Source: Hubblesite.org Baltimore-(ENEWSPF)- Black holes in the early universe needed a few snacks rather than one giant meal to fuel their quasars and help them grow, a new study shows. Quasars are the brilliant beacons of light that are powered by black holes feasting on captured material, and in the[Read More…]

RIO–(ENEWSPF)–22 June 2012.  At the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), some $513 billion in funding has been committed by governments, the private sector, civil society and other groups to achieve a sustainable future. “From the very beginning we have said that Rio+20 is about implementation and concrete action,”[Read More…]

Jackson, MS–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2012.  While a broad coalition of labor, environmental, public health, disability and low-income advocacy groups opposing the Kemper County Coal Plant looked on, the Mississippi Public Service Commission voted to deny a controversial rate hike of 15.7% for residential customers over a course of six months to[Read More…]

Multidisciplinary team develops mathematical approach that could help in simulating materials for solar cells and LEDs. MASSACHUSETTS–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2012.  A multidisciplinary team of researchers at MIT and in Spain has found a new mathematical approach to simulating the electronic behavior of noncrystalline materials, which may eventually play an important part[Read More…]

Army ordered to report on progress in studying marine contamination, threats to cultural sites Honolulu, HI–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2012.  Yesterday, U.S. District Chief Judge Susan Oki Mollway issued an order confirming that no live-fire training may take place at Mākua Military Reservation (MMR) on Oʻahu until the Army completes new studies[Read More…]

Grants provide job trainees opportunities to protect public health in their communities  WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2012.  Yesterday at the Sewage and Water Board of New Orleans U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Assistant Administrator Mathy Stanislaus announced that EPA is awarding $3 million to 15 grantees through the Environmental Workforce Development and[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 22, 2012.  In May, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) met to decide on a range of issues concerning allowable materials and practices in certified organic farming. The recommendations adopted by the board have been sent on to USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP) for[Read More…]

RIO–(ENEWSPF)–21 June 2012.  Speaking at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon today announced that more than one hundred commitments and actions have been already mobilized in support of the UN’s global sustainable energy initiative. “Achieving sustainable energy for all is not only possible, but necessary –[Read More…]

350 megawatt photovoltaic facility in Nevada will benefit Moapa Band of Paiute Indians, generate enough power for over 100,000 homes WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2012.  As part of the Obama Administration’s all of the above approach to American energy, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today approved a 350-megawatt solar energy project[Read More…]