North Carolina Chamber of Commerce ignores overwhelming outcry from business community as 200+ CEOs and major business leaders now call for repeal of HB2 Raleigh, N.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Today, the Human Rights Campaign and Equality NC blasted the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce for calling for unacceptable, partial solutions to the tremendous damage[Read More…]
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California Announces Plan to Allow Oil Industry to Pollute More Underground Water
New U.S. EPA Letter Raises Questions About Brown Administration’s Efforts to Approve Oil Waste Disposal Into Aquifers Sacramento, CA-(ENEWSPF)- California oil regulators today proposed exempting another underground water source from protection under state and federal laws. If approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the proposed “aquifer exemption” would allow the[Read More…]
Hundreds Protest Federal Fracking Auction in Colorado
In ‘Break Free From Fossil Fuels’ Protest, Colorado Tells President Obama to ‘Keep It in the Ground’ Denver, CO-(ENEWSPF)- Hundreds of community, climate and anti-fracking activists today protested a Bureau of Land Management oil and gas lease auction at the Holiday Inn in Lakewood, Colo. About 300 activists from Colorado[Read More…]
Fish and Wildlife Service Bows to Pressure From States, Leaves Lesser Prairie Chicken in Likely ‘Death Spiral’
Tucson, AZ-(ENEWSPF)- A lengthy legal battle in the fight over protection for lesser prairie chickens ended last night with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service bowing to pressure from states to leave the beleaguered birds without Endangered Species Act protection. Lesser prairie chickens were protected as “threatened” in 2014, leading to[Read More…]
Lawsuit Launched to Fight Delays in Cleaning up Ozone Pollution
Twenty-two States Plus Washington, D.C. Fail to Set Up Clean-air Plans Oakland, CA-(ENEWSPF)- A coalition of environmental and public-health groups filed a formal notice of intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency today because 22 states and the District of Columbia have failed to finalize plans to reduce ozone pollution, posing[Read More…]
130,000 Call on Olive Garden to Adopt Ethical ‘Good Food’ Practices
Demonstrations Across Country Urge Company to Improve Treatment of Workers, Animals, Environment Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Advocates across the United States are demonstrating at Olive Garden restaurants today to urge the chain and its parent company, Darden Restaurant Inc. to improve food-sourcing and labor practices. The demonstrations are taking place in New York[Read More…]
Secretary of State Services at GSU Tuesday, May 17
University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Secretary of State’s Mobile Service Unit will be at Governors State University on Tuesday, May 17, from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., in the Hall of Governors. Services available at the mobile service unit include driver’s license and State ID renewal, replacement, and corrections; vehicle sticker sales;[Read More…]
Park Forest Fire Department, Recreation and Parks, Have Their Budget Hearing
Analysis, Commentary, Report By Gary Kopycinski Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The penultimate night of budget hearings featured reports by the Park Forest Fire Department and Recreation and Parks. The meeting was this past Tuesday, May 10. Arriving after the 6:00 p.m. start time, the discussion between the PFFD and mayor was[Read More…]
Space Mission First to Observe Key Interaction Between Magnetic Fields of Earth and Sun
NASA mission, with help from UMD physicists, is first to observe how magnetic reconnection takes place, a critical step in understanding space weather College Park, MD-(ENEWSPF)- Most people do not give much thought to the Earth’s magnetic field, yet it is every bit as essential to life as air, water and[Read More…]
Scientists Find ‘Birthmarks’ from Earth’s Infancy
College Park, MD-(ENEWSPF)- University of Maryland Professor of Geology Richard Walker and fellow scientists in a multi-institution research team have found two ‘birthmarks’ within Earth’s mantle (the rocky middle layer between Earth’s metallic core and outer crust), consisting of silicate material formed when our planet was less than 50 million years[Read More…]
