Hackathon Competition Launched on Earth Day Engages a Diverse Community on Environmental Sustainability; Mayor’s Sustainable Chicago 2015 Action Plan Already Showing Progress on 22 of 24 Goals CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 23, 2013.  Today, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) announced the launch of the Chicago Cleanweb Challenge, a year-long[Read More…]

Last week, EPA proposed multi-option rule; this week, federal court denies industry challenge to scuttle that rulemaking Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 23, 2013. The nation’s second highest court issued a decision today that ensures the Environmental Protection Agency will have to meet a court-ordered deadline to issue regulations that finally clean up[Read More…]

Arctic Athabaskan Council says rights violated by failure to slow rapid Arctic warming Whitehorse, Yukon and Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 23, 2013. Today, the Arctic Athabaskan Council filed a petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, asking the Commission to declare that Canada is undermining the human rights of Athabaskan peoples[Read More…]

D.C. Circuit rules against coal industry on Spruce Mine Veto WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 23, 2013.  Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s legal authority to veto a mining permit that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had issued.  The decision reverses the[Read More…]