3,000 megawatt Wyoming wind energy project and Rhode Island, Massachusetts Wind Energy Area take key steps forward WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2012. As part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to developing the nation’s vast renewable energy resources, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that two major wind energy initiatives[Read More…]
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New NOAA Website Offers Tips to Prepare for Coastal Flooding
Views of inundated areas of New Orleans following breaking of the levees surrounding the city as the result of storm surge from Hurricane Katrina (2005). Download here. (Credit: NOAA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2012. NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey has announced a new website — www.stormsurge.noaa.gov — designed to provide vital information[Read More…]
PHMSA Announces Enforcement Action Against Enbridge for 2010 Michigan Oil Spill
Largest Civil Penalty Ever Proposed by Agency WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2012. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today proposed a record $3.7 million civil penalty and 24 enforcement actions against Enbridge Energy for the July 25, 2010, crude oil spill near Marshall, Mich. “We[Read More…]
Tennessee Gives Free Pass to Dirty TVA Coal Plant
Environmental groups take legal action to protect clean water Nashville, TN–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2012. Community and environmental groups appealed a pollution permit issued to Tennessee Valley Authority (“TVA”) for its Gallatin coal-fired power plant to prevent toxic discharges of heavy metals and other harmful waste byproducts of burning coal. The plant’s[Read More…]
Leader of the IAEA Fact-Finding Mission to Japan Shares Lessons Learned from Fukushima
Mike Weightman tours Fukushima Daiichi (Click to enlarge.) Global Nuclear Industry Takes Steps to Improve Safety at Facilities Worldwide AUSTRIA–(ENEWSPF)–2 July 2012. As a leader in creating and promoting standards for nuclear safety, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) spearheaded the global response to the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi[Read More…]
Mowing Alert: Don’t!
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2012. With more than half the United States in a drought and much of the continent in warmer-than-normal conditions, the best advice for your lawn right now might be this: Ignore it. That’s right. Ignore it. Don’t mow. Don’t water and don’t fret. Sure, if you don’t water[Read More…]
New Report Details Risks of China Development Bank’s Global Footprint
SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2012. A new report, China Development Bank’s overseas investments: An assessment of environmental and social policies and practices, released today by Friends of the Earth U.S. and BankTrack, concludes that the China Development Bank, which is rapidly becoming an important player in international development finance, currently lacks[Read More…]
Obama Administration Announces New Investments to Advance Biofuels Industry and Enhance America’s Energy Security
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2012. As part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to deploying every available source of American energy and reducing our reliance on imported oil, U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced new funding available to pursue[Read More…]
GlaxoSmithKline to Plead Guilty and Pay $3 Billion to Resolve Fraud Allegations and Failure to Report Safety Data
Largest Health Care Fraud Settlement in U.S. History Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2012. Global health care giant GlaxoSmithKline LLC (GSK) agreed to plead guilty and to pay $3 billion to resolve its criminal and civil liability arising from the company’s unlawful promotion of certain prescription drugs, its failure to report certain[Read More…]
Bee-Killing Neonicotinoid Pesticide Thiamethoxam Banned in France
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2012, The French Ministry of Agriculture has issued a ban on the neonicotinoid pesticide thiamethoxam due to concerns over the chemical’s impacts on pollinators, especially honey bees. The pesticide product containing thiamethoxam, Cruiser OSR, is manufactured by Swiss chemical giant Syngenta and has been used as[Read More…]
