Program provides scientific, financial and collaborative tools that will enable Interior to meet its water savings goal of 730,000 acre-feet per year by 2013 WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2012.  The Department of the Interior’s WaterSMART program is saving water, finding better ways to stretch existing supplies and helping partners plan to meet[Read More…]

Program provides scientific, financial and collaborative tools that will enable Interior to meet its water savings goal of 730,000 acre-feet per year by 2013 WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2012.  The Department of the Interior’s WaterSMART program is saving water, finding better ways to stretch existing supplies and helping partners plan to meet[Read More…]

“I am proud I played a role in helping the people of Puerto Rico derail this runaway train to nowhere,” Gutierrez says  Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2012.  Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL), reacted today to the breaking news that the permit application to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was withdrawn[Read More…]

NRDC-CEEW Report Shows Concentrated Solar Power Essential to Meeting India’s Over-Stressed Energy Demand SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2012  – In the wake of historic summer blackouts that left more than 700 million Indians without power, a new report released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Council[Read More…]

Washington–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2012.  Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today congratulated Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian K. Kobilka for winning the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for studies of G-protein–coupled receptors” and Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland for winning the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics for “ground-breaking experimental methods that[Read More…]

Sierra Club and Sierra Magazine release “Cost of Coal” Photo Project SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2012.  The Sierra Club and Sierra Magazine released a new photography project examining the effects of coal on the lives of everyday Americans. The feature, “Cost of Coal,” follows the life-cycle of coal, using sharp,[Read More…]

Image from the North Pole webcam shows (July 27, 2010) ponds created by the summer sea ice melt. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2012.  Changes in summer Arctic wind patterns contribute not only to an unprecedented loss of Arctic sea ice, but could also bring about shifts in North[Read More…]

ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2012.  Contrary to what you might see in police dramas, you don’t have to be Jason Bourne to shake off a computer tracking you through a video feed. Cross paths with someone who vaguely resembles you, and the computer is likely to swap your labels. But researchers[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2012.  A new report highlights the growing body of research that links pesticides to the rampant rise of learning disabilities, childhood cancer and asthma in the United States, and calls for swift policy change to protect future generations. In particular, the report points out that children are[Read More…]

Springfield –(ENEWSPF)–October 12, 2012.  Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced today that a Douglas County mine operation has been cited for air and water pollution violations. Alpena Vision Resources, LLC, a Michigan company, is licensed by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources’ Office of Mines and Minerals to perform reclamation and[Read More…]