State Department of Environmental Protection weakening pollution limits   Tallahassee, FL–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2011. Earthjustice today filed a legal challenge against Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) because the state agency is failing to protect residents and tourists from nauseating—and dangerous—toxic algae outbreaks. Warning sign on Caloosahatchee River in June 2011. (Mike Dove)[Read More…]

Conservation groups call for stronger federal regulations to protect the Great Lakes from aquatic invasive species CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2011. Late yesterday, the federal government took another tentative step toward protecting the Great Lakes and vulnerable coastal waters from the scourge of invasive species with proposed limitations on their chief delivery[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2011. Ongoing research at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Sustainable Agricultural Systems Lab (SASL) finds that organic grain production reduces greenhouse gas emissions relative to chemical-intensive no-till and chisel-plow production systems. In fact, the research concludes that the organic system removes more greenhouse gases from the[Read More…]

SPRINGFIELD, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Novermber 30, 2011.Yesterday, the Illinois Senate voted to force Illinois citizens and businesses to purchase power from a proposed coal plant operated by Tenaska, an out-of-state corporation. The bill, SB 678, has been repeatedly rejected due to concerns about the exorbitant cost of the project, the huge amounts of[Read More…]

Report warns that corrosive oil, dangerous pathway and treacherous seas make Northern Gateway project an unnecessary threat VANCOUVER, BC–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2011.  A new report released yesterday shines a light on the dangers associated with transporting tar sands oil by Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway project, both along the pipeline pathway and[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2011.  A federal judge in southern Illinois has ordered the Swiss parent company of Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. (SCPI), maker of the herbicide atrazine, to appear in court to defend its actions in a water-contamination lawsuit brought last year by Midwestern public water providers. The suit was[Read More…]

Call on employees to blow the whistle on policies that harm the planet and cost human lives Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2011.  On Wednesday, Nov. 30 at noon, Freedom Plaza – OccupyWashingtonDC will join Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, EPA whistleblower and author of “No Fear: A whistleblower’s triumph over corruption and retaliation at[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–29 November 2011.  Temperatures this year are the tenth highest on record since 1850, and the highest ever in a year which experienced a La Niña event, a meteorological phenomenon which is supposed to have a cooling influence on Earth’s atmosphere, a United Nations agency reportedtoday. The findings are among[Read More…]

MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2011. An international team of 22 researchers released a report yesterday that reiterated the overwhelming evidence that a commonly used synthetic chemical weed killer causes birth defects and other problems related to reproduction in many forms of life including mammals. Here is the link: http://www.newsroomamerica.com/story/195601/herbicide_spurs_reproductive_problems_in_many_animals:_research.html Source: www.safelawns.org

Changed circumstances demand reconsideration of the Susquehanna-Roseland Line   New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2011. Environmental and citizens’ groups filed court papers this month to force the Board of Public Utilities to reconsider approval of the Susquehanna-Roseland electrical transmission line. Reconsideration is needed in light of dramatically changed circumstances. Since the Board[Read More…]