New Rules Ban Seafood Imports That Don’t Meet Strict U.S. Standards for Marine Mammal Protection WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. The National Marine Fisheries Service issued regulations today prohibiting seafood imports from nations whose fisheries kill more whales and dolphins than U.S. standards allow. Each year around 650,000 whales, dolphins[Read More…]
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Public Records Sought Over Federal Surveillance of Climate Protesters
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. The Center for Biological Diversity today filed nine Freedom of Information Act requests seeking the release of public records relating to surveillance of peaceful protests of federal fossil fuel auctions. Records obtained by the Intercept in July revealed that federal and local police agents went undercover[Read More…]
Forest Service Asked to Reject Fracking Plan in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest
Feds Fail to Address Climate Change Impact, Danger to Groundwater, Wildlife Habitat ATHENS, Ohio—(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. The U.S. Forest Service should reject a new oil and gas leasing plan in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest due to its failure to address serious concerns over fracking and climate change, conservation groups[Read More…]
California’s Soberanes Fire Seen from Space
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016. Smoke from California’s Soberanes Fire was captured in an image from NASA’s Aqua satellite on August 8, 2016. This natural-color satellite image was collected by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument that flies aboard NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite. VIIRS imagery identified smoke on August 8[Read More…]
Strange Bedfellows File FOIA Request to IRS on ‘Clean Coal’ Subsidy
WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016. Green Scissors — a coalition of free-market, taxpayer and environmental groups — announced today it has filed a request under the federal Freedom of Information Act seeking Internal Revenue Service records on the 45Q tax credit for carbon capture and sequestration. Created by the[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Trump Appoints Climate Denying Oil Tycoon as Economic Advisor
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–August 8, 2016. Reality TV star Donald Trump unveiled an all-male economic advisory team on Friday which included Big Oil tycoon Harold Hamm. Hamm, who told the delegates at the Republican National Committee that “climate change is not a problem,” has made and recently lost tens of[Read More…]
Study: Endangered Species Protection Taking Six Times Longer Than Law Allows
Delays Raise Risk of Extinction, Lawsuits Hasten Process for Protections WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–August 8, 2016. A new study in the international scientific journal Biological Conservation finds that over the past 40 years, imperiled species have waited more than 12 years on average to receive protection under the Endangered Species Act, despite[Read More…]
2016 Us Fall Forecast from AccuWeather: Northeast To Dodge Season’s Chill; Severe Drought To Amplify Western Wildfire Threat
AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports as the weather pattern transitions to La Niña this fall, warm weather is predicted across much of the eastern United States. Meanwhile, developing dryness and worsening drought conditions will grip the majority of the western U.S. The Northwest may mark the only exception where cooler air will rule[Read More…]
NASA Sees Tropical Storm Earl Over Mexico
Greenbelt, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 5, 2016. Tropical Storm Earl made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane in Belize on Aug. 4, and NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite saw the storm move over Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula the next day. This true color image from NASA-NOAA Suomi NPP satellite on Aug. 4 at 3:30 p.m.[Read More…]
Mass. Delegation Demands End to GOP’s Abusive Subpoenas of State Attorneys General
Washington, D.C. — (ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2016. The Massachusetts Congressional delegation is urging U.S. House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith to cease House Republicans’ blatant abuse of congressional subpoena authority in an effort to deny the causes of global climate change. In July, Smith issued subpoenas to Massachusetts Attorney General Maura[Read More…]
