Terminal Will Threaten Historic Communities, Wetlands Restoration NEW ORLEANS, LA –(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2012.  The Sierra Club, Christian Ministers Missionary Baptist Association of Plaquemines, and Louisiana Environmental Action Network are challenging the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality’s approval of a Clean Air Act permit for a proposed coal export terminal in[Read More…]

Marine resources, coastal economies put at risk Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2012.  Carbon dioxide released from decaying algal blooms, combined with ongoing increases in atmospheric carbon emissions, leads to increased levels of ocean acidification, and places additional stress on marine resources and the coastal economies that depend on them, according to[Read More…]

Water for fish, transportation and power achievable Portland, OR–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2012.  In an op-ed published on Saturday, September 22rd in the Oregonian, Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber, M.D., has called on the federal government to take a new path to recover endangered salmon and steelhead in the Columbia/Snake River Basin. The[Read More…]

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2012.  Astronomers have used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to find evidence our Milky Way Galaxy is embedded in an enormous halo of hot gas that extends for hundreds of thousands of light years. The estimated mass of the halo is comparable to the mass of all the[Read More…]

A prototype sensor array that can be worn on the chest automatically maps the wearer’s environment, recognizing movement between floors. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–September 24, 2012.   MIT researchers have built a wearable sensor system that automatically creates a digital map of the environment through which the wearer is moving. The prototype[Read More…]

National Monument Will Honor Native American Culture, Generate Tourism and Economic Benefits for Local Economy WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–September 21, 2012.  Today President Obama signed a proclamation establishing Chimney Rock as a National Monument. Chimney Rock, located in the San Juan National Forest in southwestern Colorado, offers a spectacular landscape rich[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2012.   Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launched its Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) Electronics Challenge, an initiative to make protective electronics refurbishing and recycling practices the industry standard. EPA Deputy Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response Lisa Feldt, joined by leaders from Best Buy, LG[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 21, 2012.  In the face of widespread pesticide contamination of U.S. waterways and the lack of drinking water standards for hundreds of pesticides, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has devoted a $499,778 grant towards developing low-cost water decontamination facilities serving less than 10,000 people. Though conventional water[Read More…]

MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2012.   Many rats fed with corn that was genetically modified to resist the weed killer known as Roundup developed tumors within two years. The latest scientific study linking the weed killer known as Roundup to cancer and other negative health impacts has put the French government on[Read More…]

Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry one of the grant recipients Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2012.  NOAA announced yesterday the results of its recent competitions for education grants to enhance science education activities in classrooms, aquariums, museums and other institutions across America. A total of $4.5 million in grants from the[Read More…]