CLINTON, IL–(ENEWSPF)–May 3, 2012. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) will send a letter today to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Administrator Susan Hedman expressing their strong concern about the proposed industrial waste facility at Clinton Landfill, Durbin announced at a news conference at Clinton City[Read More…]
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Coalition Acts to Protect Virginia Rivers and Streams from Mining Pollution
Groups Challenge A&G Coal’s Unpermitted Discharges of Toxic Selenium Wise County, VA–(ENEWSPF)–May 3, 2012. Today, a coalition of groups took action to stop A&G Coal Corporation from polluting local waterways. Water monitoring conducted by the groups shows that A&G’s Kelly Branch Mine in Wise County is dumping the toxic pollutant[Read More…]
Groups File Suit Over Largest Coal Plans Ever Approved by U.S. Interior Department
“We Can’t Strip Mine our Way to a Safe Climate” Powder River Basin, Wyoming–(ENEWSPF)–May 3, 2012. Safeguarding the climate, WildEarth Guardians and the Sierra Club yesterday filed suit against the U.S. Department of Interior over one of the largest coal mining plans ever to be approved by the federal government.[Read More…]
Billion Euro ESA Mission to Explore Icy Worlds of Jupiter
UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–3 May 2012. The European Space Agency (ESA) has approved a new mission to explore Jupiter and its icy moons to reveal fresh insights into the habitability of the ‘waterworlds’ orbiting the giant planets in our solar system and beyond. On 2 May 2012, at a meeting in Paris,[Read More…]
TransCanada Secretly Moves Forward with Permits for Keystone XL Southern Segment Amid EPA Region 6’s Previous Objections
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 3, 2012. The Army Corps of Engineers has confirmed that Canadian oil firm TransCanada has submitted applications to Corps district offices in Tulsa, Galveston, and Ft. Worth for a Nationwide Permit 12 (NWP 12) to build the southern leg of the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline from[Read More…]
New Dental Fillings Utilize Controversial Nanotechnology to Kill Bacteria
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 3, 2012. Scientists at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry have created the first cavity-filling composite using controversial nanotechnology that will both kill bacteria and regenerate tooth structure. The antibacterial component to the new fillings will be a base of quaternary ammonium and silver nanoparticles, along with[Read More…]
Statement of Earthjustice on the Forest Service’s Announcement of a Colorado Roadless Rule
Denver, CO–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2012. The following is a statement by Ted Zukoski, Staff Attorney in the Denver office of Earthjustice, on the announcement of a final rule regulating the management of 4.2 million acres of roadless national forest in Colorado. Earthjustice, a non-profit law firm, has worked in federal courts[Read More…]
U.S. District Court Will Hear Motions to Dismiss a Climate Change Lawsuit Brought by Kids from Across the U.S.
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 2, 2012. WHAT: Court Hearing on the Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss the Federal Atmospheric Trust Litigation case (Alec L. v. Jackson, D.D.C., No. 11-CV-022235, 12/14/11). The case was filed by youth plaintiffs with the iMatter Movement. These young people from across the country are being impacted by climate[Read More…]
In-Utero Pesticide Exposures Linked to Brain Abnormalities
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 1012. New research published online at the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports that babies exposed in the womb to a commonly used insecticide have brain abnormalities after birth. The insecticide, chlorpyrifos (used in agriculture, mosquito control, and golf course management) , is well documented[Read More…]
Energy Department Announces New Mapping Initiative to Advance North American Carbon Storage Efforts
PITTSBURGH–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2012. Today, the Energy Department joined with partners from Canada and Mexico to release the first-ever atlas mapping the potential carbon dioxide storage capacity in North America. According to the newly released North American Carbon Storage Atlas (NACSA), there is at least 500 years of geologic storage for[Read More…]
