Rep from Brazil’s Largest Union Denied Access to Meeting; No Mention of Brazil and Nigeria Liabilities; Record Votes for Separation of CEO and Chairman Hi Resolution Photos Available SAN RAMON, CA–(ENEWSPF)–May 31, 2012. Yesterday, more than 150 protested at Chevron’s annual shareholder meeting, joining together a unique group of union[Read More…]
Environmental
American Electric Power Pulls Billion Dollar Big Sandy Request
Kentuckians no longer facing 30% bill increase to clean up coal plant Louisa, KY–(ENEWSPF)–May 31, 2012. Yesterday, Kentucky Power, a subsidiary of American Electric Power, notified the Public Service Commission that it will withdraw its application to install clean air controls on their Big Sandy coal fired power plant in[Read More…]
Maryland Continues Pesticide Study Despite Warnings from Environmental Groups
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 31, 2012. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene have enrolled Maryland households in a study that involves spraying the controversial pesticide bifenthrinon their property to determine the efficacy of this approach in controlling Lyme disease. Now in[Read More…]
Avoiding Second-Hand Pesticides: How to Talk to Your Neighbors About Their Lawn Chemicals
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–May 30, 2012 This sign lets your neighborhood know where you stand on the applications of pesticides. Those other signs are ubiquitous these days. “Caution.” “Warning.” “Danger.” “Keep off the Grass.” Usually in yellow, but sometimes in green, gray, red or black, the flags are nearly as plentiful as lawns[Read More…]
Ghostly Gamma-ray Beams Blast from Milky Way’s Center
This artist’s conception shows an edge-on view of the Milky Way galaxy. Newly discovered gamma-ray jets (pink) extend for 27,000 light-years above and below the galactic plane, and are tilted at an angle of 15 degrees. Previously known gamma-ray bubbles are shown in purple. The bubbles and jets suggest that[Read More…]
Atrazine Manufacturer To Pay $105 Million to Community Water Systems
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 30, 2012. A settlement between plaintiffs and the manufacturer of the endocrine disrupting herbicide atrazine, Syngenta, will pay $105 million to settle a nearly 8-year-old lawsuit and could help reimburse community water systems (CWS) in 45 states that have had to filter the toxic chemical from its drinking[Read More…]
Mid-America Pipeline Company and Enterprise Products Operating to Pay $1 Million for Spills in Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2012. Mid-America Pipeline Company LLC (MAPCO), and Enterprise Products Operating LLC, of Houston, have agreed to pay a civil penalty of more than $1 million to the United States to settle violations of the federal Clean Water Act related to three natural gasoline pipeline spills in Iowa, Kansas[Read More…]
NASA Receives Widespread Concepts for Future Mars Missions
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- NASA’s call to scientists and engineers to help plan a new strategy to explore Mars has resulted in almost double the amount of expected submissions with unique and bold ideas. About 400 concepts or abstracts were submitted to the Concepts and Approaches for Mars Exploration Workshop in Houston,[Read More…]
NASA Hosts Global Viewing Events for Rare Astronomical Reunion
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- NASA Television will air a live program starting at 5:30 p.m. EDT Tuesday, June 5, showcasing the celestial phenomenon of the planet Venus trekking across the face of the sun. The rare event, known as the Venus Transit, will not occur again until 2117. The transit occurs when[Read More…]
The Older We Get, The Less We Know (Cosmologically)
New research finds that the ideal time to study the cosmos was more than 13 billion years ago, just about 500 million years after the Big Bang – the era (shown in this artist’s conception) when the first stars and galaxies began to form. Since information about the early universe[Read More…]
