Proposed Legislation Aims to Reduce Bycatch of Critically Endangered Albatross and Petrel Species Waved Albatross. Photo: E. B. Connelly/Audubon Photography Awards WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 5, 2016—Yesterday, Representative Alan Lowenthal (D-CA) introduced the Albatross and Petrel Conservation Act, which would enable U.S. federal agencies to comply with an international agreement aimed to[Read More…]

BOSTON, MA –(ENEWSPF)–February 5, 2016.  As shareholders of Tyson Foods, Inc. prepare to vote on a resolution that would require the food giant to institute a “water stewardship” policy, new data shows the company regularly dumps a higher volume of pollution into waterways than companies like ExxonMobil and Dow Chemical. The[Read More…]

Pacific research goal is to improve accuracy of weather forecasts and models Scientists aboard NOAA’s Gulfstream IV aircraft are dropping weather instruments and using Doppler radar in the aircraft’s tail during flights over the Pacific in research designed to improve the accuracy of weather forecasts and models. (Credit: NOAA) Washington,[Read More…]

New Regulation Allows Widespread Destruction of Habitat, Increasing Risk to Plants, Animals From Death-by-a-Thousand-Cuts WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–February 5, 2016.  A new regulation finalized today by the Obama administration will put hundreds of endangered plants and animals at greater risk of extinction by dramatically reducing protections for their designated critical habitat. The regulation[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 4, 2016 – Today, Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), John Duncan (R-TN), and Richard Hanna (R-NY) introduced the Water Investment Trust Fund Act – legislation that will provide a small, deficit-neutral, protected source of revenue to help states replace, repair, and rehabilitate critical clean and drinking water facilities by creating[Read More…]

  Porter Ranch Estates sit at the foothills near a Southern California Gas well that has been leaking methane daily near the community of Porter Ranch, California, January 7, 2016. Source: AP/Michael Own Baker Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–February 4, 2016.  In August, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, proposed limits[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 4, 2016.  According to a study published in Oxford University Press, entitled High Levels of Resistance in the Common Bed Bug, bed bugs have developed resistance to neonicotinoids (neonics). Neonics have become one of the most widely used active ingredients to control bed bugs since the insects’ have[Read More…]

Portland, Ore.–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2016. Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging the authority of the federal wildlife-killing program Wildlife Services to kill any of the approximately 81 remaining gray wolves in Oregon. The legal challenge, filed by the Western Environmental Law Center on behalf of four conservation groups, with Cascadia[Read More…]

Nearly 75 Percent of All Glyphosate Sprayed on Crops Came in the Last 10 Years; Surging Use in both U.S. and Globally Raises New Concerns for Health and the Environment WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2016.   Monsanto’s signature herbicide glyphosate, first marketed as “Roundup,” is now the most widely and heavily[Read More…]

EPA must fix key policies to stem imminent threats to aquatic life WASHINGTON, DC—(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2016.  Center for Food Safety (CFS) today filed a formal petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy seeking greater protections for the nation’s waters and aquatic life from increasing use of[Read More…]