OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2016. After years of advocacy by a broad coalition of partner groups across the West and in Washington, D.C., we are proud to announce that today the Obama Administration released new rules that will reduce the wholesale waste of natural gas by the oil and gas industry–the nation’s[Read More…]
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Marrakech: UN Secretary General Ban Hails ‘New Dawn of Cooperation on Climate Change,’ Urges Action on Paris Accord
Country Flags outside the UN COP22 venue in Marrakech, Morocco. Photo: UNFCCC Marrakech, Morocco–(ENEWSPF)–15 November 2016 – As senior government officials gather in Marrakech, Morocco, to chart the implementation course for the landmark Paris Agreement, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today hailed the opening of a “new dawn for global cooperation on[Read More…]
Pacific Coast Marshes More Resistant to Rising Seas Than Atlantic: NOAA Study
Baseline established to track effects of climate change Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2016. November 15, 2016 A NOAA-sponsored study shows that Pacific coast tidal marshes are more resistant to rising sea levels from climate change than marshes in the Atlantic. Pacific marshes are generally at higher elevations than Atlantic marshes, and[Read More…]
Report: Kemper Disaster Could Get Billions From Taxpayers in Lame Duck Deal
WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2016. A new report from Friends of the Earth and Taxpayers for Common Sense sounds the alarm on a lame duck tax deal that could send billions in subsidies to Southern Company’s long-troubled Kemper coal plant in De Kalb, Mississippi. “This disaster is billions of dollars[Read More…]
Center for Biological Diversity: Public Lands Bills Would Strip Federal Regulation of Fossil Fuels, Give Away 7 Million Acres in Nevada
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2016. The Center for Biological Diversity today condemned three bills being considered in the lame-duck session of Congress that would strip federal regulation from all forms of energy production on America’s public lands and give away 7.2 million acres of federal land in Nevada. “These bills, sponsored by[Read More…]
Lawsuit Launched to Prompt ‘Endangered’ Status for African Elephants
Savannah elephant courtesy Flickr/Bernard Dupont. WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2016. The Center for Biological Diversity filed a notice of intent today to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to protect Africa’s two gravely imperiled elephant species as “endangered.” Unprecedented poaching for ivory and accelerating habitat loss has decimated both[Read More…]
Army Corps of Engineers Statement Regarding the Dakota Access Pipeline
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2016. Yesterday, the Army informed the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Energy Transfer Partners, and Dakota Access, LLC, that it has completed the review that it launched on September 9, 2016. The Army has determined that additional discussion and analysis are warranted in light of the history[Read More…]
Today: Mass Protest Against Dakota Access Pipeline Starts at Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters in D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2016. A peaceful sit-in and rally will be held by Indigenous leaders from Standing Rock, environmentalists, and supporters, at the Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters in Washington, D.C., with a march to the White House calling for an end to the Dakota Access Pipeline. “The Native-led[Read More…]
Fighting for Firsts: Endangered Species Recoveries in 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2016 By: Michael Bean, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Endangered species are often associated with “lasts”– the last individual of a species alive, the last time one was sighted or the last to live in the wild. Over the past year, we’ve[Read More…]
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Approves Michigan Plan to Abate Lead Hazards from Flint and Other Impacted Areas in the State with Federal Support
Baltimore, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2016. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved a Michigan State Plan Amendment (SPA) today that uses federal and state funding to expand lead abatement activities in the impacted areas of Flint and other areas in Michigan. This targeted and time-limited effort will complement other[Read More…]
