More than two-thirds in OR, WA, CA favor continued protections for wolves SACRAMENTO, Calif.–(ENEWSPF)–September 19, 2013. Most residents of California, Oregon and Washington believe wolves should continue to be protected under the Endangered Species Act, according to a new poll released by Defenders of Wildlife. The poll comes as the[Read More…]
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USDA Guts Public Organic Review Process to Limit Synthetics
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 19, 2013. In a move decried by consumer and environmental groups as severely weakening the meaning of the organic label, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced this week that the agency has changed the process for exempting otherwise prohibited substances (such as synthetics) in food that carries[Read More…]
Nevada’s Highly Imperiled Mount Charleston Blue Butterfly Gets Endangered Species Act Protection
LAS VEGAS–(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2013. Following an agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity to speed decisions for protection of 757 imperiled species across the country, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finalized Endangered Species Act protection today for Nevada’s Mount Charleston blue butterfly. The butterfly occurs in just a few[Read More…]
New Report Highlights Nation’s 10 Most Vulnerable, Least Protected Frogs, Turtles, Lizards and Salamanders
Pollution, Disease and Ongoing Habitat Loss Push Many Toward Extinction WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2013. A new report by the Center for Biological Diversity today identifies the nation’s top 10 amphibians and reptiles in need of immediate federal protection to stave off extinction. The list includes a yellow-legged frog from California’s high[Read More…]
Is Long Banned DDT Still Threatening Endangered Birds?
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2013. DDT, a pesticide banned in 1972, is behind the mystery surrounding the reproductive problems of dozens of endangered condors. This is according to a peer-reviewed paper written by 10 condor experts, including biologists from the Los Angeles and Santa Barbara zoos and the U.S. Fish and[Read More…]
Rhino Horn Trafficker Arrested and Detained
Irish National Arrested for Passing Fraudulent Documents in Connection with His Sale of Four Black Rhinoceros Horns for $50,000 Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2013. Earlier today, a federal magistrate judge in Brooklyn detained an Irish national who was arrested on Saturday and charged in a complaint for false labeling in connection[Read More…]
Six Individuals, Three Corporations Charged in Indiana-based Biofuels Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2013. The Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana announced today the return of two indictments against six individuals and three companies for offenses involving federal renewable fuel programs, allegedly creating losses to victims totaling more[Read More…]
Four New Species of ‘Legless Lizards’ Discovered Living on the Edge
The Bakersfield legless lizard, (Anniella grinnelli), which today ranges from downtown Bakersfield in the southern San Joaquin Valley to the Carrizo Plain National Monument 30 miles to the west. The species has a purple belly and yellow sides. Photo by Alex Krohn. BERKELEY–(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2013. California biologists have discovered[Read More…]
Congressmen Blumenauer, Thompson, other Conservation Leaders in Congress Urge Adoption of Senate Language in Farm Bill Conference
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2013. Today, Congressmen Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) and Mike Thompson (CA-05), along with more than 100 other members of the House of Representatives, sent a letter to the leadership of the House urging them to adopt language from the Senate Farm Bill, S. 954, the Agriculture Reform, Food[Read More…]
Video: For The First Time Ever, We Hear Sounds of Interstellar Space, Courtesy Voyager 1
NASA-(ENEWSPF)- NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft captured these sounds of interstellar space. Voyager 1’s plasma wave instrument detected the vibrations of dense interstellar plasma, or ionized gas, from October to November 2012 and April to May 2013. The graphic shows the frequency of the waves, which indicate the density of the[Read More…]
