ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2012.  As fuel economy of new vehicles improved 18 percent over the past five years, billions of gallons of gas and billions of pounds of emissions have been saved, University of Michigan researchers say. Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle of the U-M Transportation Research Institute collected fuel[Read More…]

  Test radar installed in Spain EU–(ENEWSPF)–15 October 2012 A new radar designed to test methods for finding orbital debris that can be hazardous to space navigation has been installed in Spain. The radar will be used to develop future debris warning services, helping boost safety for European satellite operators.[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2012.  California’s Proposition 37, which would require mandatory labeling on genetically engineered (GE) foods, is facing a strong challenge as tens of millions of conventional food industry dollars have poured into television advertisements before the November 6th election. Poll results released Thursday by the Pepperdine University School[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 12, 2012.  As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to expand domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today finalized a program for spurring development of solar energy on public lands in six western states. The Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for solar energy development[Read More…]

A meteorite found in Antarctica holds evidence of a once-active dynamo on Vesta. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2012. About 4.6 billion years ago, the solar system was little more than a tenuous disk of gas and dust. In the span of merely 10 million years, this soup evolved to form today’s[Read More…]

Provides Roadmap to Replace Nuclear Plant with Energy Efficiency, Wind and Solar Power While Maintaining Power Supply Reliability NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 12, 2012  – In just the last year, New York State began developing at least 25 percent of the alternative electricity sources necessary to replace the Indian Point nuclear power[Read More…]

  Sombrero uplift EU–(ENEWSPF)–12 October 2012 In the central Andes mountains, satellites have detected ground deformation under way above a major subterranean magma body.  The Altiplano–Puna volcanic province is part of an active volcanic arc in South America’s central Andes. Extending through Peru, southwestern Bolivia, Chile and northwestern Argentina, it[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 12, 2012,.  The Department of Justice announced today a policy addressing the ability of members of federally recognized Indian tribes to possess or use eagle feathers, an issue of great cultural significance to many tribes and their members. Attorney General Eric Holder signed the new policy after extensive[Read More…]

Helena, MT –(ENEWSPF)–October 12, 2012.  Yesterday, the Western Environmental Law Center, on behalf of eight conservation groups and one individual, filed a lawsuit to halt wolverine trapping in Montana until the species’ population has recovered. On December 14, 2010, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service determined that the wolverine deserves federal protection[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 12, 2012.  After reading several cases of pesticide poisonings throughout the state of Utah, State Senator Gene Davis (D-Utah), has announced plans to sponsor legislation that requires notification when nearby homes are being treated with toxic pesticides. Pre-notification is a critical step in the right direction to allow[Read More…]