U.S. Leaders, Unions, Advocates Hail Report Calling For 75 Percent Recycling Rate WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2011.  Higher recycling rates hold the potential to produce millions of new jobs, would strengthen local economies, reduce pollution and improve public health, according to a new report released today. At a National Recycling Day event[Read More…]

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2011.  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the General Services Administration highlighted the benefits of electronics recycling today at a certified “eCycling” facility for America Recycles Day. “Instead of creating pollution, our used electronics can be supporting local jobs through eCycling,” said EPA Region 5 Land and Chemicals[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2011.  Research published in the online edition of Environmental Health Perspectives finds that exposure to certain pesticides elevates the risk of non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL). The study, “A Prospective Study of Organochlorines in Adipose Tissue and Risk of non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma,” finds a positive correlation between levels of the[Read More…]

Youth from Park Forest work with CMAP to plan for the future of their town. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest has a legacy of living and growing sustainably. Now, this south suburban community is embarking on an innovative effort to create a village-wide sustainability plan. Village residents,[Read More…]

Bangladesh–(ENEWSPF)–14 November 2011.  Climate change is the single most important challenge the world faces, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed today in Bangladesh, a country that is all too familiar with the impact of extreme weather events and which the United Nations chief hailed as a global leader in disaster risk reduction. In[Read More…]

NRDC Holds 13th Annual “Forces for Nature” Benefit NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2011.  The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) today will honor Wendy and Eric Schmidt, of the 11th Hour Project and Google, Inc., respectively, and Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post Media Group President and Editor-in-Chief, for their trailblazing environmental efforts in[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2011.  Environment Canada’s enforcement division has indicted the multinational firm Cooke Aquaculture and three of its senior officials on eleven criminal charges stemming from illegal pesticide applications that spread to sicken and kill wild lobsters. The indictment alleges that in 2009 Cooke applied cypermethrin, a pesticide prohibited[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 11, 2011.  The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) will meet this month to decide on a range of issues regarding the future of organic food and farming in the U.S. The NOSB will vote to allow or prohibit substances and practices in certified organic food and farming after[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2011.  MODERATOR: Good afternoon, and thank you for joining us. We are pleased today to have Assistant Secretary Dr. Kerri-Ann Jones in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, who will discuss the Keystone pipeline. She’ll have some opening remarks, followed by your questions.[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2011 NOAA’s Patricia Lang prepares to measure greenhouse gas levels inside a flask that is part of NOAA’s global air sampling network. Network measurements, made from remote sites around the world, are critical to NOAA’s Annual Greenhouse Gas Index, an annual measure of the heating effect of[Read More…]