WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2012.  Scientists have made a biological discovery in Arctic Ocean waters as dramatic and unexpected as finding a rainforest in the middle of a desert. A NASA-sponsored expedition punched through three-foot thick sea ice to find waters richer in microscopic marine plants, essential to all sea life, than[Read More…]

House committee OKs another dirty water bill, threatening communities nationwide Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2012.  Today the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved a dirty water bill by Representatives John Mica (R-FL) and Nick Rahall (D-WV). The Mica-Rahall bill, H.R. 4965, aims to ban federal agencies from[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2012) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Susan Hedman today joined Mayor Don Ness at the Duluth Heritage Sports Center to announce $850,000 in grants to redevelop contaminated properties, create jobs and protect public health in Duluth.  The city and the Duluth Economic Development Authority will use these[Read More…]

MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2012.  THE INACTION MEANS WE NEED TO ACT TOGETHER I have to say I’m not one to inherently, blindly grant government too much power, but I do have to love the way the French are dealing with yet another study that says pesticides are killing bees. Within days[Read More…]

Administration Put Dirty Energy Interests Ahead of New Jersey Residents and State’s Economic Health TRENTON, N.J.–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2012 – Governor Chris Christie and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection failed to follow legal due process and safeguard the economic and health interests of New Jersey citizens when pulling the[Read More…]

OH, PA and IN Are Home to Region’s Worst Mercury Polluters, Followed by MI, IL, WI, MN and NY; Vote in Congress to Test Support of Region’s U.S. Senators for EPA Curb on Neurotoxin.   CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2012 –Just ahead of a major U.S. Senate vote on the Environmental Protection[Read More…]

County failed to prove obscure, little-used route was a ‘public highway’ Fresno, CA –(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2012.  A federal judge yesterday threw out a suit by Inyo County, California to open a highway through a remote roadless area of Death Valley National Park. The Last Chance Mountains in Death Valley National[Read More…]

Urge reinstatement of earlier, stronger protections Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2012.  Conservation organizations appealed the weak federal air pollution standards approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for coal-fired power plants in North Dakota. The groups urged the EPA to instead implement more protective air pollution safeguards it had suggested last[Read More…]

Unrelated riders on coal ash, NEPA, Keystone pipeline clog up jobs bill Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2012.  The transportation conference committee, comprised of members from both the House of Representatives and Senate, is working to iron out a deal on a massive transportation bill designed to fund and maintain America’s highways,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 7th, 2012.  A new study confirms several other recent study findings on the inability of commonly used pyrethroid based pesticide products to control bed bug infestations. The results reinforce the voices of concerned citizens and environmental groups calling for a wider adoption of proven, non-toxic methods to manage[Read More…]