Conservation groups, landowners, and public health advocates file petition to reform Montana’s fracking chemical disclosure rule Fracking well Billings, Mont. —(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2016. Today a coalition of conservation groups, landowners, and public health advocates petitioned the Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation to provide broader public disclosure of information[Read More…]
Environmental
EPA Admits Airplane Pollution’s Climate Danger But Drags Feet on Emissions Rules
Agency releases long-awaited endangerment finding acknowledging that planet-warming pollution from airplanes poses threat to human welfare Global aviation, if it were equivalent to a country, would be the 7th largest global emitter, just below Germany and more than Korea and Canada. Photo courtesy of Travis Olbrich Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–July 26,[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth: American Retirement Funds are Destroying Rainforests
Innovative new web tool empowers citizen investor action on deforestation WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2016. A new transparency tool, “Deforestation Free Funds,” shows which global mutual funds contain palm-oil-related holdings, the fastest growing cause of rainforest destruction today. Friends of the Earth and As You Sow created this free[Read More…]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Final Methodology for Prioritizing and Addressing Endangered Species Act Status Reviews
Process will ensure species in greatest need are identified and addressed first, provide greater transparency and foster stakeholder engagement Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2016. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced its final methodology for improving the way it identifies and prioritizes pending Endangered Species Act (ESA) status reviews, the scientifically[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces New Divvy Bike Share Station To Serve Baseball Fans At U.S. Cellular Field
Station Opens Ahead of Crosstown Classic; Divvy Offering Valet Drop-off Service for all Four Games on the South and North Sides CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2016. As Chicago baseball fans are gearing up for this year’s Crosstown Classic between the White Sox and the Cubs, Mayor Emanuel today announced a new Divvy[Read More…]
Northern Stars: Youth Bring Energy and Creativity to Conservation in Alaska
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2016 By: Michael Connor, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior Last week, I had the opportunity to visit Alaska. The trip included a stop at Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, a breathtaking place where volcanoes steam, salmon run, bears forage and craggy mountains reflect in shimmering turquoise[Read More…]
As Wildfire Season Continues to Heat up, Dept. of Interior Partners with Industry to Eliminate Drone Intrusions
New, real-time mapping enhances operators’ awareness of wildfire incidents A drone flying over a wildfire. Photo by the Bureau of Land Management. WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2016. To address the growing problem of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) impeding wildland firefighting efforts, the U.S. Department of the Interior and industry[Read More…]
WA Youths Provide Inslee Administration with Climate Science to Make Proposed Clean Air Rule Comply With Law
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 25, 2016. On behalf of youth climate activists who secured an unprecedented court order directing the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) to issue a rule regulating greenhouse gas emissions by the end of the year, attorneys Andrea Rodgers (WELC) and Julia Olson (OCT) submitted comments asking Ecology to[Read More…]
Naturally Occurring Carbon Dioxide Delayed Impacts of Climate Change
Naturally occurring carbon dioxide in the atmosphere provided a buffer and delayed the start of global climate change, according to a new UChicago study. Photo by: John McConnico/the Associated Press CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2016. Climate change could have happened much sooner, if not for naturally high concentrations of carbon dioxide in[Read More…]
Bluer Skies Ahead for Ohio: FirstEnergy Announces Landmark Coal Retirements
Ohio leading Nation in coal retirements; has an opportunity to lead the country in clean energy production and manufacturing. Cleveland, OH –(ENEWSPF)–July 22, 2016. Today, FirstEnergy (FE) announced it would retire five coal generating units no later than 2020, specifically Units 1 through 4 of its W.H. Sammis Plant and[Read More…]
