WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 2 – Costs from hurricane damages in the United States are expected to increase 39 percent in the coming decades because of the effects of climate change and coastal development, according to a new report prepared by the Congressional Budget Office for Sens. Bernie Sanders and Patty Murray. The[Read More…]

MODESTO, Calif. –(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016.  Calling Donald Trump “a climate change denier,” U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday said bold action is needed to combat the planetary crisis that the Republican White House hopeful dismisses as a “hoax.” At a news conference, Sanders also challenged Hillary Clinton to join him[Read More…]

Department proposes New York offshore wind lease sale for more than 81,000 acres; Public comment sought on associated environmental assessment WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016.  Furthering progress on President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to create American jobs, develop domestic clean energy sources and cut carbon pollution, U.S. Secretary of the Interior[Read More…]

Special rule for African elephants under the Endangered Species Act contains limited exemptions for bona fide antiques and items with small amounts of ivory that are not drivers of poaching WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016.  In a significant move to protect one of the world’s most cherished species, the U.S. Fish[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016.  NOAA Fisheries today announced two proposed rules to designate critical habitat for five distinct population segments of federally listed Atlantic sturgeon. NOAA Fisheries is proposing to protect important river habitat for the threatened Gulf of Maine population segment and the endangered population segments of the New[Read More…]

African savannah elephant courtesy Flickr/Bernard Dupont. WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016.  President Obama announced new regulations today that restrict the trade of ivory across state lines and expand limits on ivory exports. The regulations are part of an ongoing effort to crackdown on wildlife trade through President Obama’s National Strategy on Wildlife[Read More…]

Climate Change Driving Alarming Declines in Moose Across Minnesota, North Dakota, Michigan Including Nearly 60 Percent Drop in Minnesota Photo by Ryan Hagerty, USFWS. MINNEAPOLIS—(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016.   In response to a petition by the Center for Biological Diversity and Honor the Earth, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today[Read More…]

Wildlife Services’ Indiscriminate Trapping Endangers Family Pets Bobcat photo © Robin Silver, Center for Biological Diversity. SALINAS, Calif.— (ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016.  Animal protection and conservation organizations filed a lawsuit today challenging Monterey County’s contract renewal with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services — a notorious federal wildlife-killing program that[Read More…]

ACLU Makes Free Speech Case Defending Residents of Low-Income, Majority Black Alabama Town MOBILE, Ala. —(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016.   The American Civil Liberties Union today asked a federal court to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed against four people who voiced opposition to a coal ash landfill in their small town.[Read More…]

Chambered Nautilus Has Changed Little in 500 Million Years, Now Threatened With Extinction by Widespread Harvest, Trade Chambered nautilus photo by Greg J. Barord. OAKLAND, Calif.— (ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2016. The Center for Biological Diversity yesterday petitioned to secure Endangered Species Act protection for the chambered nautilus, an ocean mollusk threatened[Read More…]