WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2012. Today, the U.S. Department of Energy released its third video in the “Clean Energy in Our Community” video series, highlighting clean energy investments by Allegheny College, located in northwest Pennsylvania. The school’s investments in energy efficiency and sustainability, along with its support for clean, renewable fuels, are[Read More…]
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EPA Announces $1.3 Million for Brownfield Cleanups and Job Training in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2012) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Susan Hedman today joined Mayor Tom Barrett at the Century City business park on the west side of Milwaukee to announce brownfield grants totaling $1.3 million to redevelop contaminated properties, create employment opportunities and provide job training. “These EPA grants are[Read More…]
President Obama to Make Chimney Rock a National Monument
Critical Western Landscape Permanently Protected WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 20th, 2012 – President Obama is expected to designate Chimney Rock as a national monument on Friday. The action, which has received bipartisan support, will preserve 4,726 acres of high desert in southwestern Colorado that was the ancestral home of modern Pueblo Indians 1,000[Read More…]
Cavenauts Return to Earth
Nikolai ascending to the surface EU–(ENEWSPF)–20 September 2012. The international team of astronauts taking part in ESA’s caving adventure have returned to Earth after spending six days underground. The voyage to the surface of our planet took them five hours from basecamp. CAVES gives astronauts a taste of[Read More…]
Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Lowest Extent for the Year and the Satellite Record
Sea ice can take many forms, as seen in this image of Arctic sea ice from a recent Operation IceBridge aerial survey. Varying thicknesses of sea ice are shown here, from thin, nearly transparent layers to thicker, older sea ice covered with snow. —Credit: NASA High-resolution image BOULDER, Colorado–(ENEWSPF)–September 19,[Read More…]
Earth Focus Launches New Video on Loss of Honey Bees
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 19, 2012. The environmental news magazine Earth Focus has launched a new video through Link TV that examines the threat of colony collapse disorder (CCD), and the roll that our regulatory systems and industry plays in the loss of honey bees. The video, Killing Bees: Are Government and[Read More…]
Aeration: A Handy Hand Tool May Do the Trick
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2012. This hand tool is ideal for aerating tight spaces around walkways. If your lawn is hard, almost painful to walk on, you might need to aerate. If you lawn is coated with weeds, especially plantain and crabgrass, you probably need to aerate. If you try to[Read More…]
In Fracking Court Fight, Towns Get Legal Help From 20 Groups
Pro-fracking, anti-community state law under fire Harrisburg, PA–(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2012. Pennsylvania towns are getting some legal help from 20 groups today in a court case challenging a pro-fracking, anti-community state law. Portions of the Act 13 were overturned in July. It was the third time this year that[Read More…]
NRDC Leaders Recall Russell Train as a ‘Fearless Voice for the Environment’
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2012 —The Natural Resources Defense Council responded to the death of former EPA Administrator Russell Train, the first Chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality: “From the water we drink to the air we breathe, from the Alaskan tundra to the Florida Everglades, Americans are healthier,[Read More…]
Pollinators Need Your Support
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2012. Take Action! On September 25, EPA will close its public comment period for the petition requesting the agency to suspend the bee-killing pesticide clothianidin. The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has failed to recognize that pollinators face unique hazards from clothianidin, a neonicotinoid pesticide which is[Read More…]
