Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 25, 2013.  Both current and future pesticide laws are under assault in several states. State-run agencies in Alaska are no longer required to solicit public comments or a review process for pesticide applications on state land due to new regulations adopted by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation[Read More…]

Coal- and oil-fired power plants are the largest industrial source of air toxics; power plants account for approximately half of all the nation’s mercury emissions. (Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice) Allied groups support cleaning up toxic emissions from power plants Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 22, 2013. Eighteen national and state medical, public health, civil[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 22, 2013. As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to continue to expand domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar yesterday signed the Record of Decision (ROD) for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A). The final action allows for the development of 72 percent of[Read More…]

EU–(ENEWSPF)–22 February 2013. Evidence from Siberian caves suggests that a global temperature rise of 1.5 degrees Celsius could see permanently frozen ground thaw over a large area of Siberia, threatening release of carbon from soils, and damage to natural and human environments. A thaw in Siberia’s permafrost (ground frozen throughout[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 22, 2013 Scientists agree that farmland and grassland birds are on the decline worldwide, but the debate over the causes has been contentious. A study published Tuesday points to pesticide use as the single most important indicator of grassland bird declines in the U.S., raising long held concerns[Read More…]

Interior Department protects special areas within National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 21, 2013. Today, the Department of the Interior issued a Record of Decision that formally adopts a new Integrated Activity Plan for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (Reserve). Located on Alaska’s North Slope and almost 22 million acres in size,[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 21, 2013. As part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to creating clean energy jobs and lowering energy bills for U.S. businesses, the Department announced that Johnson Controls, Macy’s and Sprint are joining the Better Buildings Challenge. Launched by President Obama in 2011, the Better Buildings Challenge brings together corporations,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 21, 2013. The globally-averaged temperature for January 2013 tied with 1995 as the ninth warmest January since record keeping began in 1880. January 2013 also marks the 37th consecutive January and 335th consecutive month with a global temperature above the 20th century average. Most areas of the world[Read More…]

Audubon Sanctuary in Nebraska Has Ideal Set-Up for Viewing   Sandhill Crane (usfws) Kearney, NE–(ENEWSPF)–February 21, 2013. Each spring over a half million sandhill cranes congregate on Nebraska’s Platte River. Like the migration of wildebeest in Africa and the march of the penguins in Antarctica, the seasonal movement of these[Read More…]