Miami, Florida—(ENEWSPF)—September 22, 2011 – UPDATE 2 PM PDT (2100 UTC).  The National Hurricane Center is reporting that Hilary has rapidly strengthened to a Category Two Hurricane. Summary of Watches and Warnings in Effect A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for: Lagunas de Chacahua, Mexico westward to Punta San[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 22, 2011.  House Republicans, led by Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), opened hearings today to spotlight the state of clean energy jobs in America. But claims by Chairman Issa that such jobs are “propaganda” are based on politics, not facts, and threaten a critical[Read More…]

MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–September 22, 2011.  We were watching this one closely, having participated in many of the early debates. Last night, in what can only be called a “landslide” vote and public outcry, the town of Scarborough, Maine, removed synthetic pesticides from public property: http://www.theforecaster.net/content/s-scarborough-town-council-092311. Source: safelawns.org

Public interest groups call on Obama to heed credible independent experts’ analyses and reject dangerous tar sands oil pipeline WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—September 22, 2011.  Email correspondence between State Department employees and a TransCanada pipeline lobbyist who served as a top aide on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign provides evidence[Read More…]

NRDC Study Debunks Industry’s Claims of a Possible Shutdown WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 21, 2011.  The useful life of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) can be extended by at least three decades through modest improvements that also will yield profits at least ten times the upgrade costs, according to a new study[Read More…]

NRDC: Stop All-Out Assault on Our Health and Environment WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–Sept. 21, 2011.  The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved two bills designed to thwart health protections for all Americans. Both measures are part of Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s Tea Party agenda to bring anti-environmental bills to the House floor this[Read More…]

SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2011.  Federal, state and Bay-area officials announced a comprehensive civil settlement with the owners and operators of the M/V Cosco Busan, resolving all natural resource damages, penalties and response costs that resulted from the ship striking the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in 2007, and subsequent oil spill[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2011. Black smoke billows from a controlled burn of surface oil during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. A new study by NOAA and the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) found that controlled burns released more than one million pounds of sooty black carbon[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2011. Image showing damage from the tornado that hit Joplin, Mo., on May 22, 2011.  Download here. (Credit: NOAA) Today, NOAA’s National Weather Service released its final assessment report on the May 22 tornado that struck Joplin, Mo. The report identifies best practices and makes recommendations to[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2011.  A study supported by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command links pesticide exposure and other factors to Gulf War illness (also referred to as Gulf War Syndrome), an illness characterized by a wide range of acute and chronic symptoms experienced by veterans and civilians[Read More…]