Letter: “You Have the Power and the Support You Need to Tackle the Climate Crisis.” WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2013 –The Natural Resources Defense Council and nearly 70 other national and regional organizations released a letter today thanking President Obama for repeatedly raising the threat of climate change and highlighted specific actions[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2013) After organic seed farmers found genetically engineered (GE) sugar beets planted by Syngenta AG, a multinational Swiss corporation, within four miles of their farms, a local branch of GMO-Free Oregon filed a petition to ban GE crops in Jackson County. Farmers have already been forced to[Read More…]

Preparedness Campaign Highlights Hazard Mitigation in January SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–January 4, 2013. Illinois is susceptible to several types of natural hazards, including floods, tornadoes, snow and ice storms, droughts, even earthquakes.  While it’s impossible to avoid such events, there are several steps communities and people can take to prevent injuries or deaths[Read More…]

Agreement Will Reduce Emissions by 15,000 Tons Annually WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—January 4, 2013. The Wisconsin Public Service Corporation (WPS) will invest approximately $300 million in pollution control technology, pay a civil penalty of $1.2 million, and spend $6 million on environmental mitigation projects to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA),[Read More…]

 Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 4, 2013.  Cook Inlet beluga whales swimming as seen from a scientific survey plane at 800 feet. August 10. 2011. Credit: NOAA, permit #14245 Scientists from NOAA’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center today announced that the 2012 abundance estimate for the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale population is 312[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 4, 2013. NASA-funded researchers analyzing a small meteorite that may be the first discovered from the Martian surface or crust have found it contains 10 times more water than other Martian meteorites from unknown origins. This new class of meteorite was found in 2011 in the Sahara Desert. Designated[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 4, 2013. On December 31, 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to clarify its labeling requirement for disclosure of all active and inert ingredients in “minimum risk pesticide products,” exempt from registration under Section 25 (b) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). EPA[Read More…]

January is Radon Action Month SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2012.  Parents of children in day care will be better informed about levels of radon in their child’s facility under a new law that took effect Jan. 1, 2013.  Licensed day care centers and day care homes are now required to test for[Read More…]

Transocean to Pay Record $1 Billion in Civil Penalties and $400 Million in Criminal Fines WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2013.  Transocean Deepwater Inc. has agreed to plead guilty to violating the Clean Water Act (CWA) and to pay a total of $1.4 billion in civil and criminal fines and penalties, for its[Read More…]

This Suomi NPP satellite image shows Sandy along the mid-Atlantic coastline with its center about 125 miles southeast of Atlantic City, New Jersey. Sandy was within several hours of landfall on the southern New Jersey coastline. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2013. NOAA released preliminary information on extreme weather and climate events[Read More…]