WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 1 – When members of Congress return next week, they could consider at least 13 different legislative proposals to undercut endangered species protections, according to a comprehensive report released today by Defenders of Wildlife. Assault on Wildlife: The Endangered Species Act under attack details current legislative attacks on America’s[Read More…]

MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–Augugst31, 2011. I mowed the lawn. Or, I should say, I prepared to mow the lawn. I should begin by telling you that I enjoy mowing; I always have, ever since we upgraded from the hellaciously heavy wood and steel reel mower when I was 9 and I was able[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2011.  In an exclusive Beyond Pesticides’ interview in Mirebalais, Haiti (in the central plateau region of the country) on August 26, 2011 with the head of Haiti’s Mouvman Peyizan Papay [MPP] (Peasant Movement of Papay), a 200,000 member strong organization of small farmers, Chavannes Jean-Baptiste calls for[Read More…]

This image of Earth (on the left) and the moon (on the right) was taken by NASA’s Juno spacecraft on Aug. 26, 2011, when the spacecraft was about 6 million miles (9.66 million kilometers) away. It was taken by the spacecraft’s onboard camera, JunoCam. The solar-powered Juno spacecraft lifted off[Read More…]

Miami, Florida—(ENEWSPF)—August 30, 2011 – UPDATE 11 PM AST.  The National Hurricane Center is reporting that Tropical Storm Katia is currently racing west-northwestward over the tropical Atlantic, 13.3 N. 37.5 W, approximately 885 miles (1425 km) of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands.  Maximum sustained winds are 60 mph (95 km/h). [Read More…]

Alexandria, Virginia–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2011.  Today, Mayor William D. Euille of Alexandria and GenOn Energy, Inc. announced the planned retirement of the Potomac River Generating Station, a sixty-two year old coal-fired power plant on the banks of the Potomac River in Alexandria. The announcement set the retirement date for October 1,[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2011. A humpback whale feeds in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.(Credit: NOAA) NOAA and France’s Protected Areas Agency have signed a “sister sanctuary” agreement to support the protection of endangered humpback whales that migrate annually more than 3,000 miles between NOAA’s Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary off[Read More…]

Washington—(ENEWSPF)—August 30, 2011.  Actress and environmental activist Daryl Hannah was arrested today during a sit-in in front of the White House protesting the expansion of a pipeline expansion project that would significantly increase the amount of oil the United States imports from Canada’s controversial Alberta oil sands. Hannah was among[Read More…]

ARPA-E Awardees Attract Another $100 Million to Advance Clean Energy Technologies WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2011.  Speaking at the National Clean Energy Summit 4.0 today in Las Vegas, Nevada, Vice President Joe Biden announced another promising milestone for the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E): five innovative companies that[Read More…]

MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2011. The ConsumerAffairs.com web site features hundreds of pages of complaints about TruGreen (ChemLawn) lawn care. In a surprisingly candid interview with his hometown newspaper, the Memphis Daily News, the CEO of ServiceMaster offered up yet another scathing commentary on the performance of TruGreen, the company formerly known[Read More…]