Dairyland Power Cooperative to Reduce Emissions by More Than 29,000 Tons Annually WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 29, 2012. The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a Clean Air Act settlement with Dairyland Power Cooperative (DPC) that will cover the utility’s three power plants in Alma and[Read More…]
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Pesticide Exposure Associated with Sleep Disorder
Washington, DC–(ENESPF)–June 29, 2012. New research from the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) in Montreal suggests that pesticide exposure, as well as smoking, head injury, farming, and less education, may be a risk factor for a rare sleep disorder that causes people to kick or punch during sleep, according[Read More…]
UN Senior Officials Highlight Rio+20 Achievements
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–28 June 2012. United Nations senior officials today highlighted the achievements made during the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) held last week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, stressing that they represent a global movement of change in which governments, the private sector and civil society all contribute[Read More…]
Toyota & Audubon Ask Drivers To Exit The Highway This Summer
New initiative encourages Americans to pledge to spend more time in nature and to visit scenic locations for chance to win a new Toyota Prius V New York, NY –(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2012. Have you taken an animal safari in Texas? Checked out the “Love Motel for Insects” in New[Read More…]
Communication Scheme Makes Popular Applications ‘Gracefully Mobile’
New MIT software keeps tens of thousands of people logged into remote computers from mobile devices, but the underlying technology could improve a host of other programs. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2012. The Secure Shell, or SSH, is a popular program that lets computer users log onto remote machines. Software developers[Read More…]
Pompeii-style Ash Fall Preserved ‘Nursery’ of Earliest Animals
UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–28 June 2012. A volcanic eruption around 579 million years ago buried a ‘nursery’ of the earliest-known animals under a Pompeii-like deluge of ash, preserving them as fossils in rocks in Newfoundland, new research suggests. A team from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, in collaboration with the Memorial[Read More…]
Ship Speed Limits Sought off Atlantic Coast to Protect Endangered Right Whales
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2012 — Wildlife conservation and animal protection groups filed a legal petition seeking additional ship speed limits in North Atlantic right whale habitat. The petition asks the National Marine Fisheries Service to extend the existing 10-knot speed limit on the Atlantic coast beyond its December 2013 expiration date[Read More…]
Deal Reached on Transportation Bill Excludes Dangerous Coal Ash Provision
Senate rejects House plan to prevent EPA from ever regulating toxic coal ash pollution Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2012. The following statement is from Martin Hayden, vice president for policy and legislation at Earthjustice, regarding the recently announced deal on the federal transportation bill: In 2008, one billion gallons of toxic[Read More…]
House Appropriations Committee Attacks Basic Environmental and Natural Resources Protections
Another round of actions that will harm our water, air and public health Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2012. Just as summer begins and families go outdoors to enjoy clean water, public lands and other natural resources, the House Appropriations Committee passed another spending bill with policy “riders” that will harm public[Read More…]
Titan’s Tides Point to Hidden Ocean
Inside Titan EU–(ENEWSPF)–28 June 2012. Nothing like it has been seen before beyond our own planet: large tides have been found on Saturn’s moon Titan that point to a liquid ocean – most likely water – swirling around below the surface. On Earth, we are familiar with the combined gravitational[Read More…]
