Vetoes Prime Opportunity to Catalyze Sustainable Communities and Reduce Congestion SACRAMENTO, CA–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2012 – Over the weekend, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law AB 1532 and SB 535, two bills that will play a key role in the environmental health and economic recovery of California, according to the[Read More…]
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Switching to Organics: The 12-Step Manifesto
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2012. For when times get tough in the organic fight, either in your personal lawn or your personal commitment to the larger cause, here is my 12-STEP ORGANIC MANIFESTO that I first published several years ago when I first vowed to be an organic crusader. Patterned after[Read More…]
FTC Issues Revised ‘Green Guides’
Will Help Marketers Avoid Making Misleading Environmental Claims Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2012. The Federal Trade Commission issued revised “Green Guides” that are designed to help marketers ensure that the claims they make about the environmental attributes of their products are truthful and non-deceptive. The revisions to the FTC’s Green Guides[Read More…]
Supreme Court Will Not Review Roadless Area Protections
Roadless Rule remains the law of the land Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2012. Today the U.S. Supreme Court denied a request by the State of Wyoming to review the legality of the Roadless Rule, which protects approximately 46 million acres of pristine National Forest lands. Wyoming lost its challenge to the[Read More…]
SMOS Has a Better Look at Salinity
SMOS vs Argo EU–(ENEWSPF)–1 October 2012 Earth observation measurements shouldn’t be taken with a pinch of salt. ESA is comparing readings of sea-surface salinity from drifting floats to confirm the SMOS water mission’s measurements. Since its launch in 2009, ESA’s Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite has been[Read More…]
A Curious Cold Layer in the Atmosphere of Venus
Venus terminator EU–(ENEWSPF)–1 October 2012 Venus Express has spied a surprisingly cold region high in the planet’s atmosphere that may be frigid enough for carbon dioxide to freeze out as ice or snow. The planet Venus is well known for its thick, carbon dioxide atmosphere and oven-hot surface, and[Read More…]
Goats to Join Chicago O’Hare Maintainance Crew
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2012. O’Hare International Airport in Chicago is planning to sign on a shepherd and approximately 30 goats and sheep to graze on overgrown brush at the perimeter of the airport later this fall. The animals are expected to clear about 250 square feet of vegetation per day.[Read More…]
Audubon and GOP ConservAmerica Launch Campaign to Bridge Partisan Divide on Environment and Energy
Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 28, 2012. The National Audubon Society and Republican group ConservAmerica today launched a groundbreaking campaign aimed at bridging the nation’s bitter partisan divides over energy and the environment. The American Eagle Compact targets common-sense approaches to conservation and energy development to counter the partisanship has confused and[Read More…]
First AUV Expedition to Explore Several Deep Sea Atlantic Canyons and Seamounts Launching This Weekend
Scientific Research and Conservation Groups Unite to Investigate Untouched Marine Habitats NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 28, 2012 – The first scientific expedition to explore the ecology of two Atlantic seamounts located approximately 200 miles southeast of Cape Cod, as well as to undertake a detailed investigation of several nearby Georges Bank undersea[Read More…]
Proposed Rulemaking in Maine Undermines Comprehensive School Pesticide Reform
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 28, 2012. Over the last few months, heated debate over toxic pesticide use in school buildings and grounds have dominated discussion in Maine. Unfortunately, new amendments to Maine’s school pesticide legislation make no mention of safer, preventive pest management practices, or the use of least-toxic pesticides only as[Read More…]
