WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2016. A new report from Friends of the Earth and Taxpayers for Common Sense sounds the alarm on a lame duck tax deal that could send billions in subsidies to Southern Company’s long-troubled Kemper coal plant in De Kalb, Mississippi. “This disaster is billions of dollars[Read More…]
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Center for Biological Diversity: Public Lands Bills Would Strip Federal Regulation of Fossil Fuels, Give Away 7 Million Acres in Nevada
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2016. The Center for Biological Diversity today condemned three bills being considered in the lame-duck session of Congress that would strip federal regulation from all forms of energy production on America’s public lands and give away 7.2 million acres of federal land in Nevada. “These bills, sponsored by[Read More…]
Lawsuit Launched to Prompt ‘Endangered’ Status for African Elephants
Savannah elephant courtesy Flickr/Bernard Dupont. WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2016. The Center for Biological Diversity filed a notice of intent today to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to protect Africa’s two gravely imperiled elephant species as “endangered.” Unprecedented poaching for ivory and accelerating habitat loss has decimated both[Read More…]
Army Corps of Engineers Statement Regarding the Dakota Access Pipeline
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2016. Yesterday, the Army informed the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Energy Transfer Partners, and Dakota Access, LLC, that it has completed the review that it launched on September 9, 2016. The Army has determined that additional discussion and analysis are warranted in light of the history[Read More…]
Today: Mass Protest Against Dakota Access Pipeline Starts at Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters in D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2016. A peaceful sit-in and rally will be held by Indigenous leaders from Standing Rock, environmentalists, and supporters, at the Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters in Washington, D.C., with a march to the White House calling for an end to the Dakota Access Pipeline. “The Native-led[Read More…]
‘Mike Pence’ Has Donated to Planned Parenthood Thousands of Times This Week
OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2016 By Jen Hayden Mike Pence fuels Planned Parenthood donations Vice President-elect (gag) Mike Pence is one of the most anti-choice politicians in the entire country. In Congress he led the national effort to defund Planned Parenthood. He even threatened to shut down the federal government. As the Governor[Read More…]
Fighting for Firsts: Endangered Species Recoveries in 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2016 By: Michael Bean, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Endangered species are often associated with “lasts”– the last individual of a species alive, the last time one was sighted or the last to live in the wild. Over the past year, we’ve[Read More…]
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Approves Michigan Plan to Abate Lead Hazards from Flint and Other Impacted Areas in the State with Federal Support
Baltimore, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2016. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved a Michigan State Plan Amendment (SPA) today that uses federal and state funding to expand lead abatement activities in the impacted areas of Flint and other areas in Michigan. This targeted and time-limited effort will complement other[Read More…]
New ‘Carbon Trap’ Report: G20 Nations Financed $76 Billion in Coal Development Worldwide
With plans to finance at least $24 billion more, dirty fuel investment guarantees decades of climate pollution and undermines Paris climate agreement goals and shift to clean energy WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2016. In a glaring conflict with their global climate commitments, the world’s largest economies are continuing to pour billions[Read More…]
Cancers Linked to Tobacco Use Make Up 40% of All Cancers Diagnosed in the United States
Adult cigarette smoking is down, but tobacco use is still the most preventable cause of cancer Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2016. Forty percent of cancers diagnosed in the U.S. may have a link to tobacco use, according to this month’s Vital Signs Report. Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of[Read More…]
