Block Island Wind Farm to Cut Electricity Rates for Residents by 40 percent Block Island, RI –(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2015. Today, in a watershed moment for American clean energy development, Deepwater Wind broke ground on America’s first offshore wind project at Block Island, Rhode Island. This 30 megawatt wind farm will[Read More…]
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Senators Markey, Boxer and Sanders Call for Increased Safety at Nuclear Plants
Trio of bills address safety of spent fuel storage and decommissioning plans Washington–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2015 – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) reintroduced three bills yesterday aimed at improving the safety and security of decommissioning reactors and the storage of spent nuclear fuel at[Read More…]
NOAA, Federal Partners Design ‘Early Warning System’ for Freshwater Toxic Algal Blooms
$3.6 million HABs research project aims to protect freshwater from contamination Lake Erie’s algal bloom off of Toledo Ohio as seen from satellite image from USGS on August 1, 2014. (Credit: Photo courtesy USGS.) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2015. NOAA has joined forces with NASA, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and[Read More…]
Kentucky’s Proposed Tar Sands Mining Puts People, Water, Wildlife at Risk
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2015. The Center for Biological Diversity today called on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deny permits for a tar sands mining project in Logan County, Ky., that would include strip-mining wetlands and streams in pursuit of these particularly dirty and dangerous fossil fuels. “Tar sands[Read More…]
Climate Action Plan Toolkit: EPA Releases Stormwater Climate Change Tool
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2015. “Climate change means increased risks to our health, our economy, and our environment,” said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. “But with the President’s Climate Action Plan, the agency is taking action to advance science-based technology, such as the addition of the Climate Adjustment Tool, to help state[Read More…]
Food and Water Protections Weakened Under President’s 2016 Budget
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)—February 2, 2015. Statement of Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter: “President Obama’s proposed 2016 budget contains several provisions that would weaken long-standing public health programs that protect consumers from unsafe food, while also undermining community water systems. It is yet another example of this administration’s misplaced[Read More…]
White House Fact Sheet: Increasing Investment in U.S. Roads, Ports and Drinking Water Systems Through Innovative Financing
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2015. Building a 21st-century infrastructure is a critical component of the Administration’s efforts to accelerate economic growth, expand opportunity, create jobs and improve the competitiveness of the American economy. As part of this effort, President Obama launched the Build America Investment Initiative in July 2014, calling on[Read More…]
Food & Water Watch: Brazilian Buyout of Chiquita Brands is Completely Bananas
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 16, 2015. Statement of Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter: “The acquisition of Chiquita Brands International by two Brazilian firms not only increases the consolidation of our food supply, but could have devastating consequences for the state of North Carolina and its residents. The Brazilian juice[Read More…]
New Financial Report Reveals CWLP Coal Plant Drained At Least $41 million From Springfield, Il City Budget
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –(ENEWSPF)–January 15, 2015. A financial analysis released today by Synapse Energy & Economics found that City Water & Light and Power’s (CWLP) operation of Units 31 & 32 at its Dallman coal-fired power plant has drained at least $41 million from Springfield’s city budget in recent years and will[Read More…]
Food & Water Watch: 114th Congress Could Be Worst Ever for the Environment
Washington, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–January 5, 2015. Staetment from Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director, Food & Water Watch: “The swearing-in of the 114th Congress spells trouble for our food, water and environment, and all those who seek to champion healthy, safe communities for our families. We may be looking at the most hostile[Read More…]
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