Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2012. Take Action! On September 25, EPA will close its public comment period for the petition requesting the agency to suspend the bee-killing pesticide clothianidin. The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has failed to recognize that pollinators face unique hazards from clothianidin, a neonicotinoid pesticide which is[Read More…]
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Interior Secretary Salazar Statement on Shell Activities in the Arctic
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2012. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar released the following statement today after Shell announced it would not drill into oil-bearing zones in the Arctic this year: “The Interior Department will continue to work with Shell as it oversees the company’s preparatory drilling work and other data-gathering activities in the[Read More…]
Sierra Club Launches Billboards and Online Ads Calling on LIPA to Invest in Offshore Wind
“Let’s Turn, Not Burn” calls for new clean energy generation Uniondale, New York –(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2012. Today the Sierra Club launched a robust new campaign calling on the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) to choose clean, renewable energy like offshore wind for Long Island’s energy future. LIPA is currently debating[Read More…]
Fall Lawn Tasks: Here’s the Primer
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2012. Top-dressing the lawn with compost prior to overseeding serves several beneficial functions. In the northern half of the nation, the days are still warm, the nights are cool and Mother Nature usually provides plenty of rain. The humidity drops, biting insects take a break and garden[Read More…]
Watch Video LIVE From the Seafloor as NOAA and Partners Explore Deep-sea Volcanoes
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2012 In the sonar image from the 2009 expedition, the summit of the West Mata volcano (shown in red) is nearly a mile below the ocean surface (1,165 meters/3,882 feet), and the base (in blue), descends to nearly two miles (3,000 m/9,842 ft) deep. The eruptive activity[Read More…]
Massachusetts Provider Settles HIPAA Case for $1.5 Million
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2012. Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Associates Inc. (collectively referred to as “MEEI”) has agreed to pay the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) $1.5 million to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996[Read More…]
Study Estimates Rate of Intensification of Extreme Tropical Rainfall With Global Warming
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2012. Extreme precipitation in the tropics comes in many forms: thunderstorm complexes, flood-inducing monsoons and wide-sweeping cyclones like the recent Hurricane Isaac. Global warming is expected to intensify extreme precipitation, but the rate at which it does so in the tropics has remained unclear. Now an MIT[Read More…]
Royal Dutch Shell Alaska Drilling Update
NETHERLANDS–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2012. Royal Dutch Shell (“Shell”) is engaged in a multi-year drilling programme to explore for new oil & gas resources in high-potential blocks in offshore Alaska. Important progress has been made with this programme, with two drill ships, more than twenty support vessels, an approved capping stack, and[Read More…]
Virginia Board of Health Vote Forces Existing Abortion Clinics to Comply with Onerous, Unwarranted Regulations
All reproductive health care facilities offering abortion care will be forced to comply with new hospital construction standards VIRGINIA–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2012. Caving under intense political pressure from the governor and attorney general, the Virginia Board of Health voted Friday to require existing reproductive health care providers to comply with new[Read More…]
Pesticides Show Up in Oregon Resident’s Urine After Aerial Spraying of Forests
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF—September 17, 2012. Citizens in rural Oregon are concerned for their health after discovering that several major timber companies –Weyerhaeuser, Roseburg Resources, Stimson Lumber, Seneca Jones and others– have been spraying millions of pounds of herbicides on their private forestland since the 1970s. The pesticides were aerially sprayed after[Read More…]
