Conservation groups challenge North Sky River wind project SACRAMENTO, Calif.–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2012 – A controversial wind-energy project threatening endangered California condors and golden eagles in California is the target of a federal lawsuit filed today by the Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, and the Sierra Club against the[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2012.  The Energy Department today announced up to $2.5 million available this year for applied research to advance clean biomass cookstove technologies for use in developing countries. The funding will support the development of innovative cookstove designs that allow users to burn wood or crop residues more[Read More…]

New analysis details specific design changes likely behind dangerous reactor equipment degradation  Comes following grudging Edison admission that reactors 2 and 3 face same dangerous issues Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 12, 2012.  A follow-up analysis released today by one of the nation’s leading independent nuclear engineers provides the first detailed picture of[Read More…]

Networking in space: Mars Express EU–(ENEWSPF)–13 April 2012.  Reliable Internet access on the Moon, near Mars or for astronauts on a space station? How about controlling a planetary rover from a spacecraft in deep space? These are just some of the pioneering technologies that ESA is working on for future[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2012.  A study has found that the children of flower plantation workers in Ecuador are neurologically affecxted by the pesticide residues that their parents unwittingly carry home on their clothes, tools, and skin. The study documents significantly reduced activity for the essential enzyme acetycholinesterase (AChE) in children[Read More…]

Newest report shows hydropower generation at canal sites in Colorado, Oregon, Wyoming and other western states could power more than 30,000 homes WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 12, 2012.  As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above strategy for American energy, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Anne[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 12, 2012 This image from the GOES-7 satellite shows Hurricane Andrew at its peak intensity on August 24, 1992 before making landfall near Homestead, FL. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) This week, the GOES-7 satellite, one of NOAA’s earliest geostationary satellites, was moved into a higher orbit and retired from[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 12, 2012 Diver in Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary High resolution (Credit: NOAA) NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries today announced it will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to consider possible expansion of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Lake Huron. The agency is soliciting public and stakeholder[Read More…]

Lease Sale 193 approval flawed by missing science on impacts Anchorage, AK–(ENEWSPF)–April 12, 2012.  A coalition of groups filed an appeal today in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the approval of Lease Sale 193, which opened for oil drilling the remote Chukchi Sea, home to iconic species such[Read More…]

MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–April 12, 2012.  A group of farmers from Argentina have sued Monsanto, the makers of Roundup, for “knowingly” allowing them to be poisoned while using the weed killer and other pesticides. Citing “devastating birth defects,” the lawsuit filed in a Delaware court also names significant players in the tobacco industry,[Read More…]