Failures to report on methylmercury, a neurotoxin, prompt legal action TORONTO –(ENEWSPF)–December 6, 2016. Wildlands League, represented by Ecojustice lawyers, has filed a private prosecution against De Beers Canada Inc. for failing to report levels of mercury and methylmercury at its Victor Diamond Mine site in northern Ontario. Methylmercury, a[Read More…]
Environmental
Climate Change Will Drive Stronger, Smaller Storms in U.S.
Copyright Pixabay New modeling approach forecasts changes in storm behavior, flood risk CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2016. The effects of climate change will likely cause smaller but stronger storms in the United States, according to a new framework for modeling storm behavior developed at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory.[Read More…]
Army Corps of Engineers Will Not Grant Easement for Dakota Access Pipeline Crossing
Perhaps the most important nonviolent resistance movement of our generation rages on in North Dakota NORTH DAKOTA–(ENEWSPF)–December 4, 2016. The Department of the Army will not approve an easement that would allow the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline to cross under Lake Oahe in North Dakota, the Army’s Assistant Secretary for[Read More…]
Siberian Air Will Blow to U.S. as Polar Vortex Breaks Down & Jet Stream Crosses North Pole
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2016 By FishOutofWater Forecast map for Tuesday shows Siberian and polar air breaking out into western north America from Alaska to Texas. This is not a normal Arctic air outbreak. Siberian air will be driven into western north America by winds blowing across the north pole from[Read More…]
Public Health and Environmental Groups Move to Defend Standards to Reduce Waste of Natural Gas on Public Lands
Groups Seek to Join Lawsuit to Oppose Challenges to the Standards OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2016. Fifteen national, regional, tribal and local public health and environmental groups representing millions of Americans took legal steps today to defend new standards that will reduce natural gas waste on public and tribal lands, protect public[Read More…]
Greenpeace: President-Elect Trump’s Support for Dakota Access Pipeline is Crony Capitalism at Its Worst
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2016. President-Elect Donald Trump formally announced his support for the completion of the Dakota Access pipeline yesterday. His transition team noted that his support for the pipeline “had nothing to do with his personal investments and everything to do with promoting policies that benefit all Americans.” Trump’s[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth International Statement on the Election of Donald Trump
LAMPUNG, INDONESIA –(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2016. Here follows the collective statement of the Friends of the Earth International network on the election of Donald Trump. We, Friends of the Earth International, the largest federation of grassroots environmental justice organizations from 75 countries, gathered at our Biennial General Meeting 2016 held in[Read More…]
Sauk-Calumet Sierra Club’s December 5th Meeting to Discuss Cook County Forest Preserves Activities
Please Note Change of Meeting Date MATTESON—(ENEWSPF)—December 2, 2016. Due to a scheduling conflict, the December meeting of the Sauk-Calumet Sierra Club Group will be held on Monday, December 5 at 7:15 p.m. at the Frankfort Public Library. Normally, the meeting is held on the second Monday of the month.[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Trump’s Commerce Pick Owned Deadly Coal Mine
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2016. President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Commerce, Wilbur Ross, bought coal mines from bankrupt Horizon Natural Resources. Among these mines was the Sago Mine, where a dozen miners died after an explosion on January 2, 2006. Five years later, Ross sold the[Read More…]
More Than 100 Scientists Urge Missouri to Ban Unlimited Commercial Trapping of Wild Turtles
Common snapping turtle photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons/Dakota L. Thousands From State Rivers Have Been Caught, Sold, Exported Overseas JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2016. The Missouri Department of Conservation today received a letter signed by more than 100 scientists, including the nation’s top turtle-conservation experts, asking for a complete ban on[Read More…]
