Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2011. U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced $38 million over three years for projects to accelerate the development of promising geothermal energy technologies and help diversify America’s sources of clean, renewable energy. Thirty-two innovative projects in 14 states will develop and test new ways to locate[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
DOE Finalizes $150 Million Loan Guarantee to 1366 Technologies that Could Drive Down Manufacturing Costs and Make American Solar More Competitive
Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2011. U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today finalized a $150 million loan guarantee to 1366 Technologies, Inc. for the development of a multicrystalline wafer manufacturing project that could significantly drive down the costs of solar manufacturing. The project will be capable of producing approximately 700 to 1,000[Read More…]
Department of Energy Awards $43 Million to Spur Offshore Wind Energy
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2011. U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced $43 million over the next five years to speed technical innovations, lower costs, and shorten the timeline for deploying offshore wind energy systems. The 41 projects across 20 states will advance wind turbine design tools and hardware, improve information[Read More…]
Remnants of Lee Persist Over Part of Mid-Atlantic States and Southwestern New England, September 8, 2011
Miami, Florida—(ENEWSPF)—September 8, 2011 – 11 AM EDT. The National Hurricane Center reports that remnants of Lee are bringing havy rains and flooding that are expect to persist over parts of the Mid-Atlantic states and southwestern New England today. At 11 AM EDT (1500 UTC) there was no discernible surface[Read More…]
Smokers are Smoking Less
Fewer heavy smokers while light smokers on the rise, but even occasional smoking can cause harm Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2011. Fewer American adults are smoking cigarettes, according to a new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Also, daily smokers are smoking fewer cigarettes each day,[Read More…]
Violence During Pregnancy Linked to Low Birth Weight
NIH-supported population analysis examined records of 5 million California women Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2011. Pregnant women who are assaulted by an intimate partner are at increased risk of giving birth to infants of reduced weight, according to a population-level analysis of domestic violence supported by the National Institutes of Health.[Read More…]
NIH Stroke Prevention Trial Has Immediate Implications for Clinical Practice
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2011. Patients at a high risk for a second stroke who received intensive medical treatment had fewer strokes and deaths than patients who received a brain stent in addition to the medical treatment, a large nationwide clinical trial has shown. The investigators published the results in the[Read More…]
New Data: Affordable Care Act Delivers Lower Costs to More Seniors With Medicare
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2011. Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that more seniors and people with disabilities on Medicare are seeing reduced costs for important health care — through both discounts on brand-name drugs in the Medicare Part D “donut hole” coverage gap and free preventive[Read More…]
World Trade Center Health Program Scientific Review Panel Named
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2011. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced today the appointment of members to the World Trade Center Health Program’s Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee. The committee will review scientific and medical evidence and make recommendations to the WTC Health Program administrator on eligibility criteria and on[Read More…]
Medicare Steps Up Enforcement of Equal Visitation and Representation Rights in Hospitals
Rules finalized last year empower patients to designate their own visitors, including same-sex partners Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2011. Yesterday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced new guidance to support enforcement of rules that protect hospital patients’ right to choose their own visitors during a hospital stay, including[Read More…]
