Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2015. Milk contaminated with the long-banned and toxic organochlorine pesticide heptachlor in Hawaii has been found in the brains of men that were more likely to develop Parkinson’s disease, according to a new study. This study adds to a large body of evidence linking pesticide exposure to Parkinson’s[Read More…]
Environmental
Senator Bernie Sanders Introduces Bill to Cut Carbon Emissions 80 Percent
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2015 – Expanding on his ambitious plan to combat climate change, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced the Climate Protection and Justice Act today to establish a price on carbon pollution. The legislation would cut total emissions 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050, fund historic investments in energy[Read More…]
First-Ever ‘Unjust Transition’ Award Goes to Renault-Nissan
First-Ever “Unjust Transition” Award Goes to Renault-Nissan; Coalition of Environmental Groups Presents French Automaker With Award For Violation of U.S. Worker’s Rights PARIS, FRANCE — (ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2015. As the COP21 climate negotiations head into their final days, a coalition of prominent international climate action voices — including the Sierra[Read More…]
Abnormal Midwestern, Eastern US Warmth to Hold Through Christmas
By Alex Sosnowski, Senior Meteorologist for AccuWeather.com AccuWeather.com-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports the overall pattern will favor temperatures averaging above normal in much of the central and eastern United States through at least Christmas, but the warmth will falter at times in some locations. According to AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Elliot Abrams, “There is[Read More…]
Tar Sands are Trouble! National Academy of Science Study Skewers Diluted Bitumen
Groundbreaking report calls for increased scrutiny and regulation, vindicates tar sands campaigners WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2015 – The National Academy of Sciences today released a study on diluted bitumen (or “dilbit”), a raw form of tar sands oil making its way across North America in increasing volumes, that supports[Read More…]
At COP21: New Resilience ‘Toolkit’ Guides Cities Facing Rising Temperatures, Deadly Heat Waves
NRDC former president says toolkit can help “protect those who are most vulnerable” from climate impacts PARIS–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2015 — Cities plagued by dangerous heat waves and soaring temperatures will be able to better protect their most vulnerable citizens with a new climate resilience toolkit released today at the Paris[Read More…]
Major Japanese and American Consumer Groups Oppose Genetically Engineered Salmon
TOKYO, JAPAN –(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2015 —Today, Center for Food Safety and the Seikatsu Club Consumers’ Co-operative Union (SCCCU) of Japan, jointly opposed the commercialization of the genetically engineered (GE) salmon recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The novel fish is the first ever GE animal approved[Read More…]
Precedent-setting Campaign to Block Nestlé and Others from Bottling Water in Oregon County Submits Three Times the Number of Signatures Needed to Qualify for Ballot
Ballot measure to protect local water gains momentum. Hood River County, Ore. –(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2015. Residents of this picturesque Columbia River Gorge county this week submitted three times as many signatures as they need to qualify for the ballot an initiative that would block corporate behemoth, Nestlé, from bottling and[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Introduces Major Clean Energy Jobs Package
Plan Would More Than Double the Clean Energy Workforce WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2015 – As part of his plan to create a sustainable, clean-energy economy, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced legislation today that would significantly reduce carbon pollution and help put us on a path to more than double the size[Read More…]
UN Promoting Potentially Genocidal Policy at World Climate Summit
PARIS, FRANCE –(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2015. At the foot of a miniature Eiffel Tower, civil society, environmentalists and Indigenous Peoples rejected REDD, a carbon market mechanism, land-grabbing false solution to climate change that could potentially cause genocide, at the World Climate Summit today. According to Tom Goldtooth, Director of Indigenous[Read More…]
