$46 Million Purchase of Antelope Flats will preserve lands and benefit Wyoming public schools WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2016. Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Wyoming Governor Matt Mead announced the purchase and permanent protection of a 640-acre parcel of Wyoming School Trust Land located within Grand Teton[Read More…]
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Giant Mega-Berg May Be Calving Off of Larsen Ice Shelf Soon
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2016 By DarkSyde The Larsen A shelf disintegrated in 1995. Pictured above in early 2002, a massive piece of the Larsen B Ice Shelf the size of Rhode Island broke off and that shelf followed suit. Another mega-berg, almost twice as large as the one shown above,[Read More…]
Sens. Warren and Grassley Applaud FDA Steps to Improve Hearing Aid Accessibility, Implement Portions of Bipartisan Legislation
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2016. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) applauded the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announcement that it will take steps to improve consumer access to hearing aids, including by not enforcing the requirement for a medical evaluation or waiver in order to acquire hearing[Read More…]
National Audubon Society: Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Trump’s Pick for Interior, Tasked with Important Responsibility
Our public lands, wildlife and climate progress depend on a strong and steady Interior Department. Northern Harrier. Photo: Doug German/Audubon Photography Awards WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2016. Today, President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is expected to announce Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) as his choice for Secretary of the Interior. The National Audubon[Read More…]
Interior Department and Tennessee Protect 75,000 Acres of Cumberland Plateau
Critical area for outdoor recreation, tourism and wildlife now off-limits to surface mining. Cerulean Warbler. Photo: Frode Jacobsen WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2016. Yesterday, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell declared 75,000 acres of eastern Tennessee mountain ridgelines as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations. The decision comes after Tennessee’s Department of[Read More…]
Western Environmental Law Center Statement on Nomination of Public Lands Privatization Advocate to lead U.S. Department of Interior
OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2016. The nomination of Cathy McMorris Rodgers to lead the U.S. Department of Interior, tasked with “protecting America’s great outdoors and powering our future,” affirms the president elect’s intent to undermine public lands protections and hand over our public resources to dirty fossil fuel interests. This nomination serves[Read More…]
U.S. Raises Bar on Seafood Imports to Further Curb Illegal Fishing, Fraud
Program will trace specific fish and fish products from harvest to entry into U.S. commerce Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 9, 2016. Yesterday, the U.S. established additional protections for the national economy, global food security, and the sustainability of our shared ocean resources. NOAA Fisheries will administer the Seafood Import Monitoring Program to[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Andrew Puzder Unfit for Labor Secretary
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2016. Today, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he plans to appoint fast food CEO Andrew Puzderas the head of the U.S. Department of Labor. In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement: “Andrew Puzder and Donald Trump are trying to pull one[Read More…]
Ohio State Senator Behind the Extreme Abortion Ban Was Investigated for Domestic Violence in 2011
OHIO–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2016 By Jen Hayden Kris Jordan leads a crusade to punish Ohio women In less time than a woman has to wait to have an abortion after seeing a doctor in Ohio, Republicans rammed through a surprise bill that is one of the most extreme in the nation, banning[Read More…]
Former Astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn Dies
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2016. Former astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn died Thursday at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus. Glenn, who served four terms as a U.S. senator from Ohio, was one of NASA’s original seven Mercury astronauts. His flight on Friendship 7 on Feb. 20,[Read More…]
