Katahdin Woods & Waters National Monument Permanently Protects Mountains, Forests & Waters of North-Central Maine, Builds on Robust Tradition of Growing National Park System through Private Philanthropy WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–August 24, 2016. On the eve of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally[Read More…]
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Community Groups across the Country Challenge EPA over Failure to Update Protections from Lead Poisoning
Inadequate protections endanger young children in schools, homes, and other buildings currently deemed safe iStock.com / Wundervisuals Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. A coalition of national and regional groups across the country is suing the United States Environmental Protection Agency for failing to update standards that protect families against neurotoxic[Read More…]
New Analysis Shows Federally Preserved Coastal Areas Are an Economic as Well as Environmental Boon
Visitors to Everglades National Park, Florida, camp on the beach at Middle Cape Sable. Source: Flickr/Nate Bolt Washington, D.C. — (ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. A new report released today by the Center for American Progress shows that the National Park System’s coastal units, which make up less than a quarter of[Read More…]
1.8 Million Acres of Sierra Nevada Habitat Protected for Imperiled Frogs, Toads
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced designation of 1,812,164 acres of protected “critical habitat” throughout the Sierra Nevada mountains for several endangered amphibians: the Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog, Yosemite toad and northern population of the mountain yellow-legged frog. The vast majority of the[Read More…]
Ban Sought on Commercial Trapping of Wild Turtles in Missouri
Thousands Have Been Caught, Sold From State Rivers Common snapping turtle photo by Dakota L. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. The Center for Biological Diversity and Great Rivers Environmental Law Center petitioned the Missouri Department of Conservation yesterday to end commercial collection of the state’s wild freshwater turtles. Turtle traders[Read More…]
Obama Administration Sued to Protect Climate, Public Lands from Drilling and Fracking
10 Million Acres Leased for Oil and Gas by Obama, Yet Climate Change Consistently Ignored Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2016. WildEarth Guardians and Physicians for Social Responsibility today filed a landmark federal lawsuit to defend our climate, our health, and American public lands from widespread oil and gas leasing, drilling, and[Read More…]
New Oceana Animated Maps Show Dolphins and Whales Threatened by Seismic Airgun Blasting in Atlantic Ocean
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–August 24, 2016. Today, Oceana released new animated maps showing dolphins and whales threatened by proposed seismic airgun blasting in the Atlantic Ocean. The maps, which are based on groundbreaking research from Duke University’s Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, draw from 23 years of data to show us the[Read More…]
NextGen Climate, Demos Release New Report on the Costs of Climate Change to Millennials
New study outlines the crippling costs of climate change to millennials and their children SAN FRANCISCO—(ENEWSPF)–August 22, 2016. NextGen Climate and public policy group Demos today released a new report that quantifies the economic costs of climate change to millennials and their children. The report, “The Price Tag of Being[Read More…]
Turning 100: Major Milestones in the National Park Service
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 22, 2016. For a century, the National Park Service has protected our nation’s treasures. Every day, it works to ensure that current and future generations can enjoy national parks — places that belong to all Americans. As we celebrate the National Park Service’s 100th birthday, check out the[Read More…]
White House Weekly Address: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service, August 20, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2016. Hi everybody. Earlier this summer, Michelle, Malia, Sasha and I headed west—to the national parks at Carlsbad Caverns and Yosemite. And I’ve got to say, it was a breath of fresh air. We explored hundreds of feet underground, standing beneath dripping stalactites in New Mexico. We[Read More…]
