Victory: After decades of delay “financial assurance” regs will prevent polluters from leaving staggering cleanup cost to the public The Gowanus Canal Superfund site in Brooklyn, New York, is bounded by several communities, including Park Slope, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens and Red Hook. The EPA has estimated that one in[Read More…]
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White House Fact Sheet: Cities, Utilities, and Businesses Commit to Unlocking Access to Energy Data for Building Owners and Improving Energy Efficiency
Local Government, private sector, and utility actions spur access to energy data and accelerate energy efficiency investment & innovation in buildings and homes Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2016. Making businesses and homes more energy efficient is a win for jobs and economic growth, operating costs and bottom lines, and the President’s[Read More…]
Senate Approves Kirk-Sponsored Nuclear Energy Amendment
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2016. The U.S. Senate today overwhelmingly approved an amendment, introduced by Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), that would increase collaboration among private industry, universities and national laboratories, such as Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Ill., to facilitate the development of advanced nuclear technologies. The amendment, approved[Read More…]
Oregon Proposes Legislation to Protect Farmers and Consumers from GE Contamination
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2016. Last week, Oregon Representative Paul Holyey introduced legislation that would protect traditional crops against contamination from their genetically engineered counterparts. As it stands, local governments are preempted (disallowed) from taking actions that protect traditional farmers from contamination by genetically engineered (GE) crops. With the help of[Read More…]
NOAA Expands Critical Habitat for Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2016. Using new information not previously available, NOAA Fisheries is expanding critical habitat for endangered North Atlantic right whales to cover its northeast feeding areas in the Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank region and southeast calving grounds from North Carolina to Florida. This final rule, which was initially[Read More…]
House Members Denounce Bill That Would Allow Fracking in Florida, Keep Toxic Fracking Chemicals a ‘Trade Secret’ and Prohibit Localities from Banning Fracking
A Pennsylvanian with poisoned drinking water from fracking warns that Florida is next if the bill passes, and issues a challenge to Representatives who vote for the bill to drink fracked water. Tallahassee, FL –(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2016. Today Florida State Representatives Evan Jenne, Amanda Murphy, Dwight Dudley, Irv Slosberg, Mark[Read More…]
National Forest in Arizona Challenged to Protect Wildlife from Motorized Uses
Suit Filed to Stop Excessive Cross-Country Travel by Motor Vehicles PHOENIX, Ariz. –(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2016. Four conservation groups, represented by the Western Environmental Law Center, filed suit today against the Kaibab National Forest in Arizona, aiming to protect wildlife and cultural resources from motorized cross-country travel. At issue are[Read More…]
Rapid, Affordable Energy Transformation Possible
NOAA, CIRES study: Wind, sun could eclipse fossil fuels for electric power by 2030 A high-resolution map based on NOAA weather data shows a snapshot of wind energy potential across the United States in 2012. (Credit: Image by Chris Clack/CIRES) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2016. The United States could slash greenhouse[Read More…]
Monsanto Sues to Keep Glyphosate off California List of Carcinogens
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2016. Monsanto filed a lawsuit in California last week seeking to prevent glyphosate, the main ingredient in its Roundup herbicide, from being added to California’s list of known carcinogens under the state’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65). Glyphosate is classified as a probable carcinogen[Read More…]
Bureau of Land Management Methane Rule an Important Step for New Mexico, Nation
Reductions will benefit climate, improve health, reduce waste, and generate revenue Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 22, 2016. The Bureau of Land Management today released for public comment a proposed rule to rein in out-of-control methane waste on federal lands by the oil and gas industry. BLM is required to minimize the waste[Read More…]
