NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–Nov. 8, 2011, 1:35 p.m. EST  Guerrilla gardening is the occupation of ill-used land to support the communities and ecosystems to which that land rightfully belongs. As the Occupy movement “puts down roots” in public and private spaces across the world, guerilla gardening is essential to growing a sustainable[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2011.  The hope and ambition of the Occupy movement has reminded us that we need to remake financial and economic systems so that they serve people and the planet, not the other way around. We are challenged to consider ways in which we can not only resist[Read More…]

NRDC Partners with DoD on Proactive Planning Resource to Foster Wind, Solar Geothermal and Transmission Projects Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2011.  The Natural Resources Defense Council today released a mapping tool created in partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) that allows renewable energy developers to identify sites less likely[Read More…]

NRDC: “Obama Administration Takes Important First Step”  WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2011.  The Obama administration today signaled its intention to develop first-ever rules to curb carbon dioxide pollution from new power plants, according to a notice posted on the website of the White House Office of Management and Budget.   The following is[Read More…]

Early season storm breaks October snowfall records across the Northeast, while record drought continues across the Southern Plains Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2011 October 2011 temperature “divisional rank” maps. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) During October, a persistent upper-level weather pattern brought below-normal temperatures to the southeastern United States and above-normal temperatures from[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2011.  Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the Proposed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2012-2017, opening up the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas in Alaska to dangerous and dirty offshore oil and gas drilling.  It schedules 15 potential lease sales for[Read More…]

Proposal makes available more than 75% of estimated undiscovered  oil and gas resources on U.S. Outer Continental Shelf WASHINGTON DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2011.  Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the Proposed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2012-2017, which makes more than 75 percent of[Read More…]

Company’s Own Records Show Violations Of Legal Limits of Iron, Selenium, Other Heavy Metals in Local Waterways Knoxville, TN–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2011.  Earlier this week, the Sierra Club and its partners, the Tennessee Clean Water Network and Statewide Organizing for Community eMpowerment, filed three suits in the U.S. District Court for the[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–8 November 2011.  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed members of the award-winning alternative rock band Linkin Park to United Nations Headquarters in New York, where they announced their commitment to support his initiative aimed at ensuring universal energy access by 2030. “I don’t know much about rock music. I stopped[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2011.  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a petition to ban the endocrine (hormone) disrupting herbicide atrazine on September 14, 2011, opening a 60-day comment period for the public to weigh-in on the issue that ends Friday. Tell EPA that because atrazine poses unacceptable risks to humans[Read More…]