Standing Rock Sioux Tribe demands government reconsider its finding that pipeline poses no risks The DAPL (Dakota Access Pipeline) being installed between farms, as seen from 50th Avenue in New Salem, North Dakota. Tony Webster / CC BY-SA 2.0 Standing Rock, ND —(ENEWSPF)–November 4, 2016. An independent expert hired by[Read More…]
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Interior Secretary Jewell, Director Jarvis Announce 10 New National Historic Landmarks Illustrating America’s Diverse History, Culture
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2016. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis yesterday announced the designation of 10 new national historic landmarks, including properties that honor LGBT and civil rights history. The designation recognizes the properties as places that possess exceptional value and[Read More…]
Earthjustice Echoes Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s Leader, Applauds President Obama
Asks President Obama to deliver on his promise “to accommodate sacred lands of Native Americans” Flags fly at the Sacred Stone Camp, Cannonball, North Dakota. Overpass Light Brigade / CC BY-NC 2.0 San Francisco, CA —(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2016. The following is a statement from Earthjustice President Trip Van Noppen in[Read More…]
Nonprofits File Lawsuit Against Sioux Honey Over ‘100% Pure’ and ‘Natural’ Labels on Products Contaminated with Glyphosate
Beyond Pesticides, Organic Consumers Association allege deceptive and misleading labeling, after FDA testing confirms contamination WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2016. Beyond Pesticides and the Organic Consumers Association (OCA), represented by Richman Law Group, filed a lawsuit this week in Superior Court in the District of Columbia against Sioux Honey[Read More…]
Obama Administration Announces New Actions To Accelerate The Deployment of Electrical Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure
Today’s Actions include the Designation of 48 National Electric Vehicle Charging Corridors on our Highways Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2016. The Obama Administration is committed to taking responsible steps to combat climate change, increase access to clean energy technologies, and reduce our dependence on oil. Already, in the past eight years the[Read More…]
New Rangeland Fire Science Plan Essential for Sage-Grouse, Sagebrush Conservation and Restoration
Plan also addresses other rangeland threats WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2016. Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior released a new science plan that will serve as an action-oriented blueprint for acquiring information needed to make science-based decisions to restore and conserve the imperiled ‘sagebrush sea,’ a roughly 500,000-square-mile-area of sagebrush[Read More…]
Genetically Engineered Crops Fail to Increase Yields and Reduce Pesticide Use, Exposé Reveals
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 1, 2016. A report published this weekend in The New York Times finds that the shift to genetically engineered (GE) crops in the United States and Canada over the past two decades has increased the use of pesticides in North America, and failed to produce any significant yield[Read More…]
Almost One in Seven Children Breathing Heavily Toxic Air – UNICEF Report
A young girl sits on broken wall inside an informal glue factory where workers process waste leathers to make glue in Hazaribagh area near Buriganga river in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo: UNICEF/UNI9946/Noorani NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–31 October 2016 – About 300 million children in the world are living in areas with outdoor air[Read More…]
Audubon CEO: Public Lands Don’t Belong To Those Who Hold Them At Gunpoint
Oregon standoff acquittal puts people, birds and other wildlife in danger. Sandhill Cranes. Photo: Scott Helfrich/Audubon Photography Awards NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2016. Officials with the National Audubon Society expressed disappointment with the not-guilty verdicts handed down by a federal jury in Oregon for seven defendants, who led the 41-day armed[Read More…]
Landmark Accord Agreed on World’s Largest Marine Sanctuary for Antarctica’s Ross Sea – UN
In the Ross Sea region of Antarctica, the Adélie penguins have been observed to travel an average of 13,000 kilometres during the year from their breeding to their winter foraging grounds. Photo: UNEP GRID Arendal/Peter Prokosch NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–28 October 2016 – The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) welcomed a unanimous[Read More…]
