Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 11, 2012.  More than one year after petitioning the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to complete a mandatory environmental impact statement on the first-ever genetically engineered (GE) fish intended for human consumption, Earthjustice has submitted a letter on behalf of its co-petitioners urging the agency to meet[Read More…]

MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–June 8, 2012.  We thank our friends at Earthcare Natural Lawn and Landscapes and Purple Cow Organics of Wisconsin, one of America’s finest compost companies, for permission to republish this food for thought: Purple Cow Organics specializes in turning what would otherwise be food waste products into rich soil amendments.[Read More…]

NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler will support NOAA’s nautical charting mission Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 8, 2012.  NOAA today commissioned a state-of-the-art coastal mapping vessel, NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler, during a special ceremony at NOAA’s Marine Operations Center-Atlantic in Norfolk, Va. The new ship’s primary mission will be to detect and[Read More…]

 MIT researchers produce 3-D configurations that could lead to new microchips and other devices. MASSACHUSETTS–(ENEWSPF)–June 8, 2012.  Researchers at MIT have found a new way of making complex three-dimensional structures using self-assembling polymer materials that form tiny wires and junctions. The work has the potential to usher in a new[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 8, 2012.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Organic Program (NOP) has published a final rule in the Federal Register officially codifying into federal regulations changes to organic standards that were recommended by the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) over the past year and a half. The[Read More…]

Groups seek safeguards for “extremely vulnerable” Speckled Hind and Warsaw Grouper  Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 8, 2012 – Two critically imperiled species of deepwater grouper – speckled hind and Warsaw grouper – must be protected from overfishing immediately, according to a lawsuit filed today by the Natural Resources Defense Council and Ocean[Read More…]

NRDC: ‘This Is A Game Changer’  WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 8, 2012 –  A federal appeals court’s unanimous decision today forces the country to re-evaluate the environmental impacts of the storage and disposal of its nuclear waste in a way that has never been done before. The decision will send the Nuclear Regulatory[Read More…]

Polluters win right to continue fouling public waters with sewage, manure and fertilizer Tallahassee, FL–(ENEWSPF)–June 8, 2012.  Yesterday’s ruling by Florida Division of Administrative Hearings Judge Bram Canter is a loss for the millions of Floridians and visitors who have a right to clean water. Lesley Gamble paddles through green[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2012.  Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Dan Ashe announced that the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission has approved more than $1.3 million from the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund to protect an estimated 1,368 acres of waterfowl habitat on three[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 7, 2012.  The faint, lumpy glow from the very first objects in the universe may have been detected with the best precision yet using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. The objects could be wildly massive stars or voracious black holes. They are too far away to be seen individually, but[Read More…]