Sufficient evidence of pollutant discharge into waterways warrants trial Hyde County, NC–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2013. A Superior Court in Hyde County, NC ruled on Friday that the state has authority to require Rose Acre Farms, a facility in Hyde County housing nearly 4 million egg-laying hens, to be regulated under the federal[Read More…]

Herschel’s three-colour view of asteroid Apophis   EU–(ENEWSP)–9 January 2013. ESA’s Herschel space observatory made new observations of asteroid Apophis as it approached Earth this weekend. The data shows the asteroid to be bigger than first estimated, and less reflective. Catalogued as asteroid (99942) Apophis (previously 2004 MN4), it is often[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2013) Boston health officials say new city data indicate that asthma incidences have dropped nearly by half since 2005. This is attributed to Boston Housing Authority (BHA) and Boston Public Health Commission implementation of an integrated pest management (IPM) program in low-income housing to reduce the number of cochroaches[Read More…]

2012 was a historic year for extreme weather that included drought, wildfires, hurricanes and storms; however, tornado activity was below average Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2013. 2012 marked the warmest year on record for the contiguous United States with the year consisting of a record warm spring, second warmest summer, fourth[Read More…]

Audubon releases map showing location of Shell’s latest accident in relation to key bird habitat     Audubon Alaska   Anchorage, AK –(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2013. Yesterday the National Audubon Society released a map showing the proximity of several globally significant Important Bird Areas to the site where Shell’s drilling rig Kulluk[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2013.  Neurologists at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have published their latest research linking pesticide exposure to Parkinson’s disease. Appearing in the online edition of PNAS, the UCLA scientists’ work details the series of events that can occur after individuals are exposed to the pesticide[Read More…]

Flawed environmental impact report had rejected a smaller Homewood development Sacramento, CA–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2013.  A federal judge has sent a proposed expansion of a Lake Tahoe ski resort back to the drawing board, ruling that Placer County and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) improperly analyzed the feasibility of building[Read More…]

Rejects unreasonable demand to return to widespread buffalo slaughter Livingston, MT–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2013.  A Montana judge has rejected challenges to a new state policy allowing wild bison room to roam outside the northern boundary of Yellowstone National Park. The ruling rebuffs demands by some livestock producers and their allies to[Read More…]

New Jersey Poised to Pass Nation’s Third Statewide Ban on Schoolground Spraying This lush, green organic lawn poses no risk to children. MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2013. This year, according to many key indicators, could finally be different. When the state of New York joined Connecticut in banning the applications of pesticides[Read More…]

UK–(ENEWSPF)–7 January 2013. Volunteers from the Planethunters.org website, part of the Oxford University-led Zooniverse project, have discovered 15 new planet candidates orbiting in the habitable zones of other stars. Added to the 19 similar planets already discovered in habitable zones, where the temperature is neither too hot nor too cold[Read More…]