Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 24, 2012. The American Academy of Pediatricians (AAP) has weighed in on the organic food debate recognizing that lower pesticide residues in organic foods may be significant for children. The Academy also notes that choosing organic is based on larger environmental issues, as well as human health impacts[Read More…]

First Lease under Administration’s ‘Smart from the Start’ Offshore Wind Strategy Part of Effort to Expand American Made Energy WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2012.  As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above strategy to expand safe and responsible domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2012 Pennantfish, Pyramid and Milletseed butterflyfish – school in great numbers at Rapture Reef, French Frigate Shoals in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Download here. (Credit: James Watt.) For 40 years, NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuary System has preserved and protected some of the most spectacular and treasured resources in[Read More…]

  Five-masted lumber schooner George E. Billings shortly after launching flying the Hall Bros. house flag from the mast. The Hall Bros. built the 224-foot wooden vessel at Port Blakely, Washington for their own account in 1903. (Photo courtesy of San Francisco Maritime Historic Park: f1.12028)        [Read More…]

113th Annual Holiday Count to “Drop Fees, Add Languages, Go Digital”  Richard Stelzer   New York, NY –(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2012.  The Audubon Christmas Bird Count (CBC), the longest-running citizen science wildlife survey in the world, will undergo several significant changes beginning this year  as Audubon  builds on the program’s success to[Read More…]

Neighboring tribe claims illnesses from coal pollution for decades San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2012.  The Moapa Band of Paiutes and environmental allies filed suit in federal court yesterday over the issue of air pollutants from the Reid Gardner coal-fired power plant located just a couple hundred yards from the homes of[Read More…]

New policy puts public at risk, adds unnecessary red-tape Harrisburg, PA–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2012.  A coalition of regional, state, and local groups is calling on Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett to reverse a new policy that would delay warning the public of water pollution from oil and gas development. Until now, regional[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2012.  It’s a story we’ve heard for far too long. Research published yesterday in the journal Nature concludes that when bees are exposed to pesticides their colonies have a greater propensity to fail, again raising the urgent need for regulatory action to protect pollinators. This study adds[Read More…]

Unmarked pesticide spraying at the University of Delaware has many students outraged. (Emily Walton photo) Students Pushing University to Adopt Organic Protocols MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2012 Amidst pressure from student groups to change its policy of spraying synthetic chemical pesticides on campus lawns, the University of Delaware told SafeLawns it would[Read More…]

UK–(ENEWSPF)–22 October 2012.  New technology has allowed researchers to come closer than ever to cracking the world’s oldest undeciphered writing system. Researchers from the University of Oxford and the University of Southampton have developed a Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) System for Ancient Documentary Artefacts (funded by the UK Arts and[Read More…]