New York, NY –(ENEWSPF)–December 10, 2010. Restoration of a wildlife sanctuary damaged by the Gulf oil spill, conservation internships for urban teenagers, and promotion of sustainable ranching are only three of the 43 projects in 27 states that will receive a total of nearly $1.1 million in the latest round of[Read More…]
Environmental
35,000 New Species ‘Sitting in Cupboards’
GREAT BRITAIN–(ENEWSPF)–10 December 2010. Of the estimated 70,000 species of flowering plants yet to be described by scientists, more than half may already have been collected but are lying unknown and unrecognised in collections around the world, a new study suggests. A lack of resources for collections of plant specimens[Read More…]
Report: Dirty Industries Use Distortion to Assail EPA’s Boiler Rules
WASHINGTON – December 8 – The National Association of Clean Air Agencies (NACAA), which represents the state authorities that manage air pollution in all fifty states, released a report today that debunks a widely circulated but highly misleading industry study on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed toxic air emission standards[Read More…]
Presidential Proclamation–40th Anniversary of the Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2010. From the air we breathe to the water we drink, the quality of our environment has a profound effect on our public health, the well-being of future generations, and the vitality of our economy. Just four decades ago, smog choked communities across America, pollution clotted numerous[Read More…]
New Study Assesses the Water Availability in Major River Basins in a Warmer World
GREAT BRITAIN–(ENEWSPF)–1 December 2010. A new Oxford and LSE study published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A has analysed the extent of water scarcity in some of the world’s largest river basins in the next 50 years, under contrasting climate change scenarios of global mean temperature rises of[Read More…]
Scientists Call for the Strongest Possible Protections for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2010. Scientists and natural resource managers from the United States and Canada sent a letter to President Obama urging him to safeguard the extraordinary natural values of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s Coastal Plain. The 170 scientists, including ecologists, wildlife and conservation biologists, natural resource managers, and[Read More…]
Obama to Maintain Drilling Ban in Atlantic and Eastern Gulf Coasts
Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—December 1, 2010. The Obama administration today announced that it will not allow drilling in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico or along the Atlantic coast as part of its new five-year drilling plan. In March, just prior to the BP oil disaster, the administration announced it would open parts[Read More…]
NOAA Awards $2 Million for Regional Sea Grant Efforts to Fight Aquatic Invasive Species
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2010. NOAA today announced $2 million in grants from its National Sea Grant College Program to prevent and control aquatic invasive species. NOAA awarded five regional grants to combat high-priority aquatic invasive species identified by natural resource managers in each region. “Invasive species in our waterways are[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Recovers More Than $2.2 Million From Companies Illegally Dumping in Harvey
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2010. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced today that her office has recovered more than $2.2 million as a result of ongoing lawsuits against companies accused of dumping waste at two illegal construction debris sites in Harvey. Madigan filed lawsuits in 2004 and 2007 for the illegal dumping on[Read More…]
Secretary Chu Announces Nearly $21 Million in Technical Assistance Projects to Improve Energy Use in Commercial Buildings
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2010. During a live online chat at the White House earlier today, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that 24 projects are receiving a total of $21 million in technical assistance to dramatically reduce the energy used in their commercial buildings. This initiative, supported with funding from[Read More…]