Products cause risk to aquatic animals and environments – manufacturers fail to comply with the terms of the registration WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2016. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a notice of intent to cancel all Bayer CropScience, LP and Nichino America, Inc., flubendiamide products that pose a[Read More…]
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Spokane River Advocates Petition State to Increase Summertime Water Flow
Water is needed for river health, fish, recreational boaters, and scenic beauty Spokane –(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2016. On Monday, advocates for the Spokane River petitioned the Washington Department of Ecology to increase its flow rule for the popular and heavily used Spokane River. The Spokane River is a beloved urban river[Read More…]
Procter & Gamble Leads Industry Toward Ingredient Transparency
Earns Praise from Watchdog EWG: “Consumers Are Being Heard” WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–February 29, 2016. EWG commended Procter & Gamble, the multinational manufacturer of family, personal care and household products, for taking a significant step today toward greater transparency about its ingredients by making public a list of more than 140 chemicals[Read More…]
Glyphosate Residues in Popular German Beers
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 29, 2016. Last Thursday, the Munich Environmental Institute stated that it had found traces of glyphosate, the widely used and controversial weed-killer, in 14 of Germany’s most popular beers. These findings are a potential blow to Germany’s Beer Purity Law, which is highly regarded in German beer culture.[Read More…]
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan says EPA’s Clean Power Plan Will Stand and Illinois Must Act
During tele-conference Thursday, AG Madigan explains why federal standard should survive challenge— and Illinois Sierra Club calls for quick action by Gov. Rauner CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2016. Nearly 2,100 people from around Illinois heard Attorney General Lisa Madigan clarify why new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) clean air goals stand on[Read More…]
Groups Call on Senate to Let Coal Ash Protections Stand
The proposed bill would gut environmental protection and harm communities Coal ash is the waste that remains when coal is burned in power plants to generate electricity.Nenad Zivkovic/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2016. Environmental, health, tribes and community groups, in a letter to the Chairman and Ranking member of the[Read More…]
Americans Pledge to Stop Shopping at Ace Hardware & True Value Until They Stop Selling Bee-killing Pesticides
WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2016. This week Friends of the Earth and allies delivered letters and pledges by 33,013 Americans vowing to take their business elsewhere until Ace Hardware and True Value follow other industry leaders and make public commitments to stop selling bee-toxic neonicotinoid pesticides. Thousands of customers are signing[Read More…]
Governments of Canada and the United States Announce Phosphorus Reduction Targets of 40 percent to Improve Lake Erie Water Quality and Reduce Public Health Risk
New targets to reduce toxic and nuisance algae blooms affecting Lake Erie WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 22, 2016. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy and Canada’s Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna today announced that Canada and the U.S. have adopted targets to reduce phosphorus entering affected areas of Lake Erie[Read More…]
From Asthma to Zika, UN Tackles Links Between Environment and Health
Environmental pollution and degradation can be linked to a growing list of health conditions such as skin cancer, lung cancer, asthma, lead poisoning, mercury poisoning, malaria, Ebola and Zika. Photo: World Bank/Curt Carnemark GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–19 February 2016 – The list of health conditions that can be linked to environmental pollution and[Read More…]
New Report Exposes Enbridge as Serious Threat to Great Lakes Region
Report details Enbridge’s web of risk and destruction throughout the region and highlights need to block tar sands expansion Minneapolis, MN –(ENEWSPF)–February 19, 2016. A new report compiled by national and regional environmental and Tribal groups exposes the serious threat Enbridge Inc., the Canadian oil pipeline goliath, poses to the Great Lakes region.[Read More…]
