Senate bill would establish programs to safeguard natural resources and communities   Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2011.  Today, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Max Baucus (D-MT) introduced the Securing America’s Future and Environment Act (“SAFE Act”) that aims to protect American communities and natural resources from the impacts of climate change.[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–17 November 2011.  Deforestation not only threatens the planet’s climate and national economic development, but also communities whose income, culture and way of life depend on healthy forests, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressedtoday on a visit to Indonesia. Mr. Ban was in the Central Kalimantan region of Borneo, which has[Read More…]

MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2011.  The Ecologist is reporting that the world’s six largest pesticide manufacturers will collectively be put on trial by a long-standing tribunal that will convene in India next month. Though the group known as the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal, created in 1979, has no legal standing, its hope is[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2011.  A new tranche of internal State Department documents released today by public interest groups is raising fresh concerns about pro-pipeline bias — just as the department begins a new review of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline’s likely impacts. “What we see in these[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2011.  An amendment to the Energy and Water appropriations bill was just filed yesterday containing provisions to gut pesticide protections from the Clean Water Act. It’s the same language we opposed this summer. PLEASE CALL YOUR SENATORS TODAY (Senate directory) with the following message: “We urge you[Read More…]

Next phase in national program for light-duty vehicles will save consumers thousands of dollars at the pump while saving billions of barrels of oil, curbing pollution, enabling long-term planning for automakers WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 16, 2011. Building on President Obama’s historic national program, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the[Read More…]

Pilot Program Will Yield Public Sector Energy Savings; Create More Than 100 Green Jobs CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 16, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn today announced Illinois Energy Now grants to help more public sector entities – such as schools, parks and police – incorporate energy efficiency into their buildings and save money. Awarded[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 16, 2011.  On November 9, 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its cumulative risk assessment for the pyrethroid class of insecticides, concluding that these pesticides “do not pose risk concerns for children or adults,” ignoring a wealth of independent data that links this class of chemicals[Read More…]

Strengthened La Niña conditions expected through winter Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2011. Global surface temperature Anomalies – October 2011.High Resolution (Credit: NOAA) The globe experienced its eighth warmest October since record keeping began in 1880. Arctic sea ice extent was the second smallest extent on record for October at 23.5 percent[Read More…]

A historic opportunity to protect the Arctic Refuge for future generations.  Jo Goldmann, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service   New York NY–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2011.  Statement from David Yarnold, President & CEO of Audubon  “Today, on behalf of our 500,000 plus members, Audubon joined hundreds of thousands of Americans to call[Read More…]