Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2012. In the heart of California’s Central Coast, the former Fort Ord encompasses a sweeping landscape of vivid beauty and rich natural diversity. One of the few remaining expanses of large, contiguous open space in the increasingly developed Monterey Bay area, this area is a rolling landscape[Read More…]
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Center for American Progress Experts on Environmental Standards, Green Jobs, and American Treasures to Protect this Earth Day
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–Aprill 20, 2012. Today policy experts from the Center for American Progress released a series of columns and analyses outlining a number of important priorities to keep in mind this Earth Day, which include the importance of environmental standards, ways that green jobs help communities of color and the[Read More…]
Did You Know You Can Eat Your Lawn (If Your Parents Don’t Kill it First)?
INDIANA—(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2012. Yesterday was definitely a highlight of the whirlwind spring tour for SafeLawns. The Indianapolis Museum of Art — which features a 150-acre public botanic garden as its backdrop — was a tremendous surprise. A day of consultations was capped with a rousing public lecture in the Tobias[Read More…]
Audubon Testifies Before Congress on Second Anniversary of Gulf Oil Spill
Kim Hubbard/Audubon magazine Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2012. Yesterday at noon, I spoke before Congressional and Senate staffers and members of environmental organizations on Capitol Hill. Hosted by Senator Bill Nelson’s office and the Commerce Committee, the event was a briefing set up by the nonprofit Oceana to discuss, with scientists and technical experts,[Read More…]
Audubon Website Drips in Oil to Mark 2nd Anniversary of BP Spill in the Gulf
Warns of Threats to Reckless Drilling in the Arctic New York NY–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2012. A gooey brown virtual oil slick will cover the National Audubon Society websitein a ground-breaking Internet campaign giving people the chance to clean up the virtual oil spill by taking action to protect the environment.[Read More…]
A Woman’s ‘Intense Interest’ in Her Partner Shifts When Grandchildren Arrive
UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–20 April 2012. A new study suggests that a woman’s most intense relationship in her 20s is with a member of the opposite sex, but after the age of 45 this relationship shifts to a much younger female who is likely to be her daughter. The researchers suggest that[Read More…]
Working Families Join Safety and Health Advocates to Urge Lawmakers To Stop Delaying Protections Needed To Save Workers’ Lives
Group participated in Senate HELP Committee Hearing Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2012 – Safety and health advocates, victims of work-related injuries and sickness, and family members of workers killed on the job gathered yesterday on Capitol Hill to call for action on much-needed standards to protect workers and stronger enforcement for[Read More…]
Statement from HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on the 42nd Anniversary of Earth Day
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2012. The first Earth Day, conceived by Sen. Gaylord Nelson and observed across the country on April 22, 1970, highlighted a growing public concern for ecological issues. Forty-two years later, the call to protect our planet still resonates. At the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),[Read More…]
Public Input Needed on Revised Organic Standards
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2012. The public comment period on proposals from the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) regarding updates to standards governing organic food and farming remain open until then end of Thursday May 3, 2012. Beyond Pesticides has updated our Keeping Organic Strong web page with information on a[Read More…]
Regulators Say No to More Fossil Fuel Power Generation in California
Public utilities commission finds no new gas-fired plants needed for now San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2012. After determining that the existing electricity supply can meet the state’s system needs through the year 2020, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) voted unanimously today to defer any new procurement of fossil fuel[Read More…]
