Let’s Show Our Support in the Face of Industry Opposition! Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2012. Certain pesticide manufacturers are gearing up to try to block EPA’s attempts to cancel certain rodent poisons that are known to be hazardous to children and wildlife, including endangered species. After more than a decade of[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2012. Today, Senior Advisor in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Gil Sperling, joined local officials and company representatives for the ribbon cutting ceremony and tour of the ArcelorMittal steel manufacturing plant in East Chicago, Indiana. ArcelorMittal unveiled a new, energy recovery and reuse boiler that[Read More…]

Drought persists, causing water resource issues for central U.S.; 2012 virtually certain to become warmest year on record for the nation Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2012. The average temperature for the contiguous U.S. during November was 44.1°F, 2.1°F above the 20th century average, tying 2004 as the 20th warmest November on[Read More…]

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—December 17, 2012.  Amnesty International and Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) have hailed last Friday’s ECOWAS Court of Justice ground-breaking judgment as a “key moment in holding governments and companies to account for pollution.” In the case, SERAP v. Nigeria, the Court unanimously found the Nigerian government responsible[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2012) Pets are frequently exposed to toxic chemicals used for lawn care, bug sprays, flea and tick products, and rodenticides. Recently, a dog ingested a zinc phosphide based pellet rodenticide, and threw up these toxic chemicals, creating a toxic gas that caused respiratory stress for four of[Read More…]

  Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 14, 2012.  The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) can help answer that age-old question. This year the Center updated a map that shows the climatological probabilities of a white Christmas across the Nation. The Probability of a White Christmas map, now based on the most recent 1981–2010[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 14, 2012.  In response to a court order, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today finalized an update to its national air quality standards for harmful fine particle pollution (PM2.5), including soot, setting the annual health standard at 12 micrograms per cubic meter. By 2020, ninety-nine percent of U.S.[Read More…]

Professor Heather Paxson is available for interviews to discuss the research underlying her new book, “The Life of Cheese.” CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–December 14, 2012. Crafting high-quality artisanal cheese is not complicated, but it’s also not easy. Basically, heat a lot of milk, add bacterial cultures and enzymes to thicken it into[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 14, 2012.  Decision making advice by the Advisory Committee on Pesticides (ACP) and insecticide regulator, the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra), were harshly criticized on Wednesday by Members of Parliament (UK), as they discussed the problems associated with neonicotinoids, a group of neurotoxic insecticides linked[Read More…]

Settlement Establishes Control Plan to Protect Lackawanna River WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2012. The United States and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania announced today a settlement with the Scranton Sewer Authority (SSA) resolving alleged Clean Water Act violations involving sewer overflows to the Lackawanna River and its tributaries.  In a proposed consent decree,[Read More…]