At Less Than 50% Complete, Plant is Delayed and Over Budget View Report JACKSON, MS –(ENEWSPF)–November 19, 2012. In a new report released today, the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis reveals that Mississippi Power’s Kemper County coal plant is in far worse shape than indicated in the company’s[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 16, 2012.  At its October 15-18, 2012 Fall meeting in Providence, Rhode Island the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) conducted standards reviews affecting the integrity of organic food and farming and rejected proposals that would have weakened the standards. As it does twice a year, the NOSB (a[Read More…]

http://www.safelawns.org/blog/?p=6471” href=”http://www.safelawns.org/blog/2012/11/seeing-is-believing-new-video-disputes-the-notion-that-organics-doesnt-work/#disqus_thread”> These organizations all support the pesticide reduction laws that took full effect in Connecticut in 2010. New Video Makes the Case for Organic Lawn Care MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2012. Ever since state senator Ed Meyer authored the nation’s first statewide law seven years ago that began to eliminate lawn-care[Read More…]

Findings suggest hunting with stone-tipped spears began much earlier than previously believed TORONTO, ON–(ENEWSPF)–November 16, 2012. A University of Toronto-led team of anthropologists has found evidence that human ancestors used stone-tipped weapons for hunting 500,000 years ago – 200,000 years earlier than previously thought. “This changes the way we think[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 16, 2012 – Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky released the following statement today in response to the settlement reached between BP and the U.S. government after the Deepwater Horizon disaster: “Yesterday, BP agreed to plead guilty to 12 felony charges in connection with the Deepwater Horizon tragedy.  While nothing can[Read More…]

More than 8,500 installation jobs created in the past year, continued industry wide growth expected in 2013 ALBANY, N.Y.—(ENEWSPF)—November 16, 2012. The Solar Foundation (TSF), an independent nonprofit solar education and research organization, today released the full version of its third annual National Solar Jobs Census at the Interstate Renewable[Read More…]

WASHINGTON D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 16, 2012. Today the United States Environmental Protection Agency announced its decision to uphold the corn ethanol requirement of the Renewable Fuel Standard — the federal biofuels mandate — despite calls from eight states and nearly 200 members of Congress to waive the mandate to relieve pressure on[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2012.  New research suggests that the drug Stromectal (manufactured by Merck & Co.), which is typically used to treat parasitic worms, may also kill bed bugs. The active ingredient in the drug is ivermectin, which has also been getting publicity recently for its efficacy in killing head[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2012. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes regional office is marking America Recycles Day with the announcement of six Food Recovery Challenge Achievement Awards. Through the Food Recovery Challenge, EPA encourages organizations to donate food and recycle food scraps to reduce waste, feed the needy and save[Read More…]

Sunset, Saginaw Bay from Alaska Point/Bay. Image credit: Michigan Sea Grant ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2012. University of Michigan scientists and their colleagues at Michigan State University have awarded six grants to organizations across the region for projects that will help decision-makers adapt to climate change and variability in the Great[Read More…]