Led by Senator Merkley, senators urge Secretary Salazar: Take Arctic drilling off the table Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2012.  A coalition of senators showed their support for America’s Arctic Ocean by sending a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, urging him not to schedule new Arctic Ocean lease sales until a[Read More…]

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2012.  As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to deploy every available source of American energy and ensure the U.S. remains competitive globally, the Energy Department announced today more than $13 million in new investments for university-led nuclear innovation projects.  The three awards announced today[Read More…]

Expanded Recycling Program Now in 3,000+ USPS locations WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2012.  There’s no reason to toss out that old cell phone, PDA, digital camera or other small electronic device. Thanks to the U.S. Postal Service — which has expanded the availability of a recycling program to 3,100 retail locations —[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2012.  Manitoba will likely join the majority of Canada’s provinces in banning cosmetic pesticides next year, according to Conservation Minister Gord Mackintosh. The minister made his announcement on Monday after a coalition of health and environment groups, Cosmetic Pesticide Ban Manitoba, delivered a letter with over 1,000[Read More…]

  Grison Alps EU–(ENEWSPF)–26 September 2012. Archived radar data from the Envisat mission are playing an important role in mapping landslides in Switzerland. The mission’s vast archives continue to prove useful for mapping ground deformation.  Landslides are a natural hazard of special relevance in Alpine regions. This ground displacement can[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2012.   A citizen’s group in Washington State submitted to its county commissioners a petition that urges a ban of all herbicides or other chemicals on county rights-of-way. The group, which opposes all roadside pesticide spraying, is calling for the adoption of safer management alternatives, citing dozens[Read More…]

ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(ENEWSPF)–September 25, 2012.  Texting while driving is a serious threat to public safety, but a new University of Michigan study suggests that we might not be aware of our actions. U-M researchers found that texting while driving is predicted by a person’s level of “habit”—more so than how[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 25, 2012.  According to a report from New York City’s Department of Health, Roundup, Monsanto’s most popular and widely used product is also the most frequently applied herbicide in the city. This has occurred in violation of the spirit and intent of the 2005-passed the Pesticide Useage Law[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2012.  Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) presented its 12th annual Green Power Leadership Awards to 24 Green Power Partners and three suppliers for their achievements in advancing the nation’s renewable electricity market. For most municipalities, electricity usage is the single-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. By[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2012.  As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to expand safe and responsible domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Tommy P. Beaudreau today announced that BOEM will offer 38 million acres in the Central Gulf of[Read More…]