WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2011. The Department of the Interior today released the results of an internal study that shows the department could generate up to one million megawatt hours of electricity annually and create jobs by adding hydropower capacity at 70 of its existing facilities. The report, Hydropower Resource Assessment[Read More…]
Environmental
Audubon’s Chapter Network Sends Unified Message to Capitol Hill
New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2011. March 24, 2011 Dear Senator: The National Audubon Society stands with our chapters and 21 state offices to share our grave concerns about the funding battle that is currently pending in the Senate. The extreme and reckless bill completed by the House, HR 1,[Read More…]
UN Warns of ‘Potentially Catastrophic’ Impact of Climate Change on Food Security
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–31 March 2011 – The effects of slow-onset climate change are expected to have “potentially catastrophic” impact on food production in developing countries in future, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today, calling for action to mitigate the adverse consequences. “Currently the world is focused on[Read More…]
Sierra Club Response to President Obama’s Speech on Energy Security
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2011. Statement by Michael Brune, Executive Director of the Sierra Club: “True energy independence starts at home and we are encouraged by the President’s commitment to moving our nation beyond its dangerous addiction to oil. “As the President said, with soaring oil prices, Middle East unrest, national[Read More…]
CAP, LCV and Sierra Club’s ‘Cleaner Cars, Less Foreign Oil’ Plan
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2011. Today the Center for American Progress, Sierra Club, and League of Conservation Voters released the “Cleaner Cars, Less Foreign Oil” plan, by John D. Podesta, Carl Pope and Gene Karpinski. It calls for President Obama and Congress to set firm targets for cutting foreign oil use,[Read More…]
FACT SHEET: America’s Energy Security
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2011. Rising prices at the pump affect everybody – workers and farmers; truck drivers and restaurant owners. Businesses see it impact their bottom line. Families feel the pinch when they fill up their tank. For Americans already struggling to get by, it makes life that much harder. [Read More…]
EPA Monitoring Continues to Confirm That No Radiation Levels of Concern Have Reached the United States
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2011. During detailed filter analyses from 12 RadNet air monitor locations across the nation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identified trace amounts of radioactive isotopes consistent with the Japanese nuclear incident. Some of the filter results show levels slightly higher than those found by EPA monitors last[Read More…]
EPA Continues to Promote Coal Ash Without Knowing Risks
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 28 – After it shut down its joint program with industry promoting use of coal ash in commercial, agricultural and consumer products last summer, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency continues to push reuse of coal ash, according to agency documents released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). [Read More…]
Alternative to Corn Gluten for Crabgrass? Try Compost
Cumberland, Maine–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2011. The interest in corn gluten meal as a pre-emergent weed control for crabgrass and other weeds continues to amaze us here at SafeLawns. Our post on the subject was easily the most visited of the year thus far. And since we’re not big fans of[Read More…]
UN-backed Test Shows Need to Improve Caribbean Tsunami Warning System
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–26 March 2011 – The first full-scale test of the tsunami warning system in the Caribbean has highlighted the need to reinforce preparations as well as improve communication, evacuation plans and the role of the private sector, the United Nations said today. The simulated tsunami alert, dubbed Caribe Wave[Read More…]
