Herschel’s swan EU–(ENEWSPF)–10 May 2012. Chaotic networks of dust and gas signpost the next generations of massive stars in this stunning new image of the Cygnus-X star-nursery captured by ESA’s Herschel space observatory. Cygnus-X is an extremely active region of massive-star birth some 4500 light-years from Earth in[Read More…]
Environmental
British Columbia Pesticide Ban Campaign Gains Traction
Washington, DC–(ENEWSFP)–May 10, 2012. British Columbia (BC) may become the eighth Canadian province to ban cosmetic (lawn care) pesticides after the Special Committee on Cosmetic Pesticides submit their recommendations to the legislature later this month. The report will outline the bipartisan committee’s findings from over the last eight months on[Read More…]
U.S. Temperatures for April Third Warmest on Record
Past 12 months and first third of the year were warmest nation has experienced Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 9, 2012. Several warm periods across the contiguous U.S. during April brought the national average temperature to 55°F, 3.6°F above average, marking the third warmest April on record. These temperatures, when added with the[Read More…]
First Instrument For The JWST Is Completed And Handed Over To NASA
UK Astronomy Technology Centre-(ENEWSPF)- After more than ten years of work by more than 200 engineers, the Mid InfraRed Instrument (MIRI), a camera so sensitive it could see a candle on one of Jupiter’s moons, has been declared ready for delivery by the European Space Agency and NASA. The MIRI[Read More…]
Campaign Underway in UK to Stop GM Wheat Experiments
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 9, 2012. In what is being presented as “a clear risk to British farming,” protesters in the United Kingdom have organized a campaign to protest field sites being used to test a new strain of genetically modified (GM) wheat. The industry developing the GM wheat is asking the[Read More…]
Syngenta Crop Protection to Pay $102,000 Penalty for Sale or Distribution of Misbranded Pesticides in Nebraska and Missouri
Kansas City, Kan.–(ENEWSPF)–May 8, 2012 – Syngenta Crop Protection LLC, of Greensboro, N.C., has agreed to pay a $102,000 civil penalty to the United States to settle a series of environmental violations related to the sale or distribution of misbranded pesticides through its facility in Omaha, Neb., and through a[Read More…]
Obama Administration Approves Major Natural Gas Project for Uinta Basin
Plan will Protect Crucial Winter Range, Sage Grouse Habitat, Recreational Uses Project Will Support up to 4,300 Jobs during Multi-year Development SALT LAKE CITY–(ENEWSPF)–May 8, 2012. In support of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, and the Obama administration’s goal of continuing to expand responsible oil and gas production, Secretary of[Read More…]
NASA’s Spitzer Sees the Light of Alien ‘Super Earth’
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 8, 2012. NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has detected light emanating from a “super-Earth” planet beyond our solar system for the first time. While the planet is not habitable, the detection is a historic step toward the eventual search for signs of life on other planets. “Spitzer has amazed us[Read More…]
Irvine Council Pushes Edison to Reveal Non-nuclear Summer Electricity Plan
Irvine, Calif.–(ENEWSPF)–May 8, 2012. The heat is on Southern California Edison tonight as it presents its energy efficiency plans to Irvine City Council — one day after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chair shot down Edison’s talk of an early restart of the San Onofre nuclear power plant. On Monday, NRC[Read More…]
U-M Researchers Identify Potential Target for Anthrax Drug
ANN ARBOR, Mich–(ENEWSPF)–May 8, 2012. Researchers at the University of Michigan have identified new targets for drugs that could potentially treat anthrax, the deadly infection caused by Bacillus anthracis. The team, led by David Sherman, a faculty member at the U-M Life Sciences Institute and a professor in the departments[Read More…]
