Students recognized for creativity on the importance of environmental justice SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2014. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Director Lisa Bonnett yesterday honored a group of distinguished fifth and sixth grade students selected for their creative skills used to express environmental awareness, as part of the Agency’s 27th Annual Poster, Poetry[Read More…]
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U.S. EPA Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Carbon Sequestration Permits in Southern Illinois
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2014 – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is accepting public comment on proposed permits that would allow the FutureGen Industrial Alliance Inc. to inject carbon dioxide deep underground near Jacksonville, Illinois. This process – known as “carbon sequestration” – is a means of storing carbon dioxide, a greenhouse[Read More…]
Medical Marijuana Dropped from NY State Budget, Leaving Patients to Suffer
Advocates: To Alleviate Patient Suffering in New York, State Senate Must Immediately Bring Compassionate Care Act to Floor for a Vote Albany—(ENEWSPF)—March 31, 2014. On Saturday, Governor Cuomo, Speaker Sheldon Silver, and Senate Co-Presidents Dean Skelos and Jeffrey Klein announced that they had reach a budget agreement, but the deal[Read More…]
Arizona State Senator Blocks Funding for Long-Sought Medical Marijuana Research
Clinical Trial for Veterans with PTSD Has Already Obtained Approval from U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U. Arizona Institutional Review Board, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Rally to be Held in Arizona on Wed., April 2 ARIZONA—(ENEWSPF)—March 31, 2014. After 22 years of hard-fought efforts, the non-profit pharmaceutical company[Read More…]
Researchers Develop Technique to Measure Quantity, Risks of Engineered Nanomaterials Delivered to Cells
Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2014. Thousands of consumer products containing engineered nanoparticles — microscopic particles found in everyday items from cosmetics and clothing to building materials — enter the market every year. Concerns about possible environmental health and safety issues of these nano-enabled products continue to grow with scientists struggling to[Read More…]
Seasonal Arctic Summer Ice Extent Still Hard to Forecast, Study Says
An image of an area of the Arctic sea ice pack well north of Alaska, captured by the MODIS instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite on Sept. 13, 2013, the day before the National Snow and Ice Data Center estimated Arctic sea ice to have reached its minimum extent for the[Read More…]
New Report Details Threat to Great Lakes, North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin Drinking Water, Human Health from Tar Sands Pipeline Expansion Proposal
San Francisco, CA—(ENEWSPF)—March 31, 2014. A new report released today by the Sierra Club and a coalition of 13 other organizations examines the proposed expansion of the Alberta Clipper tar sands pipeline and concludes that there are significant threats to water, health and climate. The report, All Risk, No Reward:[Read More…]
Timberland Pesticide Spray Investigation Records Ordered Released in Oregon
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2014. On March 24 the Oregon Department of Justice (ODJ) ordered the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) to turn over records that are part of an investigation of an aerial herbicide spraying over timberland in southwestern Oregon. This public disclosure of records may allow residents to have[Read More…]
Governor Tomblin Vetoes West Virginia Abortion Ban
CHARLESTON, W.Va.–(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2014. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin vetoed a bill on Friday that would have banned abortions after 20 weeks. This bill, similar to one a federal appeals court struck down in Arizona last year, would have denied women basic health care. “The governor rightly saw this bill as[Read More…]
IPCC Report: A Changing Climate Creates Pervasive Risks but Opportunities Exist for Effective Responses
Responses will face challenges with high warming of the climate YOKOHAMA, Japan—(ENEWSPF)–31 March 2014. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a report today that says the effects of climate change are already occurring on all continents and across the oceans. The world, in many cases, is ill-prepared for[Read More…]
