Disregards duty to regulate major sources of global warming emissions Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2012.  The EPA announced that it would not take action to control global warming pollution from major mobile sources at this time. The agency’s decision not to regulate ships and other non-road engines, and its indefinite delay[Read More…]

Community groups’ lawsuit challenges EPA’s weakened protections against toxic air pollution from polyvinyl chloride facilities Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2012.  When Dorothy Felix of Mossville, Louisiana, learned that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was going to finally cut toxic pollution from the polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plant nearby, she rejoiced. But after[Read More…]

Revised Plan expected to boost energy production while protecting sensitive areas, recreation opportunities, and wildlife habitat WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2012.  In support of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to expand safe and responsible domestic energy production, the Bureau of Land Management today approved a natural gas project in Utah’s Uinta Basin[Read More…]

Audubon Leaders Comment on Outpouring of Support, Importance of America’s Arctic  Tim Bowman usfws – Brant  New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2012.  More than 410,000 Americans expressed support for permanent protection of critical wildlife areas within the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska during a public comment period that closes today. The National Audubon Society[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2012.  The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and NASA have signed a historic agreement to coordinate standards for commercial space travel of government and non-government astronauts to and from low-Earth orbit and the International Space Station (ISS). The two agencies will collaborate to expand efforts that provide a stable[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2012.  Conservation groups today filed a lawsuit in Washington, D.C., that challenges the Obama administration’s plans to increase offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico without fully addressing the risks to wildlife and the environment. According to the suit, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management dismissed the[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2012.  Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced that a supercomputer called Sequoia at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in Livermore, California, received the rank of the world’s most powerful computing system.  The Top500 list, which annually ranks the world’s fastest supercomputers, released its list at the International Supercomputing[Read More…]

Sauk Lake is visible through the trees. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The video below may be a bit shaky (YouTube says it has detected that and is going to apply a "fix"), but I wanted to capture just a minute of this afternoon’s bike ride, through Park Forest and[Read More…]