WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2012. Today on the 15th annual America Recycles Day, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) renewed its commitment to helping Americans reduce wasted food by working with grocers, universities, stadiums and other venues through its Sustainable Materials Management Food Recovery Challenge. According to EPA estimates, food is now the[Read More…]
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Governor Quinn Highlights Clean Water Initiative
Addresses Business and Environmental Leaders at 2012 American Water Summit ROSEMONT –(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today highlighted his recently announced $1 billion Illinois Clean Water Initiative in an address to the 2012 American Water Summit. The 3rd annual summit is being held in Illinois for the first time[Read More…]
Weather Data From Nation’s Largest Wind Farms Could Improve U.S. Models, Forecasts
Private companies share weather data with NOAA Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2012 Two of the nation’s largest producers of wind-generated electric power will share privately-collected weather data with NOAA, providing agency scientists with additional observations from wind farms across the nation for research and operations. NOAA now has data sharing agreements[Read More…]
Global Temperatures Were Fifth Highest on Record For Ocotber
Arctic sea ice doubles from last month, yet remains second lowest on record for October Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2012. The globally-averaged temperature for October 2012 was the fifth warmest October since record keeping began in 1880. October 2012 also marks the 36th consecutive October and 332nd consecutive month with a[Read More…]
Born-Again Star Foreshadows Fate of Solar System
Abell 30: a born-again planetary nebula EU–(ENEWSPF)–15 November 2012. Astronomers have found evidence for a dying Sun-like star coming briefly back to life after casting its gassy shells out into space, mimicking the possible fate our own Solar System faces in a few billion years. This new picture of[Read More…]
Affordable Green Homes for Metro East Families Celebrate Grand Opening
State housing agency financed homes powered by solar and wind energy JERSEYVILLE –(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2012. For residents like maintenance worker John Boyd, Lexington Farms Subdivision’s wind and solar power yields utility bill savings to make living more affordable. “Living at Lexington Farms Subdivision means I have an affordable monthly rent[Read More…]
Periodic Residue Testing to Begin in Organic Agriculture
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 16, 2012. The National Organic Program (NOP) will now require organic certifiers to conduct periodic residue tests each year on at least 5% of the farms they certify, beginning in 2013. Periodic residue testing is required by the 1990 Organic Food Production Act (OFPA). This recent policy change[Read More…]
New Index Shows Federal Agencies Fail to Meet Salmon Restoration Goal
Federal law requiring almost a million salmon ignored at great expense to Bay-Delta ecosystem and fishing industry San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2012 – The Central Valley Chinook salmon fishery has suffered a dramatic collapse over the past decade, now standing at only 13 percent of the population goal required by[Read More…]
Life and Death in a Star-Forming Cloud
W44 and its environment EU–(ENEWSPF)–14 November 2012. The aftershock of a stellar explosion rippling through space is captured in this new view of supernova remnant W44, which combines far-infrared and X-ray data from ESA’s Herschel and XMM-Newton space observatories. W44, located around 10 000 light-years away within a[Read More…]
Head Injury and Pesticide Exposure Increases Risk for Parkinson’s Disease
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2012. For years, scientists have shown that pesticide exposures are linked to the onset of Parkinson’s disease. Now a new study by researchers at University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) finds that exposure to pesticides and suffering a head injury are associated with a three-fold increase in[Read More…]
