Report Details Major Storm/Flooding Trends in 8 States: IL, IN, IA, MI, MN, MO, OH and WI; Midwest Illustrates Growing Concerns About Climate Link Between Big Storms and Flooding. CHICAGO–(ENEWSFP)–May 16, 2012 – The kind of deluges that in recent years washed out Cedar Rapids, IA, forced the Army Corps[Read More…]

Groups file lawsuit challenging EPA air pollution permit for Shell Oil Anchorage, AK–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2012.  A day after more than 1 million people urged President Barack Obama to reject plans to drill in the Arctic Ocean this summer, a coalition of groups today filed a lawsuit in the 9th Circuit[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 17, 2012.   Rather than investing in safe, long-term solutions to prevent malaria mortality, the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a strategic plan that calls for multiple toxic pesticides to combat mosquito resistance to insecticides that is showing up in sub-Saharan African. Insecticide resistance, according to the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2012.  With Congress considering drastic cuts to national clean water protections, and rivers nationwide facing threats from natural gas drilling, chemical pollution, and new dams, American Rivers yesterday released its annual list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers.® It names the Potomac River, known as ‘the nation’s river’[Read More…]

Judge Finds Flaws in Air Permit, Deals Major Blow to Already Speculative Plant Austin, TX –(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2012.  On May 14, Texas District Court Judge Stephen Yelenosky issued a letter announcing his intended ruling in a lawsuit seeking to reverse an air pollution permit authorizing the proposed 1,320 megawatt Las[Read More…]

Scientists will explore role of storms in forming ozone chemicals that affect weather, climate Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2012 Over the next 45 days, researchers will use radars, balloons, aircraft and ground vehicles for the Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) study.  Download here. (Credit: NOAA) Today marks the beginning of[Read More…]

Review shows that nearly two-thirds of acreage leased by industry lies idle WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2012.  As the Obama administration continues to make millions of acres available to for oil and gas development, a report released today by the Department of the Interior shows that more than two thirds of federal[Read More…]

MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2012. RESEARCH SHOWS ECOSMART PRODUCT IS SAFE, EFFECTIVE I scoff at poison ivy, or bee stings, or the other associated scratches and itches that come from a life outdoors. It’s part of it. And worth it. But Lyme Disease has struck fear into many of us living in[Read More…]

La Niña ends; neutral conditions return over the equatorial Pacific Ocean Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2012.  The globally-averaged temperature for April marked the fifth warmest April since record keeping began in 1880. April 2012 also marked the largest departure from the 20th century average temperature in more than a year. April[Read More…]

Engineer warns that tube plugging and low power operation are risky “non-solutions” WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2012.  Southern California Edison avoided federal regulatory guidelines when replacing defective steam generators at the San Onofre nuclear power plant — a costly mistake that can’t be fixed by plugging the tubes that carry radioactive[Read More…]