Lax Regulations, Rampant Contamination Show Need for Strong New Safeguards by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014. Today, Sierra Club and Earthjustice joined national experts and local activists in releasing “Dangerous Waters: America’s Coal Ash Crisis,” a report that illustrates the ongoing damage and risks to public health[Read More…]
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Yearly Survey Shows Better Results for Pollinators, but Losses Remain Significant
USDA Announces Fall Summit on Bee Nutrition and Forage; Launches “Bee Watch” Website to Broadcast Bee Activity and Increase Public Awareness of the Role of Pollinators in Crop Production WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014 – A yearly survey of beekeepers, released today, shows fewer colony losses occurred in the United States over[Read More…]
USDA Advances Biological Controls for Citrus Greening Disease
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014. Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it is broadening the use of tiny parasitic wasps, Tamarixia Radiata, to combat the rampant problem of Huanglongbing, also known as citrus greening disease, which has killed thousands of orange trees in Florida. The citrus industry is valued[Read More…]
EPA Proposes Updates to Emissions Standards for Refineries to Protect Nearby Neighborhoods
Proposed steps will protect public health and improve air quality WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014. After receiving input from stakeholders including community groups, industry and the states, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to update the toxic air pollution standards for petroleum refineries to protect neighborhoods located near refineries. The[Read More…]
Senator Durbin to EPA: Mahomet Aquifer Is A Unique, Precious Resource And Should Be Protected
Public hearings on EPA proposal to designate the Mahomet Aquifer as a sole source of drinking water tonight, tomorrow WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2014. In comments filed today with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) said that special care must be taken to protect the Mahomet Aquifer,[Read More…]
Playing Politics with Women’s Health: U.S. Senator Pits Women’s Health Protection Act Against Nationwide Abortion Ban
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2014. Today Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is expected to try to force a vote on his unconstitutional, nationwide abortion ban and cynically pit this measure against the Women’s Health Protection Act (S. 1696/H.R. 3471)—a bill that would prohibit politicians from imposing unconstitutional restrictions on reproductive health care that apply to no[Read More…]
Dirty Fuel Opponents to Join Hands Across the Sand and Land on May 17
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2014. Across the nation, from Florida to Alaska, and in eight countries around the world, events will be held on Saturday, May 17, for the fifth annual “Hands Across the Sand and Land” event, to say no to dirty fossil fuel projects that endanger our local communities,[Read More…]
NOAA Identifies Probable Location of Iconic Civil War-era Steamer
Former slave piloted Planter to freedom Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2014. Planter at Georgetown, South Carolina. (Credit: Naval History and Heritage Command) NOAA announced today it has determined the probable location of the remains of the Civil War-era sidewheel steamer Planter, which gained national fame in 1862 when a group of[Read More…]
NASA-UCI Study Indicates Loss of West Antarctic Glaciers Appears Unstoppable
Glaciers in West Antarctica’s Amundsen Sea Embayment have “passed the point of no return” according to new research based on three different lines of evidence. Image Credit: NASA/Eric Rignot Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2014. A new study by researchers at NASA and the University of California, Irvine, finds a rapidly melting[Read More…]
Fish and Wildlife Service Adopts Biological Mosquito Management
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2014. After pressure from environmental organizations, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) dropped plans to spray the synthetic insecticide methoprene in favor of a biological control material to kill mosquitoes breeding on a national wildlife refuge on the southern Oregon Coast. Several states have banned methoprene due[Read More…]
