RICHMOND, Va.—(ENEWSPF)—September 10, 2018 By: Virginia National Guard Emergency preparations have been underway over the weekend in Virginia and other southeastern states in advance of an anticipated strike this week by Hurricane Florence. Virginia Department of Emergency Management teams have worked throughout the weekend preparing for what may be[Read More…]
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NASA’s GPM Satellite Peers Under the Clouds of Hurricane Florence (Video)
MARYLAND—(ENEWSPF)—September 6, 2018 By: Rob Gutro and Hal Pierce Hurricane Florence became more powerful over the past few days while moving through the central Atlantic Ocean and wind speeds increased from tropical storm force to a Category 3 hurricane. The GPM core satellite provided a look under the clouds to investigate[Read More…]
NASA Finds Tropical Storm Gordon’s Strength East of Its Center
Florida—(ENEWSPF)—September 4, 2018 By: Rob Gutro, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center After drenching south Florida, Tropical Storm Gordon moved into the eastern Gulf of Mexico and is headed to the northwest. NASA’s Aqua satellite found three areas of the strongest storms east of Gordon’s center when it passed overhead on Sept.[Read More…]
New Documents Reveal Government Plans to Spy on Keystone XL Protestors
ACLU Sues Federal Agencies Over Refusal to Turn Over Additional Documents About Plans for Cooperating with State Law Enforcement and Private Security Contractors Missoula, Montana—(ENEWSPF)—September 4, 2018 Contact: [email protected] The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Montana today released documents corroborating reports of collaboration between state and federal law[Read More…]
Yellowstone Grizzlies: Court Blocks Idaho, Wyoming Trophy Hunts
MISSOULA, Mont. —(ENEWSPF)—August 30, 2018 Contacts: Matthew Bishop, Western Environmental Law Center and Bethany Cotton, WildEarth Guardians Today, a U.S. District Court judge granted wildlife advocates’ motion for a temporary restraining order to block planned grizzly bear trophy hunts in Idaho and Wyoming for at least 14 days. This came[Read More…]
Community, Environmental Justice, National Environmental, and Scientist Groups Continue Fighting to Defend the Chemical Disaster Rule from Rollbacks by EPA
Community members from around the United States call for life-saving measures to be implemented after court victory last week Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 24, 2018 Contacts: Gordon Sommers and Emma Cheuse community members from across the country called on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler to withdraw EPA’s proposal to[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Announces Settlement Requiring Cleanup of Madison County Oil Refinery
Settlement Requires Massive Site Cleanup, Ending Years of Litigation & Contamination Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—August 20, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced a settlement with Delaware-based Premcor Refining Group Inc. (Premcor). This agreement resolves years of environmental concerns and litigation by Madigan’s office and Madison County State’s Attorney Tom[Read More…]
National Maple Tree Study the Subject of Sierra Club’s September 10 Meeting
MATTESON—(ENEWSPF)—August 6, 2018 By: Patrick Coffey The Sauk-Calumet Sierra Club Group will be resuming their monthly meetings (after the summer hiatus) on Monday, September 10th, at the Frankfort Public Library, 21119 Pfeiffer Rd. in Frankfort at 7:15 pm. The program at this meeting will be presented by Wendy Smith, Park Ranger at the Indiana[Read More…]
Creek Walk for Kids Coming Up at Thorn Creek Nature Center
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Children ages 6 to 12 are invited to the Creek Walk for Kids, to be held at Thorn Creek Nature Center on Sunday, August 12. Between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m., children will be able to walk the creek, make observations, and take measurements to learn about[Read More…]
Solar Flares Disrupted Radio Communications During Sept. 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Relief Effort
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- An unlucky coincidence of space and Earth weather in early September 2017 caused radio blackouts for hours during critical hurricane emergency response efforts, according to a new study in Space Weather, a journal of the American Geophysical Union. The new research, which details how the events on the Sun and Earth[Read More…]
