U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center and Siemens Corporation Honor Highlights City’s Ongoing Efforts to be the Most Environmentally Friendly City in the Nation CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2012.  Chicago was chosen yesterday as the winner of the Business Civic Leadership Committee’s annual Sustainable Community Award, as part of a[Read More…]

Ephemeral lakes on Titan and Earth EU–(ENEWSPF)–19 April 2012.  A region on Saturn’s moon Titan has been found to be similar to the Etosha Pan in Namibia, Africa. Both are ephemeral lakes – large, shallow depressions that sometimes fill with liquid.  Ontario Lacus is the largest lake in the southern[Read More…]

Washington, DC–((ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2012.  The University of Texas (UT) Student Government body unanimously passed a resolution last month to ban soap containing the toxic antibacterial chemical triclosan throughout campus. If the ban is accepted by the University administration, UT would be the first university in the country to take an[Read More…]

Agency takes important first step to protect air quality and public health Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2012.  Today environmental groups praised the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) vital updates to nationwide air quality protections to include oil and natural gas production. This is the first federal safeguard aimed at curbing air[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2012. In the face of widespread pesticide contamination of U.S. waterways and the lack of drinking water standards for hundreds of pesticides, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced new health and environmental benchmarks for acute pesticide effects, postponing action on chronic effects to an unspecified[Read More…]

Commission Announces Meeting with 8 Days’ Notice, Bailout Predicted Jackson, MS–(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 2012.  The Mississippi Public Service Commission has essentially announced its intention to rubber stamp Mississippi Power’s proposed Kemper County coal plant.  The PSC gave notice of a public meeting on the afternoon of Monday, April 16, approximately one[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 2012.  Discovery, the longest-serving orbiter in the space shuttle fleet, departed Kennedy Space Center in Florida around dawn today, and is expected to arrive at Washington Dulles International Airport about 11 a.m. EDT. After a two-day layover at the airport, where it will be de-mated from the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 2012.  NOAA today released a comprehensive draft management plan and environmental assessment for the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary for public review and comment. The plan, based on several years of scientific assessment and public input, will serve as a roadmap for addressing issues facing the sanctuary over[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 2012.  Several million young stars are vying for attention in a new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of a raucous stellar breeding ground in 30 Doradus, a star-forming complex located in the heart of the Tarantula nebula. The new image comprises one of the largest mosaics ever assembled[Read More…]

Scientists call for “immediate action” to Protect U.S. Assets  Photo by Gerry Ellis   Baton Rouge LA–(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 2012.  Building a series of engineered structures called diversions along the lower Mississippi River will yield tens of billions of dollars in net annual benefits to the nation and hedge against future[Read More…]