Atlanta, GA-(ENEWSPF)- An Obama administration proposal to continue allowing oil companies to dump unlimited amounts of offshore fracking chemicals into the Gulf of Mexico violates federal law and threatens endangered marine wildlife, the Center for Biological Diversity warned over the weekend. In a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency on a[Read More…]
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Arizona’s Sonoyta Mud Turtle Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection After Waiting for 19 Years
Tucson, AZ-(ENEWSPF)- In accordance with a settlement with the Center for Biological Diversity to speed protections for 757 species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed Endangered Species Act protection for the Sonoyta mud turtle, which was first identified as a “candidate” for federal protection in 1997. These highly aquatic turtles are found[Read More…]
Mississippi Fish Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection After 25 Years On Waiting List
Jackson, Miss.-(ENEWSPF)- In response to a settlement with the Center for Biological Diversity to speed protections for 757 species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed today to protect the Pearl darter as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The small fish has been wiped out of its namesake[Read More…]
Analysis: Company Behind Controversial Dakota Access Pipeline Has Record of Spills, Property Damage
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Energy Transfer Partners, the conglomerate behind the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline, is responsible for 29 pipeline safety incidents since 2006, in which 9,555 barrels of hazardous liquids were leaked, according to a new analysis of federal data by the Center for Biological Diversity. Those spills resulted in[Read More…]
Water Quality Board Urged to Provide More Water to Save Rare Sucker Fish
SAN BERNARDINO, CA-(ENEWSPF)- Three conservation groups filed a request with the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board last week to amend the permit of the Rapid Infiltration and Extraction (RIX) facility to require adequate water flows in the Santa Ana River for the federally protected Santa Ana sucker fish. Since[Read More…]
California Addresses Ocean Acidification as Gov. Brown Signs A.B. 2139
Sacramento, CA-(ENEWSPF)-California took an important step toward addressing ocean acidification and hypoxia in its coastal waters this week when Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 2139, which calls for the creation of a task force to study how changing ocean chemistry is affecting marine life and make recommendations to policymakers.[Read More…]
July-like Heat To Bake Northeastern US This Week
By Alex Sosnowski, Senior Meteorologist for AccuWeather.com AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports July-like heat will make a comeback over the Northeastern United States this week as temperatures hit 10-15 degrees above average. Temperatures from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., and Richmond, Virginia, will hit 90 F or higher each day through Friday. New York City[Read More…]
Thursday, September 8 #NoDAPL: Chicago Indigenous & Black Organizers Support Native Water Protectors in North Dakota
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–September 7, 2016 — Indigenous and Black activists in Chicago will hold vigil this Thursday night in support of #NoDAPL, over 2,000 Native protesters who are currently thwarting construction of the Dakota Access pipeline in Standing Rock, North Dakota. The vigil will be held from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM[Read More…]
Scientists Discover a New Deep-Reef Butterflyfish Species in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
Discovery highlights a wealth of previously unknown biodiversity Pete Basabe’s Butteflyfish (Prognathodes basabei Pyle and Kosaki 2016) at a depth of 180 feet off Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Credit: Greg McFall/NOAA HAWAII–(ENEWSPF)–September 6, 2016. Scientists from the Bishop Museum and NOAA have published a description of a[Read More…]
Coalition Challenges Water Right Permit for Rock Creek Mine That Would Drain Wilderness Streams
Proposed mine would drain water from nearby streams endangering wildlife Rock Creek — Source: US Forest Service Helena, MT —(ENEWSPF)–September 6, 2016. A coalition of conservation groups has objected to a mining company’s request for a state water right permit for the proposed Rock Creek Mine. If finalized, the permit[Read More…]
