Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2013.   A study conducted by Sussex University researchers has identified the garden plants most attractive to pollinating insects. The study’s findings are important as pollinating insects are declining globally and are facing growing habitat losses. The study also gives vital scientific information to individuals and communities on[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2013.  Underscoring President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to cut harmful emissions and double energy efficiency, the Energy Department is taking action to develop the next generation of combined heat and power (CHP) technology and help local communities and businesses make cost-effective investments that save money and energy.[Read More…]

Illinois Public, Private Leaders Unite to Bring Energy-Efficiency to the Top-Attended Aquarium in the Nation CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2013.  Governor Pat Quinn and Shedd Aquarium today kicked-off the first phase of the institution’s clean-energy initiative with the installation of 913 photovoltaic solar panels on top of the aquarium’s world-class marine mammal[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 18, 2013.  On October 10, a judge in Mexico issued an injunction against the planting and selling of genetically engineered (GE) corn seed, effective immediately, within the country’s borders. The decision comes nearly two years after the Mexican government temporarily rejected the expansion of GE corn testing, citing the need[Read More…]

State utilities commission amps up energy storage technology San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2013. Today the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) finalized a groundbreaking decision to build innovative high-tech energy storage systems that will lead California toward a future of clean, renewable energy and away from dependence on fossil fuels. The[Read More…]

City Faces Increases in Respiratory Illnesses, Heat-related Deaths CARLISLE, Pa.–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2013.  Carlisle has joined more than 70 other U.S. cities in supporting the use of the Clean Air Act to reduce greenhouse gas pollution to head off catastrophic climate change. Carlisle’s Borough Council, in passing a resolution last week,[Read More…]

SEATTLE–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2013.  The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency yesterday for failing to address ocean acidification that’s killing oysters in Oregon and Washington and threatening a wide range of other sea life. The lawsuit challenges the EPA’s decision that seawaters in those two[Read More…]

Ann Arbor, MI–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2013. The Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Alpena is a unique natural marine environment and historic ship graveyard with the potential to be a major tourism and new business driver in northeastern Michigan, according to University of Michigan researchers. U-M’s Institute for Research on Labor,[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2013 – During the 16 days House Republicans held the federal government hostage to their radical agenda, they put our environment and health at risk, and most Americans didn’t like it. Almost two-thirds of Americans say they opposed the near shut-down of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and[Read More…]

New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2013. The National Audubon Society is working alongside the Bahamas National Trust to establish a new national park on the Joulter Cays, a group of small uninhabited islands and intertidal sand flats to the north of Andros Island in the Bahamas. The area was recently discovered[Read More…]