WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 24, 2012.  Today, Energy Secretary Steven Chu recognized the nation’s first commercial, grid-connected tidal energy project off the coast of Eastport, Maine. Leveraging a $10 million investment from the Energy Department, Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) will deploy its first commercial tidal energy device into Cobscook Bay this summer.[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 24, 2012.  This past weekend, the State of Massachusetts undertook what is thought to be its largest aerial spraying of pesticides covering nearly 400,000 acres and 21 communities. By using the pretext of a new emergency, the state improperly evaded Clean Water Act protections according to Public Employees[Read More…]

Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)–July 24, 2012.   “As energy prices have risen and our economy continues to struggle, President Obama insists on hindering efforts to expand domestic production and create American jobs. His self-described ‘hodgepodge’ energy policy has been an abject failure. Whether blocking job-creating initiatives like the Keystone pipeline or wasting taxpayer[Read More…]

Aging coal plants face clean-up   Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 23, 2012.  A coalition of clean air advocates today announced a settlement setting deadlines for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to limit haze-causing air pollution from aging power plants and factories in Florida. The settlement, lodged late Friday in federal court, requires[Read More…]

Public health at risk from EPA’s failure to rein in ground-level ozone   Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 23, 2012.  A coalition of public health and conservation groups filed suit late Friday against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over its failure to protect the Uinta Basin from dangerously high levels of smog pollution.[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 23, 2012.  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled today to uphold a clean air standard that limits dangerous intense bursts of sulfur dioxide pollution from power plants, factories and other sources, rejecting challenges by polluting industries. The standard will prevent thousands of[Read More…]

Nauseating algae outbreaks ruining river, drinking water plant, and quality of life   Tallahassee, FL–(ENEWSPF)–July 23, 2012.  On behalf of Florida Wildlife Federation, Conservancy of Southwest Florida and the Environmental Confederation of Southwest Florida, Earthjustice filed lawsuit today in federal court against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers because the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 23, 2012.  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement last week of new agricultural risk mitigation measures for the neurotoxic insecticide chlorpyrifos ignores the viability of organic farming systems and therefore the”reasonableness” of both the risks and uncertainities associated with the chemical’s widespread continued use. The national pesticide[Read More…]

Law Further Protects Environment by Broadening Existing City Ban to Cover Entire County CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 23, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn yesterday signed a new law to further protect the environment by preventing both new landfills from being built and existing landfills from expanding in Cook County. The city of Chicago has[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 23, 2012.  President Obama today named 96 researchers as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.  “Discoveries in science and technology[Read More…]