ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(ENEWSPF)–August 21, 2012. Motor vehicle crashes are the largest single public health crisis in the United States. But today’s launch of a new year-long test of “smart car” technology conducted by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute is designed to save lives and reduce injuries among American[Read More…]
Environmental
Divided U.S. Appeals Court Rejects EPA Air Protections For 240 Million Americans
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 21, 2012 – As many as 240 million Americans will lose new protections against dangerous smog and soot pollution after a sharply divided federal appeals court today struck down Environmental Protection Agency safeguards designed to reduce power plant air pollution that crosses state lines. A powerful dissent thoroughly criticizes[Read More…]
Fourth Galileo Satellite Reaches French Guiana Launch Site
Galileo satellite unloading EU–(ENEWSPF)–21 August 2012. The next two Galileo satellites are now in place at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, being prepared for their shared launch this autumn. The fourth Galileo satellite flight model arrived at Cayenne Airport in French Guiana on Friday 17 August, flown from the[Read More…]
Organic Land Management Ordinance Proposed in Durango, Colorado
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 21, 2012. A proposed ordinance that eschews chemical fertilizers and pesticides in favor of an organically maintained system on public land in Durango, CO will be up for debate tonight, and, if denied, will wind up on the city’s November ballot. The ordinance was put together by a[Read More…]
The Risks of Drilling in Alaska’s Arctic Ocean
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2012. As offshore oil drilling edges ever closer to becoming a reality in the Arctic Ocean, the Center for American Progress released the video “Oil and Ice Don’t Mix: The Risks of Drilling in Alaska’s Arctic Ocean,” which examines the region’s lack of readiness in the event[Read More…]
New U-M-Developed Forecasting Tool Would Reduce Health-related Swimming Closures at Great Lakes Beaches
North Beach in Racine, Wis., on Lake Michigan. Image credit: Julie Kinzelman, City of Racine ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2012. Great Lakes beachgoers could spend a lot more time in the water if a beach forecasting tool under development by University of Michigan researchers and their colleagues is adopted throughout[Read More…]
Illinois Department of Corrections Sustainability Initiative Results in Donations of Fresh Produce to Local Food Banks
SPRINGFIELD- Illinois–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2012. The Illinois Department of Corrections is excited about an effort that began as a vocational opportunity for offenders and has become another avenue for facilities to “go green” and give back to their local communities. There are currently 23 prisons and several work camps that have[Read More…]
Obama Administration Announces New Website to Make it Easier for Visitors to Discover and Explore Parks, Recreation Areas and other Public Lands
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 20 2012. As part of President Obama’s initiative to fuel the economy and create jobs by promoting travel and tourism, the administration today announced a new design, improved navigation tools and expanded content for Recreation.Gov, the interagency website that guides visitors to 90,000 sites on federal lands such as[Read More…]
Miracle Grow for Mitt: Scotts Throws its Weakened Financial Might Behind Romney
To All Democrats and Independents Who Garden . . . LISTEN UP: If Miracle Gro Votes with its Wallet, So Should The Rest of Us MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2012. Long miffed by what he considers to be the nuisance of environmental safety regulation, Scotts Miracle Gro Czar Jim Hagedorn is voting[Read More…]
New Process Developed at MIT Could Enable Better LED Displays, Solar Cells and Biosensors — and Foster Basic Physics Research
Cambridge, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2012. Films made of semiconductor nanocrystals — tiny crystals measuring just a few billionths of a meter across — are seen as a promising new material for a wide range of applications. Nanocrystals could be used in electronic or photonic circuits, detectors for biomolecules, or the glowing[Read More…]
