Extremist Agenda to Give Away Public Lands, Kill Off Endangered Species Cited TUCSON, Ariz.—(ENEWSPF)–January 5, 2017. The Center for Biological Diversity today gave Utah Congressman Rob Bishop its annual Rubber Dodo award. The statue is awarded each year to the person or group who has most aggressively sought to destroy[Read More…]
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Secretaries Jewell, Vilsack Applaud President’s Designation of New National Monuments in Utah and Nevada
Gold Butte National Monument in Nevada. Source: doi.gov President’s Action Follows Decades Long Campaigns by Members of Congress, Tribes, Local Conservationists to Protect Areas of Extraordinary Cultural Importance and Natural Beauty WASHINGTON – (ENEWSPF)–December 29, 2016. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack yesterday[Read More…]
The Cheetah Is Headed For Extinction
LONDON–(ENEWSPF)–December 27, 2016 By pollwatcher In an overpopulated world that leads to Global Warming and mass extinctions, the Cheetah is trouble of being added to the long list of species that have been crowded out of the right to coexist with humanity. A sad story this morning about the trouble the Cheetah[Read More…]
As Solar Installations Hit Record High in 3rd Quarter, Senators Merkley and Markey Call for 100% Renewables by 2050
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 27, 2016 By Meteor Blades Source: Solar City As of last month, there were some 1.1 million residential rooftop solar power systems keeping the televisions, refrigerators, computers, stoves, and lights on throughout the United States. In California, the solar leader, about 600,000 homes have installed such systems. And here, as[Read More…]
Christmas Weekend Storm To Unfold With Snow, Wind And Severe Weather In Central US
By Alex Sosnowski, Senior Meteorologist for AccuWeather.com AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports a Christmas weekend storm of snow, wind and rain could threaten travel over a large part of the central United States, centered on Christmas Day. While only minor weather-related travel issues are anticipated for much of the nation this week, a[Read More…]
What Does A Trump Presidency Mean For Climate Change?
Blog Commentary-(ENEWSPF)- What does a Trump presidency mean for climate change? We’re getting more clues from inside his transition team. From the Washington Post: Donald Trump’s presidential transition team has asked State Department officials to disclose how much money it provides each year to international environmental groups. It’s the latest[Read More…]
Researchers Unveil Secrets of Undersea Volcano
Two decades of consistent monitoring lead to insights, forecasts Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2016. New research on the eruption of an underwater volcano 300 miles off the coast of Oregon may help provide insights not only into the workings of submarine volcanoes, but to their land-based cousins, which pose a greater[Read More…]
Unprecedented Arctic Warmth in 2016 Triggers Massive Decline in Sea Ice, Snow
Warmer temperatures also bring record-breaking delay to fall sea-ice freeze Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2016. A new NOAA-sponsored report shows that unprecedented warming air temperature in 2016 over the Arctic contributed to a record-breaking delay in the fall sea ice freeze-up, leading to extensive melting of Greenland ice sheet and land-based[Read More…]
Energy Department Rejects Trump Request for Names of Employees Whose Work Touched on Climate Change
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2016 By Hunter Current Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz with John Kerry during Iranian nuclear negotiations. Because that’s also something Rick Freaking Perry will have to take on. There may come a day when Donald J. Trump’s whims are the supreme law of the land, but today is[Read More…]
Western Environmental Law Center Statement on Trump Swapping Climate Denier for Climate Denier in Interior Nom
OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2016. The incoming administration has reportedly “pivoted” from nominating Washington state Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers to lead the U.S. Department of Interior to Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke, who believes climate change is “not a settled science.” Rep. Zinke’s record includes the following: Opposes common-sense BLM methane rule Supported[Read More…]
