NRDC: “Not in our national interest to further U.S. oil addiction” WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–Nov. 4, 2011.  Thousands of citizen-activists, local residents and environmentalists will gather at the White House Sunday to protest construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, which is designed to transport dirty tar sands for 1,700 miles, from Canada through[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2011.  Scientists at the University of Maine have been awarded $201,187 for the first year of an anticipated three-year $574,028 project to investigate methods that would provide early warning detection of toxic Alexandrium blooms, also known as red tides, in the Gulf of Maine. Some species of[Read More…]

Devices, required by Endangered Species Act, help keep turtles from drowning in shrimp nets Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2011 Sea turtle escaping a net equipped with turtle excluder device (TED).  Download here. (Credit: NOAA) The owners and operators of 18 shrimp trawlers were assessed civil penalties over the past two weeks[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2011.  In his speech to the Washington Post Live Smart Energy Conference today, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu highlighted the choice America faces on whether or not to take advantage of the huge economic opportunity and compete with countries like China in the clean energy race. Excerpts[Read More…]

Local Mothers, Businesses, Health Advocates Back Results, Encourage Reform WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2011.  New Hampshire residents overwhelmingly support strengthening the 35-year old Toxic Substances Control Act in order to better protect the public from dangerous chemicals, according to a poll conducted by Public Opinion Strategies for the Natural Resources Defense Council.[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2011.  The State of Ohio announced Friday, October 28 it will rescind a regulation that has prohibited organic dairy product labeling from declaring that antibiotics, pesticides or synthetic hormones are not used. In a lawsuit filed by the Organic Trade Association (OTA), the Sixth Circuit Court of[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–1 November 2011.    New UNEP report tracks the changing global environment over the past two decades Concerted and rapid action is urgently needed to curb resource depletion and ensure human activities do not destroy the very environment that supports economies and sustains life, warned a United Nations report[Read More…]

Disastrous collapse comes just weeks after House votes against strong coal ash protections – will the Senate vote to protect Americans? LAKE MICHIGAN –(ENEWSPF)–November 1, 2011.  A partial retaining bluff collapse Monday at the We Energies Oak Creek Power Plant in Wisconsin sent toxic coal ash spewing into Lake Michigan.[Read More…]

MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–November 1, 2011.  As reported here last month, a group of Illinois residents successfully fought a plan to spray local playing fields for weeds. To show they’re serious, those same folks are offering to pull the weeds by hand to satisfying the aesthetic expectations of the community at large: http://highlandpark.suntimes.com/news/8526419-418/park-board-rounds-up-volunteers-to-weed-fields.html. [Read More…]

Fishing gear continues to be major killer of whales in North Atlantic BOSTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 1, 2011.  Conservation and animal protection groups filed a lawsuit yesterday asking a federal court in Massachusetts to hold the National Marine Fisheries Service accountable for continuing to allow four federal fisheries to injure and kill endangered[Read More…]