Harms Caused by Atrazine, Roundup Will Be Fully Assessed, Mitigated WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–February 19, 2016. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will analyze the impacts of atrazine and glyphosate — the two most commonly used pesticides in the United States — on 1,500 endangered U.S. plants and animals under the terms[Read More…]
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New Report Links Pesticides Used in Combination Near California Schools to Increased Cancer Risk
Policymakers urged to support comprehensive new rules that would protect children from fumigants and other hazardous pesticides Sacramento, California –(ENEWSPF)–February 19, 2016. A new report by the University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA) has shown an increase in cancer risk from fumigant pesticides frequently used in combination near schools.[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Statement on Possible National Historic Landmark Status for S.S. Badger
Senator worked with EPA and environmental groups for nearly 4 years to stop S.S. Badger from dumping coal ash into Lake Michigan WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–February 18, 2016. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today released the following statement after being assured by the Environmental Protection Agency that, a National Historic Landmark[Read More…]
NRDC Sues EPA to Force it to Limit Toxic Chemical in Drinking Water
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 18, 2016 – The Natural Resources Defense Council sued the Environmental Protection Agency in federal court in New York today to force it to set limits on perchlorate. Perchlorate is a toxic chemical that has been detected in the drinking water systems that serve up to 16.6 million Americans. Even[Read More…]
Community Groups and Local Leaders Call on Mayor de Blasio to Power NYC with Offshore Wind
NEW YORK CITY–(ENEWSPF)–February 18, 2016. Today, more than 100 New Yorkers joined community groups, environmental justice leaders, national environmental organizations, and local officials on the steps of City Hall to thank Mayor Bill de Blasio for his commitment to power 100 percent of City operations with renewable energy and urge[Read More…]
Federal Court Prohibits Use of BP Oil Spill Restoration Funds to Build Beach Hotel
Victory: $58.5 million of “natural resource restoration” fund was slated to construct a lodge and conference center in Gulf Shores, AL Gulf Shores, Alabama sunset. Garret Farlow / Flickr CC BY 2.0 Gulf Shores, AL —(ENEWSPF)–February 17, 2016. Yesterday, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama[Read More…]
FDA to Begin Testing for Pesticide Glyphosate, Probable Human Carcinogen, in Food
PORTLAND, Ore.—(ENEWSPF)–February 17, 2016. The Food and Drug Administration will finally begin testing food for glyphosate, the world’s most commonly used pesticide, according to Civil Eats. This marks the first time that a U.S. agency will routinely test for glyphosate residue in food. It comes after the Government Accountability[Read More…]
Audubon Scientists Uncover Winter Home of Maine Atlantic Puffins
Formerly Unknown Migration Revealed in Gulf of St. Lawrence and U.S. Continental Shelf Atlantic Puffin on deep ocean waters. Photo: Stephen W. Kress NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2016. New findings recently announced by the National Audubon Society at the Pacific Seabird Group convention in Oahu, Hawaii reveal the first-ever mapped winter[Read More…]
Fishing and Public Interest Groups File Challenge to Feds’ Unprecedented Decision to Establish Aquaculture in Offshore U.S. Waters
Industrial aquaculture would bring economic and environmental harms to Gulf of Mexico and beyond New Orleans, LA–(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2016—Center for Food Safety has filed a new lawsuit challenging the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) new federal regulations permitting, for the first time, industrial aquaculture offshore in U.S. federal waters[Read More…]
Environmental Groups File Fracking Lawsuit Against Three Energy Companies Operating in Oklahoma
Sierra Club and Public Justice Say Industry is Responsible for Increased Seismic Activity; Suit Comes in Wake of One of the Strongest Earthquakes in State History Oklahoma City, OK –(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2016. Sierra Club and Public Justice have filed a federal lawsuit against three energy companies engaged in hydraulic[Read More…]
