YOKOHAMA, Japan—(ENEWPSF)–25 March, 2014. Government representatives and scientists on Tuesday opened a five-day meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to finalize a report assessing the impacts of climate change on human and natural systems, options for adaptation, and the interactions among climate changes, other stresses on societies,[Read More…]
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NRDC: EPA Rescues Streams, Wetlands from Clean Water Limbo
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 25, 2014–The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today proposed rules to restore Clean Water Act protections to streams and wetlands whose status had been thrown into question by court rulings and Bush administration actions. Following public comment, these rules will ensure that protections against[Read More…]
Air Pollution is Killing Millions around the World, says World Health Organization
NRDC’s Beinecke Calls for “Immediate and More Vigorous Actions to Limit Toxic Brew’’ WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 25, 2014 – An estimated seven million people around the world in 2012 died prematurely as a result of air pollution– making dirty air the largest single environmental health risk we face, the World Health Organization[Read More…]
NJ Court: Gov. Christie Illegally Repealed Climate Change Pollution Rules
TRENTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 25, 2014—A New Jersey court ruled this morning that the Christie Administration broke the law when it excused power plants from complying with regulations limiting dangerous climate-changing pollution. “Today’s court decision—together with the substantial economic, environmental and public health benefits the program has demonstrated in neighboring states—should compel New[Read More…]
Earthjustice: Proposed Rule Will Help Clean Up America’s Dirty Waters
Rule will restore protections to the nation’s streams and wetlands Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 25, 2014. Today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a rule to restore long-standing Clean Water Act protections to streams and many wetlands across the country. These protections, which stood for decades since Congress passed the Clean Water[Read More…]
EPA and Army Corps of Engineers Clarify Protection for Nation’s Streams and Wetlands: Agriculture’s Exemptions and Exclusions from Clean Water Act Expanded by Proposal
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 25, 2014. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) today jointly released a proposed rule to clarify protection under the Clean Water Act for streams and wetlands that form the foundation of the nation’s water resources. The proposed rule will benefit businesses[Read More…]
Study: Drug Dogs Most Likely To Err In Traffic Stop Scenarios
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 25, 2014. By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Dogs trained to detect the presence of illegal drugs are most likely to provide false alerts in situations involving the search of a motor vehicle, according to the findings of a study published online in the journal Forensic Science International.[Read More…]
NATO AWACS Provide Security Support for Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague
NETHERLANDS–(ENEWSPF)–25 March 2014. NATO E-3A ‘Sentry’ Airborne Warning & Control System (AWACS) aircraft based in Geilenkirchen, Germany are helping secure and monitor the airspace over The Netherlands in support of the Nuclear Security Summit being held in The Hague on 24-25 March 2014. “We are monitoring this airspace very closely[Read More…]
Why Males Stray More than Females
UK–(ENEWSPF)–25 March 2014. Do males have more to gain than females from mating with additional partners? The theory that they do, and that this can help to explain different sex roles observed in the males and females of many species, is known as ‘Bateman’s principles‘, named after the work of[Read More…]
DOT Announces $1 Million in ‘Quick Release’ Emergency Relief Funds for Roads Damaged by Mudslide in Washington State
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 25, 2014. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx yesterday announced the immediate availability of $1 million in emergency relief funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation to help Washington state cover the costs of repairing roads damaged by a massive mudslide in Snohomish County. “These funds represent the first installment[Read More…]
