana, landed in federal court today for what the Sierra Club[Read More…]

SafeLawns founder Paul Tukey gathers with Amanda Harris (Health Promotion Coordinator), Jenny Weseen (UBC Okanagan Cancer Club Volunteer), Jerilynn Maki (Health Promotion Coordinator) and Satinder Lidher (UBC Okanagan Cancer Club Volunteer) prior to the screening of A Chemical Reaction on Tuesday evening in Kelowna, British Columbia. KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(ENEWSPF)–March 7,[Read More…]

Conservation groups urge immediate implementation of protection plan Honolulu, HI–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2013. Earlier this week, the National Marine Fisheries Service confirmed that, on January 29, 2013, a false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens, a large dolphin species) in Hawaiian waters sustained injuries likely to be fatal when it was hooked by[Read More…]

Including new office, hotel, large residential, institutional properties; total program reach to over 28 million square feet CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2013. Today Mayor Emanuel announced 18 new participants in Retrofit Chicago’s Commercial Buildings Initiative, bringing the program’s total reach to over 28 million square feet. This doubles the 14 million square[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2013. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency announced on March 3 that state agencies have been ordered by Governor Mark Dayton to stop buying products that contain triclosan, a synthetic, broad-spectrum antimicrobial agent that has become ubiquitous in consumer products ranging from face-washes to fabrics. This ban, which[Read More…]