UN Sustainable Development Goals at Risk, Problem Can Be Fixed WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2016.   The World Bank and other key multilateral developments institutions are failing to solve the crucial issue of energy access for the global poor, and in the process are missing out on the profound opportunities[Read More…]

Unprecedented wind announcement will have customers running on 85% clean energy by 2020 DES MOINES, IOWA–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2016.   On Wednesday, in a major boost to America’s burgeoning clean energy economy, Warren Buffet’s MidAmerican Energy announced that it would add 2,000 MW of new wind energy installations in Iowa, in[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2016.  Businesses and advocates are calling on the IRS to go one day without coffee — which benefits from pollination — to create urgency about a future without pollinators. The EPA’s April 14 deadline for comment for its risk assessment on the neonicotinoid imidacloprid — a[Read More…]

Coden, AL —(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2016.  On April 20th, 5:00–8:00 PM Central time, residents of six states along the Gulf Coast will gather for the sixth anniversary of the BP Oil Spill and livestream a Town Hall meeting to bring attention to the ongoing human health consequences that have followed the controversial[Read More…]

Study finds higher rate of illness in dead fetuses and newborns after Deepwater Horizon oil spill Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 12, 2016.   The increased number of stranded stillborn and juvenile dolphins found in the Gulf of Mexico from 2010 to 2013 was likely caused by chronic illnesses in mothers who were[Read More…]

Lawsuit viewed as egregious attempt to intimidate community and stifle free speech and public participation Annette Gibbs and her husband William stand in their front yard, near the Arrowhead Landfill in Perry County, Ala. Four million cubic yards of toxic coal ash were scooped up from Harriman, Tenn., the site[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 12, 2016.  Two commonly used pesticides are “likely to adversely affect” 97% of species listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), according to a first of its kind national assessment by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The determination is part of a settlement reached by EPA and[Read More…]

  Volunteers replant mangroves in the Saloum Delta in Senegal on October 20, 2015, to protect their homes from rising sea levels and restore fish habitat. Source: AP/Jane Hahn Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2016.  The Paris climate agreement has been a major boost to the international community’s organizational and financial[Read More…]

Survey: shoppers want food grown in ways that don’t hurt environment Chicago –(ENEWSPF)- Ninety-five percent of Illinois shoppers would consider paying more for food grown in ways that limit harm to the environment, according to a new survey. Questionnaires collected by Environment Illinois workers outside grocery stores in Chicago also[Read More…]

Shift from voluntary industrial agriculture pollution programs essential Seattle–(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2016. The Western Environmental Law Center announces a new report, Agricultural Pollution in Puget Sound: Inspiration to Change Washington’s Reliance on Voluntary Incentive Programs to Save Salmon. Puget Sound’s poor water quality is a problem for ecosystem health, wild salmon[Read More…]