Carlsbad Caverns, captured by photographer Ansel Adams. Scientists can extract temperature records from the chemistry of layers in stalagmites and stalactites, corals, layered ocean sediments, ice cores, and other paleo proxy records. A new compilation of these paleo “proxies” reveals a pattern of global warming in the last 130[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2012. On December 21, just as everyone was gearing up for the holidays, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its release of a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and Preliminary Finding of No Significant Impact on the genetically engineered (GE) AguaBounty AquaAdvantage salmon. The FDA action[Read More…]

Platinum LEED Certification Demonstrates City’s On-going Commitment to Buildings that are Energy Efficient, Conserve Resources, and Provide a Healthy Indoor Environment CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 2, 2013.  Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced that the Chicago Center for Green Technology (CCGT) has been awarded a Platinum Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)[Read More…]

Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection Receives Award as City Initiatives Prompt 44 Percent of Chicago’s Taxi Fleet to Become Hybrid or Alternative Fuel Vehicles; 2013 Expected to Bring Big Advances as Well CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 2, 2013. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced today that the City of Chicago’s Department of Business[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–aJanuary 2, 2013) As the medical community weighs in, the new year begins with a push in New Jersey to adopt the Safe Playing Fields Act (S1143 / A2412), straightforward common sense legislation to remove children from harm’s way by stopping hazardous lawn pesticide use on school grounds. The[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 27, 2012.   I want to thank President Obama for the honor he bestowed on me and the confidence he placed in me four years ago this month when he announced my nomination as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. At the time I spoke about the need to address[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 21, 2012. President Obama today named twelve eminent researchers as recipients of the National Medal of Science and eleven extraordinary inventors as recipients of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the highest honors bestowed by the United States Government upon scientists, engineers, and inventors. The recipients will[Read More…]

UK–(ENEWSPF)–21 December 2012. An international research team has updated a Victorian map that has been the blueprint for our understanding of the diversity of life-forms across the world. The original map was created in 1876 by Alfred Russel Wallace, who co-discovered the theory of natural selection with Charles Darwin. Using[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 21, 2012. As part of the Energy Department’s efforts to help homeowners and businesses save money by saving energy, the Department announced today a $9 million investment in leading-edge building envelope technologies, including high-efficiency, high-performance windows, roofs, and heating and cooling equipment. As winter temperatures set in for much[Read More…]

On Dec. 14, 1962, NASA’s Mariner 2 spacecraft sailed close to Venus, marking the first time any spacecraft had ever successfully made a close-up study of another planet. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Pasadena, CA-(ENEWSPF)- Fifty years ago on a mid-December day, NASA’s Mariner 2 spacecraft sailed close to the shrouded planet[Read More…]