Outlook incorporates multiple hypoxia models for the second year Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2016 Scientists forecast that this year’s Gulf of Mexico dead zone – an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and marine life – will be approximately 5,898 square miles or about the size of[Read More…]
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El Niño Made a Nuisance of itself in 2015
Record ‘nuisance flooding’ in many U.S. cities tied to Pacific weather pattern Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 8, 2016 The frequency of nuisance tidal flooding in many U.S. cities increased as predicted for the 2015 meteorological year, from May 2015 to April 2016, according to a new NOAA report issued today. In some[Read More…]
Disney Cruise Line Regains ‘A’ Grade for Pollution Transparency
Despite improvements, 2016 Cruise Ship Report Card reveals continued industry failings WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2016. Friends of the Earth released the 2016 edition of its Cruise Ship Report Card today, documenting the environmental footprint of the cruise industry and grading 17 cruise lines and their 171 ships. The[Read More…]
Marathon Petroleum Company to Reduce Air Pollution from Refineries in Five States
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2016. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice today announced an agreement with Ohio-based Marathon Petroleum Company that will reduce air pollution from the company’s petroleum refineries in Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan and Ohio. Marathon will spend $319 million to install state-of-the-art Flare[Read More…]
Most U.S. Counties Could Gain $1M in Annual Health Benefits From a Power Plant Carbon Standard
Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2016. Nearly all U.S. regions stand to gain economic benefits from power plant carbon standards that set moderately stringent emission targets and allow a high level of compliance flexibility, according to a new study by scientists from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Syracuse University,[Read More…]
Seven Recipients Presented with First Climate Adaptation Leadership Award for Natural Resources
Individuals and organizations honored for work to reduce climate-related threats to America’s natural resources WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)– Jun e 7, 2016. For raising awareness and addressing the impacts of climate change on America’s natural resources, seven awardees were recently recognized as the first recipients of the Climate Adaptation Leadership Award for[Read More…]
NASA Sees Colin Come Calling on the U.S. Southeast
FLORIDA–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2016. Tropical Storm Colin moved fast after making landfall in northwestern Florida on June 6 and by the morning of June 7, it was centered off the coast of North and South Carolina. NASA’s Terra and Aqua satellites and NOAA’s GOES-East satellite provided a look at the storm[Read More…]
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Expansion Proposed
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2016 Building on more than 30 years of scientific studies, including numerous reports released in the last decade and in the aftermath of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster, NOAA today announced a proposal to expand Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary to protect additional critical[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Obama Administration Withdraws Dangerous Fossil Fuel Leasing Near Chaco Canyon National Park
Farmington, NM –(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2016. Yesterday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) withdrew three parcels of public land totalling 2,122 acres near Chaco Canyon National Park from consideration for fossil fuel development. In April, the Sierra Club along with members of the Navajo Tribe and a broad coalition of national[Read More…]
139-square-mile Fracking Plan in Wyoming Prompts Legal Protest
Groups Call on BLM to Cancel Massive Fossil Fuel Development That Threatens Climate, Water, Greater Sage Grouse JACKSON, Wyo.—(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2016. Conservation groups filed a formal administrative protest on Friday challenging a massive Bureau of Land Management plan to auction off 139 square miles of publicly owned fossil fuels[Read More…]
