Laser from Optical Ground Station on Tenerife EU–(ENEWSPF)–6 September 2012.  An international research team using ESA’s Optical Ground Station in the Canary Islands has set a new distance world record in ‘quantum teleportation’ by reproducing the characteristics of a light particle across 143 km of open air.   Funded by[Read More…]

Hadley Crater EU–(ENEWSPF)–6 September 2012.  Recently engaged in providing support to the successful landing of NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory’s Curiosity rover, ESA’s Mars Express has now returned to its primary mission of studying the diverse geology and atmosphere of the ‘Red Planet’ from orbit.   Earlier this year, the spacecraft[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 6, 2012.  A review of the scientific literature on the health benefits of organic food versus its chemical-intensive counterpart by Stanford University researchers finds that there is a lack of strong evidence that organic foods contain more nutrients than conventional foods; however, the study finds that consumption of[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2012.  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has opened registration for student teams from colleges and universities across the country to participate in its new design competition, the Campus RainWorks Challenge, through which teams will compete to develop innovative approaches to stormwater management. This first annual competition, will[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 4, 2012,   After considering comments from growers and other stakeholders, including over 2,000 emails generated from Beyond Pesticides’ supporters on the recent proposal to reverse a decision to end the use of the organophosphate insecticide azinphos-methyl (AZM), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has once again come[Read More…]

UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–3 September 2012.  Organic farming is generally good for wildlife but does not necessarily have lower overall environmental impacts than conventional farming, a new analysis led by Oxford University scientists has shown. The researchers analysed data from 71 studies published in peer-reviewed journals that compared organic and conventional farms[Read More…]

Sunflower Electric Corporation’s proposed coal plant is financially and environmentally risky for Kansas Topeka, KS–(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2012.  Today, Earthjustice, representing the Kansas chapter of the Sierra Club, argued before the Kansas Supreme Court that the Court should overturn an air pollution permit the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE)[Read More…]

Political fix results in shoot-on-sight policy for wolves in most of Wyoming Bozeman, MT –(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2012.  Today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced that it is eliminating federal protections for Wyoming wolves, handing wolf management over to Wyoming, which will open almost all of the state to[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2012.  The Energy Department today announced the selection of 14 new research projects across 11 states that will be a part of an expanding portfolio of projects designed to increase our understanding of methane hydrates’ potential as a future energy supply.  Methane hydrates are 3D ice-lattice structures[Read More…]

MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–August 31, 2012.  Chip Osborne, left, has made a career out of teaching other municipalities how to follow the example of his hometown, Marblehead, Mass. STORY OF FIRST U.S. TOWN TO BAN PESTICIDES NOW AVAILABLE ON-LINE It was, nearly a decade ago, one of the transformative moments in my personal[Read More…]