120-mile natural gas pipeline through NY and PA attracts scrutiny and controversy Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 17, 2013. A coalition of environmental groups, along with more than 300 residents are intervening in proceedings over a 122-mile natural gas pipeline proposed to run through portions of New York and Pennsylvania, subjecting the already[Read More…]
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House Farm Bill Would Bless Controversial Coal Plant in Kansas
Taxpayers gouged by “special-interest, earmark politics at its worst” Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 17, 2013. A pro-coal provision snuck into the House Farm Bill would overturn a DC Circuit Court Decision requiring environmental review of a coal plant proposal in Kansas. Sunflower Electric, a Kansas power company, owes hundreds of millions of[Read More…]
Groups Seek to Lessen Impacts of Conowingo Dam on Susquehanna River, Chesapeake Bay
Move to intervene in relicensing proceeding for dam Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 17, 2013. Today a coalition of conservation groups petitioned to be included in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission relicensing proceedings for the Conowingo Dam. The groups, Stewards of the Lower Susquehanna, their representative the Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper, and Waterkeepers Chesapeake,[Read More…]
Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Strengthen Environmental Education
Kirk, Reed, Sarbanes, Fitzpatrick Reintroduce The No Child Left Inside Act WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–July 17, 2013. In an effort to reconnect more kids with nature and address critical environmental challenges, U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Jack Reed (D-RI) and U.S. Representatives John Sarbanes (D-MD) and Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA) are[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Opens More Than 100 Cooling Centers to Help Residents Beat the Heat
State Agencies Urge Safety During Record High Temperatures CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 17, 2013. With hot weather expected for the remainder of the week, Governor Pat Quinn is urging residents to take advantage of the state’s cooling centers. The state has opened more than 100 cooling centers around Illinois, in order to help[Read More…]
Newly Discovered Flux in the Earth May Solve Missing-mantle Mystery
Research points to large reservoirs of material deep in the mantle that may help to explain Earth’s origins CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–July 17, 2013. It’s widely thought that the Earth arose from violent origins: Some 4.5 billion years ago, a maelstrom of gas and dust circled in a massive disc around the[Read More…]
Fossil Shows Fish had Sucker on Its Back
UK–(ENEWSPF)–17 July 2013. A 30 million year-old fossil has revealed how remoras – also called sharksuckers – evolved the sucker that enables them to stick to other fishes and ‘hitch a ride’. Previous evidence, such as the segmented structure of the sucker and how it develops in a similar way[Read More…]
Representatives Conyers and Blumenauer Introduce Legislation Protecting Pollinators and America’s Food System
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 17, 2013. Yesterday, Representative John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) and Representative Earl Bluemenauer (D-OR) introduced the “Saving America’s Pollinators Act of 2013,” which requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to suspend the use of certain insecticide, known as neonicotinoids, to prevent future mass die-offs of honey bees. Following[Read More…]
Enough is Enough: It’s Time to Save the Bees
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 17, 2013. Capitol Hill is buzzing about a new bill that aims to provide long overdue protections for America’s imperiled pollinators. Representatives John Conyers (D-MI) and Earl Blumenauer (D- OR) introduced The Save America’s Pollinators Act, calling for the suspension of neonicotinoids, a class of systemic pesticides that[Read More…]
Sixty-Eight Students to Receive Nuclear Energy Scholarships and Fellowships
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 17, 2013. The Energy Department today awarded nearly $5 million to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing nuclear engineering and science degrees. The awards include 37 undergraduate scholarships and 31 graduate-level fellowships for students studying at American colleges and universities. “Supporting the next-generation nuclear energy workforce plays a critical role[Read More…]
