New Trails Help Promote Obama Administration’s Effort to Increase Outdoor Recreational Opportunities, Connection to Nature WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2016. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis today announced the designation of six local and state National Recreation Trails, adding more than 350[Read More…]
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Mayor Emanuel Helps Break Ground For Albany Park Stormwater Diversion Tunnel
Tunnel Will Have Capacity to Divert 2,300 Cubic Feet of Water Per Second, Preventing Types of Floods that Devastated Neighborhood Twice in Recent Years CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel was joined today by Senator Dick Durbin, Alderman Margaret Laurino (39th Ward) and other partners in breaking ground for the[Read More…]
EPA Finds Atrazine Likely Harming Most Species of Plants, Animals in U.S.
PORTLAND, Ore.—(ENEWSPF)–May 3, 2016. The amount of the herbicide atrazine that’s released into the environment in the United States is likely harming most species of plants and animals, including mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles, according to a preliminary risk assessment by the Environmental Protection Agency. Atrazine is well known as[Read More…]
Interior Department Releases Report Underscoring Impacts of Climate Change on Western Water Resources
New, interactive basin-by-basin visualization tool also released following World Water Day White House Summit WASHINGTON – (ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2016. Putting the national spotlight on the importance of water sustainability, the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation released a basin-by-basin report that characterizes the impacts of climate change[Read More…]
Court Rejects Water Pollution Permit for Rosebud Coal Mine
Helena, Mont. –(ENEWSPF)–March 18, 2016. Yesterday the Montana First Judicial District Court ruled in favor of water quality and reinforced the state of Montana’s obligation to protect waterways from pollution caused by coal mining. The court rejected a water pollution discharge permit that would have allowed the Rosebud Mine to[Read More…]
City of Jackson, Mississippi Meeting Additional Compliance Measures Related to Lead Exceedance in Water
Jackson, Mississippi–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2016. In June 2015, the Mississippi State Department of Health performed the required sampling for lead and copper. In January 2016, the City was notified by the Mississippi Department of Health that elevated levels of lead exceeding the action level of 15ppb were found in some homes[Read More…]
As Shareholders Mull Clean Water Resolution, New Data Shows Tyson One of Nation’s Top Water Polluters
BOSTON, MA –(ENEWSPF)–February 5, 2016. As shareholders of Tyson Foods, Inc. prepare to vote on a resolution that would require the food giant to institute a “water stewardship” policy, new data shows the company regularly dumps a higher volume of pollution into waterways than companies like ExxonMobil and Dow Chemical. The[Read More…]
New EPA Data: I&M Facility 2nd Most Toxic Power Plant in Indiana
New information highlights public health cost of I&M’s $6 billion plan to keep burning coal at AEP-Rockport ROCKPORT, Ind. –(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2016. Indiana & Michigan Power’s AEP-Rockport coal-burning power plant dumped nearly 6 million pounds of toxic pollution into Indiana’s air, land and water in 2014, according to an[Read More…]
Food & Water Watch Calls on USDA to Fix Safety Problems in Food Import System
Advocacy group warns that impending TPP agreement will exacerbate current weaknesses with food imports. Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2016. As officials prepare to sign the Transpacific Trade Partnership (TPP) next month, the national advocacy organization Food & Water Watch today warned that the controversial trade deal will exacerbate already flawed food[Read More…]
Precedent-setting Campaign to Block Nestlé and Others from Bottling Water in Oregon County Submits Three Times the Number of Signatures Needed to Qualify for Ballot
Ballot measure to protect local water gains momentum. Hood River County, Ore. –(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2015. Residents of this picturesque Columbia River Gorge county this week submitted three times as many signatures as they need to qualify for the ballot an initiative that would block corporate behemoth, Nestlé, from bottling and[Read More…]