Environmental

Pacific Plastic Pollution

‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch’ Clean-up Project Launches Trial Run: UN Environment (Video)

SAN FRANCISCO—(ENEWSPF)—September 10, 2018 By: United Nations Press This huge mass of marine debris, situated in the North Pacific Ocean, halfway between the Californian coast and Hawaii, is estimated by Mr. Slat’s Ocean Cleanup organization to measure 1.6 million square kilometers – 3 times the size of France – and[Read More…]

Maine rock bar

Fishermen on Front Lines of Climate Change Reveal Impact of Warming Oceans in New CAP Report

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—September 10, 2018 By: Avery Siciliano, Alexandra Carter, Shiva Polefka, and Michael Conathan In a new report from the Center for American Progress, fishermen on the front lines of climate change—from Alaska and California to Maine and Florida—reveal the impact of warming oceans and what it means for[Read More…]

Hurricane Florence

Southeastern States Prepare for Hurricane Florence

RICHMOND, Va.—(ENEWSPF)—September 10, 2018 By: Virginia National Guard   Emergency preparations have been underway over the weekend in Virginia and other southeastern states in advance of an anticipated strike this week by Hurricane Florence. Virginia Department of Emergency Management teams have worked throughout the weekend preparing for what may be[Read More…]

Hurrican Florence

NASA’s GPM Satellite Peers Under the Clouds of Hurricane Florence (Video)

MARYLAND—(ENEWSPF)—September 6, 2018 By: Rob Gutro and Hal Pierce Hurricane Florence became more powerful over the past few days while moving through the central Atlantic Ocean and wind speeds increased from tropical storm force to a Category 3 hurricane. The GPM core satellite provided a look under the clouds to investigate[Read More…]

Tropical Storm Gordon

NASA Finds Tropical Storm Gordon’s Strength East of Its Center

Florida—(ENEWSPF)—September 4, 2018 By: Rob Gutro, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center After drenching south Florida, Tropical Storm Gordon moved into the eastern Gulf of Mexico and is headed to the northwest. NASA’s Aqua satellite found three areas of the strongest storms east of Gordon’s center when it passed overhead on Sept.[Read More…]

Keystone XL Pipeline protest

New Documents Reveal Government Plans to Spy on Keystone XL Protestors

ACLU Sues Federal Agencies Over Refusal to Turn Over Additional Documents About Plans for Cooperating with State Law Enforcement and Private Security Contractors Missoula, Montana—(ENEWSPF)—September 4, 2018 Contact: [email protected] The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Montana today released documents corroborating reports of collaboration between state and federal law[Read More…]

grizzly bear

Yellowstone Grizzlies: Court Blocks Idaho, Wyoming Trophy Hunts

MISSOULA, Mont. —(ENEWSPF)—August 30, 2018 Contacts: Matthew Bishop, Western Environmental Law Center and Bethany Cotton, WildEarth Guardians Today, a U.S. District Court judge granted wildlife advocates’ motion for a temporary restraining order to block planned grizzly bear trophy hunts in Idaho and Wyoming for at least 14 days. This came[Read More…]

Chemical Disaster Rule

Community, Environmental Justice, National Environmental, and Scientist Groups Continue Fighting to Defend the Chemical Disaster Rule from Rollbacks by EPA

Community members from around the United States call for life-saving measures to be implemented after court victory last week Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 24, 2018 Contacts: Gordon Sommers and Emma Cheuse community members from across the country called on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler to withdraw EPA’s proposal to[Read More…]

IL environmental contest

Attorney General Madigan Announces Settlement Requiring Cleanup of Madison County Oil Refinery

Settlement Requires Massive Site Cleanup, Ending Years of Litigation & Contamination Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—August 20, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced a settlement with Delaware-based Premcor Refining Group Inc. (Premcor). This agreement resolves years of environmental concerns and litigation by Madigan’s office and Madison County State’s Attorney Tom[Read More…]

Illinois Maple Tree

National Maple Tree Study the Subject of Sierra Club’s September 10 Meeting

MATTESON—(ENEWSPF)—August 6, 2018 By: Patrick Coffey The Sauk-Calumet Sierra Club Group will be resuming their monthly meetings (after the summer hiatus) on Monday, September 10th, at the Frankfort Public Library, 21119 Pfeiffer Rd. in Frankfort at 7:15 pm. The program at this meeting will be presented by Wendy Smith, Park Ranger at the Indiana[Read More…]

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