84 Percent Decline Driven by Loss of Milkweed Due to Genetically Engineered Crops WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2016. The eastern migratory population of the monarch butterfly — which includes 99 percent of the world’s monarchs — is at high risk of extinction within two decades unless the population rebounds dramatically, according to[Read More…]
Environmental
Attorney General Madigan Calls on Peabody Energy to Publicly Disclose Financial Information to Enure Reclamation of Illinois Mines
Attorney General Issues Demand Over Significant Concern That Peabody Cannot Fulfill $92 Million Financial Commitment to Reclaim Mines in Southern Illinois Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today sent a letter to Peabody Energy Corporation and Peabody Investments Corporation (collectively “Peabody”), calling on the companies to publicly disclose[Read More…]
Blizzard To Threaten Travel Shut Downs In Central US This Week
By Alex Sosnowski, Senior Meteorologist AccuWeather.com AccuWeather Global Weather Center-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports a storm will spread a swath of snow from Colorado to Michigan with the potential for blizzard conditions in part of the north-central United States this week. As a storm pushes east of the Rockies, it will strengthen, gathering[Read More…]
Court Rejects Water Pollution Permit for Rosebud Coal Mine
Helena, Mont. –(ENEWSPF)–March 18, 2016. Yesterday the Montana First Judicial District Court ruled in favor of water quality and reinforced the state of Montana’s obligation to protect waterways from pollution caused by coal mining. The court rejected a water pollution discharge permit that would have allowed the Rosebud Mine to[Read More…]
Congresswoman Duckworth Grills Michigan Gov. Snyder, EPA Head over Flint Water Crisis Failures (Video)
Earlier today, Duckworth proposed a comprehensive legislative approachto help prevent similar lead poisoning and other public health crises across the nation Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016. After introducing a comprehensive legislative proposal to protect our nation’s children from lead in their water, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) berated Michigan Governor Rick Snyder[Read More…]
Interior Department Cancels Oil and Gas Lease in the Lewis and Clark National Forest
Decision Addresses Longstanding Concerns about Development in Badger-Two Medicine in Montana Photo Source: USDA WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has cancelled an oil and gas lease in the Badger-Two Medicine area of the Lewis and Clark[Read More…]
Spring Outlook: Moderate Flood Risk for Drenched Louisiana, East Texas (Video)
Spring to improve drought in northern California; little relief for rest of state Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016. According to NOAA’s U.S. Spring Outlook released today, areas of the country still under water from torrential rainfall last week have an elevated risk of moderate flooding through the rest of the season.[Read More…]
Interior Department Announces Next Step in Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Planning Process for 2017-2022
Proposal for next Five-Year Program continues balanced approach to leasing; proposal protects sensitive resources, and asks for public comment on additional protections WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2016. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Abigail Ross Hopper today announced the proposal for the[Read More…]
Citizen Groups Challenge Plans to Green Light Huge Fossil Fuel Development in Powder River Basin
BLM Plans Span 10 Million Acres, 81 Billion Tons of Coal GREAT FALLS, Mont. –(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2016. A plan to keep open vast amounts of public land in Montana and Wyoming for fossil fuel development and drilling is short-sighted and fails to consider dramatic changes in energy markets that make such[Read More…]
Africa’s Two Elephant Species Move Closer to Endangered Species Protection
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2016. In response to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced that Africa’s elephants may qualify for “endangered” status under the Endangered Species Act and may warrant reclassification as two separate species. These actions would highlight the plight of[Read More…]
