MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–February 17, 2012.  NOTE: This is an update of a position paper I first published in 2007. As I’ve traveled around the nation on our organization SafeLawns.org, I’ve sensed a tremendous amount of confusion about organic products. “What’s really organic, and what isn’t?” people ask. Just yesterday, on the phone[Read More…]

Tellurium detected for the first time in ancient stars. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–February 17, 2012.  Nearly 13.7 billion years ago, the universe was made of only hydrogen, helium and traces of lithium — byproducts of the Big Bang. Some 300 million years later, the very first stars emerged, creating additional chemical elements[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 17, 2011.  Beyond Pesticides is urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), during a public comment period (closing February 23) on its review of the neonicotinoid pesticide, clothianidin, to take swift action to cancel the chemical’s registration. Groups are joining together with comments to EPA, citing the extensive[Read More…]

$70 Million Penalty Is Largest Under the Clean Water Act; Moex Also to Perform Gulf Conservation Projects Worth at Least $20 Million WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—February 17, 2012.  MOEX Offshore 2007 LLC has agreed to settle its liability in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in a settlement with the United States valued at[Read More…]

Ice Lake Basin, Colorado. Dramatic scenery of Bear Mountain in a roadless area in Colorado’s Ice Lake Basin.(© Nelson Guda, 2009 / nelsonguda.com) View a photo slideshow of roadless areas. Landmark ruling on wild national forest protections stands Denver, CO–(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2012.  Today, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals denied[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 17, 2012.  Friends of the Earth today released Crude beginnings, a new investor brief  on the environmental and social risks associated with China National Petroleum Corporation, one of the world’s biggest oil companies. CNPC, China’s leading oil and gas producer and supplier, is rapidly increasing its global footprint,[Read More…]

Swarm constellation in IABG cleanroom EU–(ENEWSPF)–17 February 2012.  The three satellites that make up ESA’s Swarm magnetic field mission were presented to the media today. Following a demanding testing programme, the satellites were displayed in the cleanroom before they are shipped to Russia for their July launch.  Swarm is ESA’s[Read More…]

Special Interest Groups File First Lawsuits to Halt Cleanup of Toxic Mercury Pollution Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2012.  Today representatives of the nation’s dirtiest polluters and their friends at special interest groups like the National Mining Association, filed the first lawsuits to block long overdue action to clean up toxic mercury[Read More…]

Auburn Hills, Mich.–(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2012.  Chrysler Group LLC has decided to withdraw its application for an Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing loan from the Department of Energy. The Company remains confident in its strategy to bring competitive, fuel-efficient vehicles and technologies to market on schedule. This decision will not impact Chrysler’s[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2012. SECRETARY CLINTON:Well, welcome to the State Department, to the Benjamin Franklin Room. Benjamin Franklin was not only our first diplomat, but our first great scientist. So I think he would be particularly pleased that we would be holding such an important gathering here today while he looks[Read More…]