Agencies optimistic that state will make progress in addressing forest practices NOAA and EPA are working with Oregon to improve their coastal nonpoint program to protect streams like these that are important to endangered salmon. (Credit: NOAA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2015. NOAA and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have disapproved[Read More…]
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Energy Department Sells Historic Teapot Dome Oilfield
Sale Ends Department Ownership of Naval Petroleum Reserves A solitary oil pump at the Teapot Dome Oilfield in Wyoming. | Department of Energy photo. WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2015. Today, the Energy Department finalized the sale of the historic Teapot Dome Oilfield located 35 miles north of Casper, Wyoming to Stranded[Read More…]
Energy Department Announces Five Year Renewal of Funding for First Energy Innovation Hub
Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors to Receive up to $121.5 Million Over Five Years WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2015. In support of the President’s call during his State of the Union Address to advance an all-of-the-above energy strategy, the U.S. Department of Energy announced today it would renew[Read More…]
Illinois Tollways to Become Butterfly Highways
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2015 – Yesterday, the Illinois Tollway Authority agreed to work with the Natural Resources Defense Council to create a monarch butterfly restoration program that would plant milkweed along the agency’s 286 miles of roadways. The plant is essential for the species’ survival as their numbers have crashed in[Read More…]
Indiana Approves Continued Spending on Aging, Expensive Coal Plants
Earthjustice intervened in this case to ensure the most efficient use of Indiana ratepayer’s money by prioritizing cheaper, cleaner alternatives over expensive, polluting power plants. Danicek / Shutterstock Indianapolis, IN —(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2015. This week, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) granted permission for Vectren South to collect and spend[Read More…]
Persistent Organic Pollutants, Pesticides Linked to Early Menopause
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2015. Extensive exposure to common chemicals may be linked to an earlier start of menopause, according to a new study out of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Researchers of the study found that women whose bodies have high levels of these chemicals, including three[Read More…]
Support Grows for Grand Canyon Watershed National Monument Proposal
PHOENIX, Ariz.—(ENEWSPF)–January 30, 2015. The Grand Canyon Watershed Coalition today praised actions by Arizona congressional leaders calling for permanent protection of the area north and south of the Grand Canyon. In a letter to President Obama, representatives Raul Grijalva, Ann Kirkpatrick and Ruben Gallego stressed the natural and economic importance of[Read More…]
American Academy of Pediatrics Calls For Rescheduling Cannabis
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2015. An updated policy statement issued this week by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) calls for federally rescheduling cannabis in order to better facilitate clinical trial research and to promote its pharmaceutical development. The new position statement resolves: “The AAP strongly supports research and development of[Read More…]
Senators Introduce Medical Innovation Act to Increase Federal Investments in Research
Bill Asks Big Drug Companies Caught Breaking the Law to Reinvest in NIH Research WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2015. United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) today introduced the Medical Innovation Act, a bill that would boost funding for critical medical[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders on Senate Approval of Pipeline Bill
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2015. Urging the Senate to sustain an expected veto, Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday voted against a bill to allow construction of the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada’s tar sands region to refineries along the Gulf of Mexico. Sanders called it “totally crazy” to promote the burning[Read More…]
