Exhaust rises in front of piles of coal at NRG Energy Inc.’s W.A. Parish Electric Generating Station in Thompsons, Texas, in March 2011. SOURCE: AP/David J. Phillip Washington, D.C. — (ENEWSPF)–June 24, 2016. The litigants affiliated with the legal battle to dismantle the Clean Power Plan, or CPP, pumped more[Read More…]
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Interior Secretary Jewell Announces First Step to Develop Wind Energy Offshore Hawaii
Advances Administration’s clean energy goals, supports Hawaii’s plan for a secure, sustainable energy future WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2016. As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to create American jobs, develop clean energy sources and cut carbon pollution, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced the first step to[Read More…]
U.S. IOOS Awards $31m for Ocean Observing
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2016. U.S. IOOS is proud to announce the awarding of over $31 million in grants to support ocean, coastal and Great Lakes observing efforts throughout the United States, Caribbean and Pacific. The funds are distributed primarily in the form of five-year cooperative agreements, augmented by funds from[Read More…]
Sierra Club Breaking News: Over 29,000 Gallons of Crude Oil Spilled in California
Ventura County Firefighters Racing to Prevent Oil Seeping into the Pacific Ocean Ventura, CA — (ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2016. At 5:30 am this morning, a leak in a pipeline in Hall Canyon, California was reported. According to reports thus far, as many as 29,000 gallons of crude oil has been spilled.[Read More…]
Senate Proposal Threatens to Roll Back Forest Safeguards and Authorize Harmful Logging Activities
The Senate’s Energy and Natural Resources Committee is weighing a proposed bill which discounts NEPA and could have detrimental consequences to our nation’s forest system The Tongass National Forest, Alaska. Earleliason/iStock Photo Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2016. A Senate panel heard testimony today on a draft of the “Wildfire Budgeting,[Read More…]
Unprecedented Offshore Fracking Threatens Alaska’s Endangered Belugas
Federal Officials Urged to Halt Oil Company’s Dangerous Plan to Frack Cook Inlet ANCHORAGE, Alaska—(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2016. The Center for Biological Diversity today urged federal officials to block an oil company’s plans to drill multiple new wells and conduct the first large, multistage offshore fracking ever done in Alaska’s environmentally[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at Bill Signing of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2016 – 11:34 A.M EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Everybody, please have a seat. To begin with, let me thank Lisa for the wonderful introduction. And her wonderful family is here. And I just want you to know that advocates like you, who fight every day[Read More…]
Analysis: 85 Percent of Continental U.S. Birds Protected by Endangered Species Act Have Increased or Stabilized Since Being Protected
Average Increase Was 624 Percent California Condor WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2016. Eighty-five percent of continental United States birds protected under the Endangered Species Act increased or stabilized their population size since being protected, according to a new report by the Center for Biological Diversity. The average population increase was 624[Read More…]
U.S. Coral Reefs Facing Warming Waters, Increased Bleaching
Hotter-than-normal ocean temperatures continue for 3rd consecutive year Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2016. A new NOAA outlook shows that many coral reefs across around the world will likely be exposed to higher-than-normal sea temperatures for an unprecedented third year in a row, leading to increased bleaching – and with no signs[Read More…]
Interior Secretary Jewell Announces Tribal Youth Conservation Corps Projects to Aid in Ecosystem, Economic Recovery on Gulf Coast
Five Gulf Coast tribes receive $500,000 to create tribal youth conservation corps teams focused on restoring health, resilience of Gulf Coast Tribal Nations WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2016. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today traveled to the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana to announce the first suite of projects to[Read More…]
