WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–October 4, 2016. Green Scissors — a coalition of free-market, taxpayer and environmental groups — sent a letter today asking Congress to allow a suite of dirty energy tax breaks to expire at the end of 2016. A perennial ritual in Washington, almost every year Congress tries to pass[Read More…]
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Remarks by President Obama in South by South Lawn Panel Discussion on Climate Change
President Barack Obama sits with a Lego statue during preparations for the South by South Lawn event on the South Lawn of the White House, Oct. 3, 2016. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2016 – 7:10 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. (Applause.) MR. DICAPRIO: [Read More…]
U.S. State Dept. Issues Cuba Travel Alert Due to Approaching Hurricane Matthew
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2016. This Travel Alert is to inform U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Cuba due to the approach of Hurricane Matthew. The State Department continues to monitor the strength and path of Hurricane Matthew and recommends U.S. citizens defer travel to eastern Cuba. This Alert expires[Read More…]
Feds Find Oil, Gas Seismic Surveys in Gulf of Mexico Would Harm or Harass Marine Mammals up to 31.9 Million Times
The new report acknowledges what environmental groups have long warned Sperm whales traveling in a unit. Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2016. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has released a draft environmental impact statement that concludes seismic surveys for oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico would cause[Read More…]
Trade in Wild African Lion Bones Banned
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2016. Countries from around the world today banned all commercial trade in wild African lion bones and parts in response to growing evidence that lion parts are increasingly being substituted for rare tiger parts in Asian markets. The huge demand for these tiger products is[Read More…]
Update October 3, 2016 — NASA Sees Hurricane Matthew Producing Dangerous Rainfall (Video)
MARYLAND–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2016. The Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core observatory satellite passed above major Hurricane Matthew and found very heavy rainfall that is expected to affect Hispaniola. On Oct. 2 at 5:46 a.m. EDT (0946 UTC) GPM’s Microwave Imager (GMI) and Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) instruments collected data[Read More…]
FDA Tests Confirm Oatmeal, Baby Foods Contain Residues of Monsanto Weed Killer
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2016. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which is quietly starting to test U.S. foods for residues of a weed killing chemical linked to cancer, has found the residues in a variety of oat products, including plain and flavored oat cereals for babies, according to information[Read More…]
DePaul University to Co-host Chicago Climate Festival
Events offer artistic response to UN talks on global warming In response to climate change, the Chicago Climate Festival seeks to use art to change the conversation about environmental destruction. (Image courtesy of iStock) CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2016. Chicago artists, academics and community groups will gather at DePaul University,[Read More…]
Sierra Club Releases Interactive #ToxicTrade Map
Trans-Pacific and Transatlantic Trade Deals Would Empower World’s Largest Polluters WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2016. After trade took center stage in the first presidential debate earlier this week, the Sierra Club today released a new map that reveals the coast-to-coast environmental threats of two pending trade deals — the[Read More…]
Olive Garden, Darden Restaurants Under Investor Pressure to Ditch Routine Antibiotics
ORLANDO, Fla. —(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2016. Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI), the nation’s largest restaurant company and owner of Olive Garden, is facing pressure from investors today at its annual shareholder meeting to eliminate the routine use of antibiotics in its supply chain, a practice that can fuel the spread of[Read More…]
